| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Rawalpindi |
| Insigniasize: | 200px |
| Insigniacaption: | Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation |
| Incumbent: | Vacant |
| Incumbentsince: | 31 December 2021 |
| Residence: | Rawalpindi |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Deputy: | Deputy Mayor of Rawalpindi |
| Department: | Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation |
Mayor of Rawalpindi (Urdu:) is the mayor who heads the Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR), which controls the local government system of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
There are 46 union councils in Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR), the body which controls local government of Rawalpindi. The union councils elect their chairmen and vice chairmen who then elect their mayor and deputy mayor respectively.[1]
The seats of Rawalpindi deputy mayors have been increased from 1 to 5.[2]
See main article: Mayor of Rawalpindi. Following is the list of mayors in recent time.
| Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Ref | Deputy Mayor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Tariq Kiani | PPP | 2001 | 2005 | Javed Ikhlas | |||
| 2 | Javed Ikhlas | PML | October 2005 | 2009 | [3] | |||
| 3 | Sardar Naseem Khan | PML-N | 2016 | 2021 | [4] | Chaudhary Tariq Mehmood | ||
Local government election held in Rawalpindi on December 5, 2015[5]
| Party | UC | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 34 | |
| Pakistan Peoples Party | 4 | |
| INDEPENDENTS | 4 | |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 2 | |
| Awami Muslim League (Pakistan) | 1 | |
| awaited | 1 | |
| Total | 46 |