Mayor
In mony kintras, a mayor (frae the Laitin māior (/ˈmɑːjɒr/), meanin bigger) is the heichest-rankin officer in the municipal govrenment o a toun or a muckle urban ceety.
In mony municipal seestems, the mayor sers as chief executive officer an/or ceremonial offeecial o mony teeps o municipalities. Warldwide, thare is a wide variance in local laws an customs regardin the pouers an responsibilities o a mayor, as weel as the means bi whilk a mayor is electit or itherwise mandatit.
In Scotland, houaniver, the heichest-rankin officer in the municipal govrenment o a toun isnae kent as a mayor, but as a provost.
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