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In December 1991, the first elections for the head of the administration of the city of Angarsk took place. Alexander Shevtsov was elected mayor.[14]
On April 1, 1994, Vladimir Nepomnyashchy took over as mayor.[15]
In April 1998, Viktor Novokshenov was elected to govern the city.[16]
On April 7, 2002, the position of the head of the Angarsk municipal entity (AMO) was taken by Yevgeny Kanukhin. On October 9, 2005, he was elected to the position of the head of the administration of the city of Angarsk.[17][18] Andrei Kozlov got the office of the mayor of AMO (municipal district).[19]
As a result of the elections on December 2, 2007, Leonid Mikhaylov was elected to the position of the head of the administration of the Angarsk urban settlement.[20][21]
In the summer of 2010, amendments were made to the AMO Charter, introducing the position of a city manager.[22] The mayor of the municipal entity was no longer elected through direct popular vote but rather by a secret ballot among the AMO Duma deputies themselves.[23] This decision caused significant public resonance.
In October 2010, elections were held for the AMO Duma. The AMO deputies elected Vladimir Zhukov [ru], a member of the United Russia party, as the mayor of AMO.[24] Anton Medko was approved as the city manager.[25][26] Changes were made to the AMO Charter, reinstating direct mayoral elections.[27]
On October 14, 2012, elections were held in Angarsk for the mayor and the deputies of the city Duma. Vladimir Zhukov was elected as the head of the city administration.[28][29]
Starting from January 1, 2015, the urban settlement of Angarsk, Angarsk municipal entity, and other municipal entities in the region were transformed into the Angarsk urban municipal entity with the status of an urban district. The powers of the previously existing executive and representative authorities were terminated, and they continued to temporarily exercise their powers until the formation of the authorities of the urban district.[30] On April 26, 2015, elections were held in Angarsk for the deputies and mayor of the Angarsk urban district. Sergey Petrov was elected as the head of the urban district.[31] 25 deputies were elected in the first convocation of the Duma of the Angarsk urban municipal entity.[32]
On September 13, 2020, elections were held in Angarsk for the mayor of the Angarsk urban district. Sergey Petrov was re-elected as the head of the urban district.[33]
Angarsk has the largest industrial zone in Asia. It includes Angarsk Petrochemical Complex and Angarsk Electrochemical Combine. Angarsk also hosts a showcase international nuclear fuel cycle center, which will be one of the first Russian enrichment centers to be placed under IAEA safeguards. Angarsk is also the site for a Nuclear Fuel Bank, following a decision by the IAEA in November 2009; working with Russia, IAEA established this bank to supply market priced fuel to member states as protection against possible supply disruptions.[34]
In 2005, Angarsk won the first prize in a nationwide contest for the fastest development of public utilities.[35]
The city is connected by the Trans-Siberian Railway. Trams, buses, and marshrutkas (routed taxis) are the main means of public transportation in the city.
Angarsk is listed among the cities in Russia with the most unfavorable environmental conditions: as of 2010, it ranked third in Siberia and sixth in Russia.[36][37]
The primary factor contributing to the risk of illness and mortality in Angarsk is air pollution from emissions of several plants, formerly part of the "Angarsknefteorgsintez" association, as well as Power Plants 10, 9, and 1.[38]
Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Постановление №9/5-ЗС от 15 апреля 2009 г. «Устав Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №2-У от 14 декабря 2017 г. «О поправках к Уставу Иркутской области». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная", №45, 24 апреля 2009 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Resolution #9/5-ZS of April 15, 2009 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #2-U of December 14, 2017 On the Amendments to the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast. Effective as of the day following a ten-day period after the day of the official publication.).
Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Закон №49-ОЗ от 21 июня 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №12-ОЗ от 23 марта 2017 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 25 и 33 Закона Иркутской области『Об административно-территориальном устройстве Иркутской области』и Закон Иркутской области "О порядке рассмотрения Законодательным Собранием Иркутской области предложений о присвоении наименований географическим объектам и (или) о переименовании географических объектов"». Вступил в силу после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная", №71, 25 июня 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #49-OZ of June 21, 2010 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #12-OZ of March 23, 2017 On Amending Articles 25 and 33 of the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast" and the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Procedures for Consideration of Assignments of Names to Geographical Objects and (or) Renaming of Geographical Objects". Effective as of after the day of the official publication.).
Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Закон №149-ОЗ от 10 декабря 2014 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований Ангарского района Иркутской области». Вступил в силу с 1 января 2015 г., но не ранее чем через десять календарных дней после дня официального опубликования, за исключением абзаца первого части 2, абзаца первого части 3 статьи 4, которые вступают в силу через один месяц после вступления в силу настоящего Закона, в случае отсутствия инициативы граждан о проведении местного референдума по вопросу определения структуры органов местного самоуправления. Опубликован: "Областная", №141, 15 декабря 2014 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #149-OZ of December 10, 2014 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations in Angarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2015, but not earlier than ten calendar days after the official publication date, with the exception of the first paragraph of Part 2, the first paragraph of Part 3 of Article 4, which take effect one month after this Law takes effect, unless there is a citizen initiative to hold a local referendum on the issue of the determination of the structure of the bodies of local self-government.).
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