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Mayor of Montreal
Mayor of Montreal (mairesse de Montréal): directly elected head of Ville de Montréal, executive committee chair, and automatic borough mayor of Ville-Marie. Office since 1833; current incumbent Soraya Martinez Ferrada, elected November 2, 2025.
Mayor of New York City
Mayor of New York City: head of the city's executive branch since 1665 (Thomas Willett, appointed), popularly elected since 1834, strong-mayor over five boroughs since 1898; Zohran Mamdani is the 112th mayor, sworn in January 1, 2026.
Mayor of San Francisco
Mayor of San Francisco: chief executive of California's consolidated city-county under the 1996 Charter, with veto, budget, and emergency powers; four-year terms, two consecutive limit; incumbent Daniel Lurie.
Mayor of Seattle
Mayor of Seattle: chief executive of Seattle, Washington, a first-class charter city with a mayor-council government. Four-year nonpartisan term; Katie Wilson took office January 2026 after unseating Bruce Harrell in November 2025.
Mayor of Toronto
Mayor of Toronto: head of council and chief executive officer under the City of Toronto Act, 2006. Olivia Chow is the 66th mayor; 2022 strong-mayor powers add budget, veto, and staffing authority.
Mayoral control of schools
Mayoral control of schools: a US urban school governance model where a mayor replaces an elected school board with an appointed one, begun in Boston (1992), adopted in Chicago, New York City, and DC, with mixed outcome evidence and recent reversals in Chicago.
Mayoralty of Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017 (re-elected 2021, 2024), holds PCC, fire, transport and £6bn health powers under GMCA devolution; known for Bee Network bus franchising and A Bed Every Night.
Mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani
Mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani: tenure of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor from January 1, 2026, covering his 2025 election, executive orders, $124.7 billion FY 2027 budget, rent freeze, and sanctuary and police policies.
Mayorkun
Mayorkun, born Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel in 1994, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer discovered by Davido in 2016, known for "Eleko" and charting albums like Still The Mayor.
Mayotte
Mayotte, French Indian Ocean archipelago and 101st department (since 2011), EU outermost region since 2014; ceded by sultan Andriantsoly in 1841; stayed French in 1975 while Comoros became independent; poorest French territory, hit by Cyclone Chido in 2024.
Mayowa Ojo Owolabi
Mayowa Ojo Owolabi is a Nigerian professor of medicine and neurology at the University of Ibadan, elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2025.
Maypole
Maypole: a decorated pole erected for spring or midsummer festivities, danced around on May Day in England, May 1 in Bavaria (Maibaum), and Midsummer in Sweden (midsommarstång); modern ribbon plaiting is a later English addition, not a documented pagan survival.
Mayr (company)
Mayr, formally Chr. Mayr GmbH + Co. KG and known as mayr power transmission, is a German family-owned maker of safety brakes, torque limiters, and couplings, founded in 1897.
Mayra Andrade
Mayra Andrade is a Cape Verdean singer and songwriter, born in Cuba to Cape Verdean parents, whose 2006 debut album Navega sold more than 80,000 copies.
Mayra Flores
Mayra Flores, born 1986 in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, is a Republican former U.S. representative for Texas's 34th District, the first Mexican-born woman in Congress, elected in the 2022 special election and defeated by Vicente Gonzalez in 2022 and 2024.
Mayra Rosales
Mayra Rosales, one of the world's heaviest women at about 1,100 pounds, was charged in 2009 with her nephew's murder but was cleared, then lost over 800 pounds.
Mayra Santos-Febres
Mayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, and professor, born in 1966, known for Sirena Selena vestida de pena and for founding the Festival de la Palabra.
Mayran - Viesca
Mayran - Viesca, FEOW ecoregion 163, is a closed-basin xeric freshwater ecoregion of north-central Mexico centered on the Nazas-Aguanaval drainage, known for endemic desert pupfishes, minnows, and suckers and two extinct Parras basin species.
Maysan Governorate
Maysan Governorate (ميسان, Maysān), capital Amarah, is a southeastern Iraqi governorate bordering Iran: 16,072 km², six districts, Tigris-fed marshes drained in the 1990s, Halfaya oilfield, and about 1.29 million people in the 2024 census.
Maysar
Maysar, also written al-Maysar or al-Moyassar, is a group of archaeological sites in eastern Oman with a Bronze Age copper-smelting settlement of the Umm an-Nar period.
Maysara al-Madghari
Maysara al-Madghari (ميسرة المدغري), also written al-Matghari, was a Berber chieftain of the Matghara tribe who led the Great Berber Revolt against Umayyad rule from 740, taking Tangier before being killed by his own supporters.
Mayse-bukh
Mayse-bukh, or "Book of Stories" (מעשה־בוך), is a collection of 257 Old Yiddish tales first printed in Basel in 1602, drawing on talmudic and midrashic stories.
Mayta Cápac
Mayta Cápac, also spelled Mayta Qhapaq or Mayta Ccapac, was in traditional king lists the fourth ruler of the Inca dynasty at Cuzco, succeeding Lloque Yupanqui.
Maytag
Maytag, also known as Maytag Corporation, is an American home appliance brand founded in 1893 in Newton, Iowa, and owned by Whirlpool Corporation since 2006.
Maytansine
Maytansine is a cytotoxic natural product of the ansamycin family, isolated in 1972 from the Ethiopian shrub Maytenus serrata, that kills dividing cells by binding β-tubulin.
Mayte Garcia
Mayte Garcia (Mayte Jannell Garcia), born 1973 in Fort Rucker, Alabama, is an American belly dancer, actress, and author, Prince's first wife (1996-2000), NPG dancer 1992-1996, author of the memoir The Most Beautiful, and founder of Live 4 Love Charities and Mayte's Rescue.
Mayte Mateos
Mayte Mateos (María Teresa Mateos Guillén, born 1951, Logroño) is the Spanish singer and dancer who co-founded disco duo Baccara, sang "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1978, and still performs as Baccara.
Mayteé Iraheta
Mayteé Gabriela Iraheta Escalante (born 1988, Sonsonate) is a Salvadoran ARENA lawyer, broadcaster, and two-term deputy for Sonsonate (2015-2021); in 2026 she became ARENA's first female presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
Mayu Iwatani (岩谷麻優)
Mayu Iwatani (岩谷麻優), born 1993, Japanese professional wrestler; Stardom first-generation ace and icon, first red-and-white double champion, 3rd IWGP Women's Champion, now with Marigold after leaving Stardom in 2025.
Mayu Watanabe
Mayu Watanabe (渡辺麻友), nicknamed Mayuyu, is a Japanese singer and actress who rose to fame in AKB48's Team B, won the group's 2014 fan election, and retired in 2020.