Professional competences of head of municipal self-government institutions

Municipal authorities are the most important institute of the Russian administrative system. The state exercises control of the economic and social sphere of society at the local level through these authorities. The identity and professional competence of heads of local authorities is treated as one of the main factors of maintaining society, creating the conditions for its preservation, and sometimes even development. Studying of professional competences was carried out on the basis of allocation of three criteria of competence: personal, cognitive and organizational within the analysis of daily practices of professional activity of heads of rural municipal services.