Traditionally, the elected mayor of Kyiv also automatically became chair of Kyiv City Council and head of the city's state administration (i.e. head of government). However, following dispute between the mayor and the president in 2010, President Viktor Yanukovych asked the parliament to give him the power to appoint the head of the state administration. Parliament acquiesced, and mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi was dismissed from the state administration and replaced with presidential appointee Popov. Though Chernovetskyi remained the mayor, effective power then started to rests with the appointee Popov, not mayor Chernovetskyi. Kyiv then did not have an elected mayor until mayor Vitali Klitschko was sworn in on 5 June 2014.Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kiev mayor, Interfax-Ukraine (5 June 2014) Halyna Hereha resign, Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (13 June 2014)
