The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan, and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center.
Mayor of Boston
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Image: Harrison Gray Otis by Chester Harding, 1833, oil on canvas, from the National Portrait Gallery NPG 7700056A 2 (1)
Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall.
Boston City Hall in February 2012
Governor Chub Peabody and Mayor John F. Collins at the building's groundbreaking
City Hall construction, c. 1960s
Boston City Hall, c. 1968