The current Lord Mayor is Councillor Leon Unczur

Purpose

• To act as the a-political figurehead of the City Council; champion of the city of Nottingham and its people and symbolise the social cohesion of the city and its many cultures and faiths
• To help promote the diplomatic, business, commercial, cultural and educational life of the city of Nottingham

Key Tasks

• Preside over the meetings of the Council (full Council) as prescribed in the Local Government Act 1972, schedule 12, paragraph 5
• Receive members of the Royal Family and other important visitors to the city
• To act as a symbolic figurehead for Core City activity and host visits by Lord Mayors, councillors and officers from those cities.
• Represent the City Council at traditional civic events such as the Legal Service, Remembrance Sunday the Civic Service etc.
• To host civic receptions in the Council House. These are held on a regular basis to celebrate the contribution of individuals and organisations to the life of the city of Nottingham
• Represent the City Council by attending external functions, which celebrate the contribution of organisations from all sectors to the life of the city of Nottingham
• To preside over Citizenship ceremonies to welcome new British citizens to the city of Nottingham
• Take salutes of military and voluntary organisations that either have the right to, or request the right to, march through the city
• To be the president of the Interfaith Council and visit places of worship for a range of faiths throughout the civic year
• To nominate a charity and help raise funds for that charity and the standing Lord Mayor's charities
• Quasi-judicial role of Lord Mayor to sign documents

For more information please contact the Civic Office on to 0115 8765655, 0115 8765657 and 0115 8765658 or email louise.thompson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk