Mayor of London

directly elected head of government of Greater London

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Type: Council Leader
Status: Chief executive officer
Member of: Greater London Authority Council of the Nations and Regions Mayoral Council for England
Reports to: London Assembly
Seat: City Hall , London
Appointer: Electorate of London
Term length: Four years, renewable
Constituting instrument: Greater London Authority Act 1999 , s 2(1)(a)
Inaugural holder: Ken Livingstone
Deputy: Statutory Deputy Mayor of London
Salary: £170,282 (per annum)

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The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom.

Sir Sadiq Khan took office as mayor on 9 May 2016, and was re-elected in 2021 and 2024. The position had been held by Ken Livingstone from the creation of the role on 4 May 2000 until he was defeated after two terms in May 2008 by Boris Johnson, who also served two terms before Khan was elected.