The president ousted Viktor Kolodyazhny, who left his post as mayor of Sochi 14 months ago to take the job.
Mr Johnson has a year left to serve as mayor of London.
And after Villaraigosa left his post as mayor of San Francisco, his income soared, according to tax returns reviewed by SFGate.
Clinton said many mayors have joked that her husband entered the White House as president "and left as a mayor," because of the partnerships he made with them.
Jennifer Seibel Newsom, the wife of Gavin Newsom, who soon leaves his job as mayor of San Francisco to become California's lieutenant governor, examines the mainstream media's portrayals of women in "Miss Representation".
Mr. Ganim, 42, who has two years left in his fifth term as mayor of the state's largest city, spoke at City Hall today, flanked by local business leaders and ministers from the city's largest black churches.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has reappointed James F. Hanley, left, as commissioner of labor relations.
As Theo Francis of Footnoted pointed out at the time, the clause is "so broadly written, it would seem to apply even if he left for some less august job, such as mayor of tiny Barnegat Light, New Jersey, (pop. 835)." So perhaps the filing language has only become more precisely realistic, rather than handicapping his chances.
He went on to become one of the most powerful politicians in California, serving for three decades in the State Assembly, including 15 as speaker, before leaving politics in 2004 after two terms as mayor of San Francisco.
It would not be the least of ironies in this still ironic but no longer entirely cynical city if this most capitalist-minded and free-market of mayors left as his legacy a reminder of the inestimable value of good government.
