MayorPresident

MayorPresident is a term used in political theory and speculative fiction to describe a single executive who combines the duties of a city mayor with those of a national president. In this concept, a Mayor-President would be elected by urban voters and hold primary responsibility for municipal governance—areas such as budgeting, public services, infrastructure, zoning, and safety—while also occupying a higher office that speaks for the city at the regional or national level, coordinating policy with other levels of government and representing the city in broader governmental affairs. The arrangement raises questions of constitutional design, accountability, and checks and balances, since it concentrates executive authority in one office. Typical governance models would require clear legal delineation of powers and strong internal and external oversight, including a city council or regional legislature, judicial review, term limits, and emergency provisions to prevent abuse.

In practice, Mayor-Presidents appear mainly in speculative fiction and theoretical discussions rather than as real-world offices. Proposals are debated for how urban governance could be more coherent or how to better align city needs with national policy, yet they are often criticized for concentrating authority, reducing accountability, and complicating intergovernmental dynamics.

Related concepts include strong mayor systems, city-states, and federalism.