A mayor was a governmental representative, acting as the highest ranking executive for a city. On the planet Gorse, the city of Shaketown had a mayor, and the human Cobb Vanth functioned in practice as the mayor of Freetown on Tatooine. Prior to his involvement with the Alliance to Restore the Republic, the Mon Calamari Raddus held the mayoral position in the Mon Cala city of Nystullum. Mok Shaiz served as the mayor of Mos Espa, as well.