1 9 3 5 – 1 9 4 5 ▁Category : Pe ople ▁educated ▁at ▁F ettes ▁College <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Budapest ▁() ▁is ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly ▁in ▁Budapest , ▁Hung ary , ▁elected ▁directly ▁for ▁ 5 - year ▁term ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁( pre viously ▁municipal ▁elections ▁were ▁held ▁quad ren n ial ly ). ▁Until ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁mayor ▁was ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly . ▁The ▁office ▁was ▁called ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Budapest ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁during ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁period . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁position ▁is ▁dom est ically ▁known ▁as ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁() ▁to ▁distinguish ▁the ▁office ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁may ors ▁that ▁lead ▁each ▁of ▁Budapest ' s ▁ 2 3 ▁districts . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁the ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Budapest ▁was ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁government ▁as ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁capital ' s ▁municipal ▁authority , ▁similarly ▁to ▁the ▁Lord - L ie uten ants ▁of ▁Count ies . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Austria - H ung ary ▁The ▁newly ▁elected ▁ 4 0 0 - member ▁General ▁Assembly ▁of ▁Budapest ▁held ▁its ▁inaug ural ▁session ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁October ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁un ification ▁process ▁of ▁B uda ▁and ▁Ó b uda ▁on