Mayor of Bishkek
The Mayor of the City of Bishkek is head of the executive branch of the political system of Kyrgyzstan, the Government of Bishkek. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Bishkek.
He defines the main directions of social and economic development of the city of Bishkek, financial and economic and industrial policy, the development and implementation of citywide and targeted programs, the activities of the city halls of Bishkek. He also provides for the implementation of administrative reform, measures to develop the system of local self-government, to increase the efficiency of the work of city government bodies by improving and optimizing their structure and functions.
In 2014 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Bishkek Mayor Albek Ibraimov signed the Cooperation Program on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation for 2018–2020. As of 2018 the position Mayor of Bishkek is held by Aziz Surakmatov.
