vice mayor

Mayor's backup official

A vice mayor is the second-ranking official in a municipal government, serving directly below the mayor.

The vice mayor typically presides over city council meetings in the mayor's absence and may assume mayoral duties if the mayor is incapacitated or removed from office: The vice mayor stepped in while the mayor recovered from surgery.

Opposites
hierarchical position

vice mayormayor

Elected head of municipality

chief executive · head of government · presiding officer · city manager · council president

insider vs. outsider status

vice mayorordinary citizen

private citizen · constituent · resident · taxpayer · voter

governmental vs. non-governmental actors

vice mayorprivate citizen

constituent · civilian · outsider · political dissident

Family

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