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The following is a chronological '''list of mayors of Berlin''', the [[capital city]] and [[city-state]] of Germany. The mayors are the head of the city-state, part of the [[senate of Berlin]].
== List==
=== Napoleonic Empire (1806–1809) ===
In 1806 the French occupants gathered 2,000 wealthy Berliners in St. Peter's Church, Berlin, in order to elect the ''Grand conseil'' (grand council) of sixty members again electing the ''Comité administratif'' (administrative committee). This body of seven elected burghers was the provisional city government competent to carry out the orders of the occupation power, especially to raise the French war contributions by levying them mostly from the 2,000 eligible voters. The président of the committee was the Berlin-based Prussian publisher:<ref>Cf. Werner Gahrig, ''Unterwegs zu den Hugenotten in Berlin. Historische Spaziergänge'', extended and corrected ed., Berlin: edition ost/Das Neue Berlin, <sup>2</sup>2000, p. 83. {{ISBN|3-360-01013-2}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 1
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| '''[[François Théodore de Lagarde]]'''<br>{{small|(1756–1824)}}
| [[Fall of Berlin (1806)|27 October 1806]]
| 6 July 1809
| {{age in days|1806|10|27|1809|7|6}}
| Unknown
|}
=== Lord Mayor of the Royal Capital Berlin (1809–1920) ===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Kingdom of Prussia]] (until 1867)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[Berlin]] was the [[capital city]] of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 1
| [[File:Carl Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Carl Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach|Leopold von Gerlach]]'''<br>{{small|(1757–1813)}}
| 6 July 1809
| 8 June 1813
| {{age in days|1809|7|6|1813|6|8}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 2
| [[File:JohannStephanBüsching.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Johann Stephan Gottfried Büsching|Johann Gottfried Büsching]]'''<br>{{small|(1761–1833)}}
| February 1814
| March 1832
| {{age in days|1814|2|1|1832|3|1}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 3
| [[File:Friedrich Wilhelm Baerensprung.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Friedrich von Bärensprung]]'''<br>{{small|(1779–1841)}}
| March 1832
| 6 October 1834
| {{age in days|1832|3|1|1834|10|6}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 4
| [[File:Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick|Wilhelm Krausnick]]'''<br>{{small|(1797–1882)}}
| 6 October 1834
| 20 March 1848
| {{age in days|1834|10|6|1848|3|20}}
| Non-partisan
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| –
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| '''[[Franz Christian Naunyn]]'''<br>{{small|(1799–1860)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 20 March 1848
| 23 January 1851
| {{age in days|1848|3|20|1851|1|23}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| (4)
| [[File:Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick|Wilhelm Krausnick]]'''<br>{{small|(1797–1882)}}
| 23 January 1851
| 30 December 1862
| {{age in days|1851|1|23|1862|12|30}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 5
| [[File:Karl Theodor Seydel.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Karl Theodor Seydel]]'''<br>{{small|(1812–1873)}}
| 12 January 1863
| 18 January 1871
| {{age in days|1863|1|12|1867|2|12}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! colspan="7"| [[German Empire]] (1867–1918)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[Berlin]] was the [[capital city]] of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], which is since 1871 part of the [[German Reich]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| (5)
| [[File:Karl Theodor Seydel.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Karl Theodor Seydel]]'''<br>{{small|(1812–1873)}}
| 18 January 1871
| 1 April 1872
| {{age in days|1871|1|18|1872|4|1}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Liberal Party (Germany)}}; color:white"| 6
| [[File:ArthurHobrecht.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Arthur Hobrecht]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1912)}}
| 16 May 1872
| 1 April 1878
| {{age in days|1872|5|16|1878|4|1}}
| [[National Liberal Party (Germany)|National Liberal Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Liberal Party (Germany)}}; color:white"| 7
| [[File:Max von Forckenbeck.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Max von Forckenbeck]]'''<br>{{small|(1824–1892)}}
| 21 November 1878
| 26 May 1892
| {{age in days|1878|11|21|1892|5|26}}
| [[National Liberal Party (Germany)|National Liberal Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Free-minded People's Party (Germany)}};"| 8
| [[File:Robert Zelle, der neue Oberbürgermeister, 1893.png|85px]]
| '''[[Robert Zelle]]'''<br>{{small|(1829–1901)}}
| 26 September 1892
| 30 September 1898
| {{age in days|1892|9|30|1898|9|30}}
| [[Free-minded People's Party (Germany)|Free-minded People's Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 9
| [[File:Martin Kirschner 001.JPG|85px]]
| '''[[Martin Kirschner]]'''<br>{{small|(1842–1912)}}
| 23 December 1899
| 31 August 1912
| {{age in days|1899|12|23|1912|8|31}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 10
| [[File:AdolfWermuth.JPG|85px]]
| '''[[Adolf Wermuth]]'''<br>{{small|(1855–1927)}}
| 1 September 1912
| 9 November 1918
| {{age in days|1912|9|1|1918|11|9}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Weimar Republic]] (1918–1933)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| (10)
| [[File:AdolfWermuth.JPG|85px]]
| '''[[Adolf Wermuth]]'''<br>{{small|(1855–1927)}}
| 9 November 1918
| 1 October 1920
| {{age in days|1918|11|9|1920|10|1}}
| Non-partisan
|}
=== Lord Mayor of (Greater) Berlin (1918–1935) ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Weimar Republic]] (1918–1933)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[Berlin]] was the [[capital city]] of the [[Weimar Republic]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| (10)
| [[File:AdolfWermuth.JPG|85px]]
| '''[[Adolf Wermuth]]'''<br>{{small|(1855–1927)}}
| 1 October 1920
| 30 November 1920
| {{age in days|1920|10|1|1920|11|30}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|German Democratic Party}};"| 11
| [[File:Gustav Böß (cropped).JPG|85px]]
| '''[[Gustav Böß]]'''<br>{{small|(1873–1946)}}
| 10 February 1921
| 7 November 1929
| {{age in days|1921|2|10|1929|11|7}}
| [[German Democratic Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|German People's Party}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:Arthur Scholtz (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Arthur Scholtz]]'''<br>{{small|(1871–1935)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 7 November 1929
| 20 April 1931
| {{age in days|1918|11|9|1920|10|1}}
| [[German People's Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| 12
| [[File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Sahm]]'''<br>{{small|(1877–1939)}}
| 20 April 1931
| 30 January 1933
| {{age in days|1931|4|20|1933|1|30}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[Berlin]] was the [[capital city]] of the [[Weimar Republic]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| (12)
| [[File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Sahm]]'''<br>{{small|(1877–1939)}}
| 30 January 1933
| 30 January 1935
| {{age in days|1933|1|30|1935|1|30}}
| Non-partisan {{small|(until 1933)}}<br />[[Nazi Party]] {{small|(from 1933)}}
|}
=== City President of Berlin (1935–1945) ===
The Nazi government introduced a new unitary municipal ordinance for all German municipalities and cities accounting for the de facto abolition of municipal democracy and autonomy since the Nazi takeover in 1933. According to the new ordinance the administrative head of the city was now titled ''Stadtpräsident'' (City President). The ''Oberbürgermeister'' remained in a ceremonial role.
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Nazi Party}}|[[Nazi Party|NSDAP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[Berlin]] was the [[capital city]] of [[Nazi Germany]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| (12)
| [[File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Sahm]]'''<br>{{small|(1877–1939)}}
| 30 January 1935
| 18 December 1935
| {{age in days|1935|1|30|1935|12|18}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:Oskar Maretzky.jpg|85px]]
| '''{{Interlanguage link|Oskar Maretzky|de}}'''<br>{{small|(1881–1945)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 19 December 1935
| 5 January 1937
| {{age in days|1935|12|19|1937|1|5}}
| [[Nazi Party]]<br>{{small|(Not party-member)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 13
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H13561, Julius Lippert.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Julius Lippert]]'''<br>{{small|(1895–1956)}}
| 5 January 1937
| 1 July 1940
| {{age in days|1937|1|5|1940|7|1}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 14
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| '''[[Ludwig Steeg]]'''<br>{{small|(1894–1945)}}
| 1 July 1940
| 2 May 1945
| {{age in days|1940|7|1|1945|5|2}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|}
=== Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin under Allied occupation (1945–1948) ===
Following Berlin's provisional post-war constitution, enacted under quadripartite Allied rule, the head of city government was titled again ''Oberbürgermeister'' (generally "Lord Mayor").
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|IND]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}|[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| Berlin under quadripartite [[Allied-occupied Germany|Allied control]] (1945–1948)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 15
| [[File:Fotothek df pk 0000079 061.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Arthur Werner]]'''<br>{{small|(1877–1967)}}
| 17 May 1945
| 10 December 1946
| {{age in days|1945|5|17|1946|12|10}}
| Non-partisan
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 16
| [[File:Otto Ostrowski.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Otto Ostrowski]]'''<br>{{small|(1883–1963)}}
| 10 December 1946
| 11 June 1947
| {{age in days|1946|12|10|1947|6|11}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046121-0033, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Schroeder.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Louise Schroeder]]'''<br>{{small|(1887–1957)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}{{efn|[[Louise Schroeder]] replaced the Lord Mayor-elect [[Ernst Reuter]], who was barred by Soviet veto.}}
| 11 June 1947
| 14 August 1948
| {{age in days|1947|6|11|1948|8|14}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:WP Ferdinand Friedensburg.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Ferdinand Friedensburg]]'''<br>{{small|(1886–1972)}} <br>{{small|''Acting for Schroeder''}}{{efn|[[Ferdinand Friedensburg]] was acting Lord Mayor of Great Berlin due to the illness of acting Lord Mayor Louise Schroeder during the Berlin Blockade in 1948. Schröder resumed her duties on 1 December 1948 and continued until Ernst Reuter was elected on 7 December 1948.}}
| 14 August 1948
| 1 December 1948
| {{age in days|1948|8|14|1948|12|1}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046121-0033, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Schroeder.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Louise Schroeder]]'''<br>{{small|(1887–1957)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 1 December 1948
| 7 December 1948
| {{age in days|1948|12|1|1948|12|7}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 17
| [[File:ErnstReuter1951 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Ernst Reuter]]'''<br>{{small|(1889–1953)}}<br>{{small|([[West Berlin]] only)}}
| 7 December 1948
| 1 February 1951
| {{age in days|1948|12|7|1951|2|1}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|}
=== Lord Mayor of Berlin (1948–1990) ===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}|[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)}}|[[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|PDS]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party in the GDR|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[East Berlin]] (1948–1949)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[East Berlin]] was under [[Soviet occupation zone of Germany|Soviet occupation]] and was fully controlled by them from November 1948 until the founding of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany).
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Friedrich Ebert Jr.]]'''<br>{{small|(1894–1979)}}
| 30 November 1948
| 7 October 1949
| {{age in days|1948|11|30|1949|10|7}}
| [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]
|-
! colspan="7"| [[East Berlin]] (1948–1990)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[East Berlin]] was ''de facto'' the [[capital city]] of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}; color:white"| (1)
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Friedrich Ebert Jr.]]'''<br>{{small|(1894–1979)}}
| [[Constitution of East Germany|7 October 1949]]
| 5 July 1967
| {{age in days|1949|10|7|1967|7|5}}
| [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:Herbert Fechner.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Herbert Fechner]]'''<br>{{small|(1913–1998)}}
| 5 July 1967
| 11 February 1974
| {{age in days|1967|7|5|1974|2|11}}
| [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-1028-040, Berlin, 750-Jahr-Feier, Stadtverordnetenversammlung (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Erhard Krack]]'''<br>{{small|(1931–2000)}}
| 11 February 1974
| 15 February 1990
| {{age in days|1974|2|11|1990|2|15}}
| [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background:{{party color|Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)}}; color:white"| –
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| '''[[Ingrid Pankraz]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 15 February 1990
| 23 February 1990
| {{age in days|1990|2|15|1990|2|23}}
| [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:No image.svg|85px]]
| '''{{Interlanguage link|Christian Hartenhauer|de}}'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)}}
| 23 February 1990
| 30 May 1990
| {{age in days|1990|2|23|1990|5|30}}
| [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:Tino Schwierzina (cropped2).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Tino Schwierzina]]'''<br>{{small|(1927–2003)}}
| 30 May 1990
| 3 October 1990
| {{age in days|1990|5|30|1990|10|3}}
| [[Social Democratic Party in the GDR]]
|-
| colspan="7"| ''East Berlin was reunited with [[West Berlin]] on October 3, 1990 and dissolved.''
|}
=== Governing Mayor of Berlin (1951–present) ===
{{Main|Governing Mayor of Berlin}}
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}|[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
! width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
! width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[West Berlin]] (1948–1990)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[West Berlin]] was ''de facto'' part of the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] (West Germany)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 1
| [[File:ErnstReuter1951 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Ernst Reuter]]'''<br>{{small|(1889–1953)}}
| 1 February 1951
| 29 September 1953
| {{age in days|1951|2|1|1953|9|29}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| 2
| [[File:Walther Schreiber (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Walther Schreiber]]'''<br>{{small|(1884–1958)}}
| 29 September 1953
| 11 January 1955
| {{age in days|1953|9|29|1955|1|11}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 3
| [[File:DBPB 1958 181 Otto Suhr.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Otto Suhr]]'''<br>{{small|(1955–1957)}}
| 11 January 1955
| 30 August 1957<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
| {{age in days|1955|1|11|1957|8|30}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 4
| [[File:Willy Brandt (1959).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Willy Brandt]]'''<br>{{small|(1913–1992)}}
| 3 October 1957
| 1 December 1966
| {{age in days|1957|10|3|1966|12|1}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 5
| [[File:Heinrich Albertz.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Heinrich Albertz]]'''<br>{{small|(1915–1993)}}
| 1 December 1966
| 19 October 1967
| {{age in days|1966|12|1|1967|10|19}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 6
| [[File:Klaus Schütz thumb.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Klaus Schütz]]'''<br>{{small|(1926–2012)}}
| 19 October 1967
| 2 May 1977
| {{age in days|1967|10|19|1977|5|2}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 7
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F043773-0039, Bonn, Laubenpieperfest Landesvertretung Berlin (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Dietrich Stobbe]]'''<br>{{small|(1938–2011)}}
| 2 May 1978
| 23 January 1981
| {{age in days|1977|5|2|1981|1|23}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 8
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079276-0009, Münster, SPD-Parteitag, Vogel (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Hans-Jochen Vogel]]'''<br>{{small|(1926–2020)}}
| 23 January 1981
| 11 June 1981
| {{age in days|1981|1|23|1981|6|11}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| 9
| [[File:Richard von Weizsäcker.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Richard von Weizsäcker]]'''<br>{{small|(1920–2015)}}
| 11 June 1981
| 9 February 1984
| {{age in days|1981|6|11|1984|2|9}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| 10
| [[File:KAS-Diepgen, Eberhard-Bild-4379-1 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Eberhard Diepgen]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)}}
| 9 February 1984
| 16 March 1989
| {{age in days|1984|2|9|1989|3|16}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 11
| [[File:Walter Momper 1990 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Walter Momper]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1945)}}
| 16 March 1989
| 24 January 1991
| {{age in days|1989|3|16|1990|10|2}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
| colspan="7"| ''West Berlin was reunited with [[East Berlin]] on October 3, 1990 and dissolved.''
|-
! colspan="7"| Reunified [[Berlin]] (1990–present)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | [[States of Germany|City-state]] and [[capital city]] of the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
! style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"|
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0506-022, Berlin, Kommunalwahl, Schwierzina, Momper.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Walter Momper]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1945)}} &<br>'''[[Tino Schwierzina]]<ref>German Reunification Treaty, Artikel 16</ref>'''<br>{{small|(1927–2003)}}
| 3 October 1990
| 24 January 1991
| {{age in days|1990|10|3|1991|1|24}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| 12<br>{{small|(10)}}
| [[File:KAS-Diepgen, Eberhard-Bild-4379-1 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Eberhard Diepgen]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)}}
| 24 January 1991
| 16 June 2001
| {{age in days|1991|1|24|2001|6|16}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 13
| [[File:Klaus Wowereit 2012-02-24 (cropped).jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Klaus Wowereit]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)}}
| 16 June 2001
| 11 December 2014
| {{age in days|2001|6|16|2014|12|11}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 14
| [[File:2017-11-16 Michael Müller (Wiki Loves Parliaments 2017 in Berlin) by Sandro Halank.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Michael Müller (politician, born 1964)|Michael Müller]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)}}
| 11 December 2014
| 21 December 2021
| {{age in days|2014|12|11|2021|12|21}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| 15
| [[File:2021-09-26 Abgeordnetenhauswahlabend SPD Berlin by Sandro Halank–030.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Franziska Giffey]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1978)}}
| 21 December 2021<ref name=firstelected>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-franziska-giffey-sworn-in-as-first-elected-female-mayor/a-60207506|title=Berlin: Franziska Giffey sworn in as first elected female mayor|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=21 December 2021|accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref>
| 27 April 2023
| {{age in days|2021|12|21|2023|4|27}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}; color:white"| 16
| [[File:2014-09-09 - Kai Wegner MdB - 7002.jpg|85px]]
| '''[[Kai Wegner]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1972)}}
| 27 April 2023
| ''Incumbent''
| {{age in days|2023|4|27}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
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[[Category:History of Berlin]]
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[[Category:Berlin-related lists|Mayors]]
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Germany|Berlin]]
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The following is a chronological list of mayors of Berlin, the capital city and city-state of Germany. The mayors are the head of the city-state, part of the senate of Berlin.
List
[edit]Napoleonic Empire (1806–1809)
[edit]In 1806 the French occupants gathered 2,000 wealthy Berliners in St. Peter's Church, Berlin, in order to elect the Grand conseil (grand council) of sixty members again electing the Comité administratif (administrative committee). This body of seven elected burghers was the provisional city government competent to carry out the orders of the occupation power, especially to raise the French war contributions by levying them mostly from the 2,000 eligible voters. The président of the committee was the Berlin-based Prussian publisher:[1]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
1 | François Théodore de Lagarde (1756–1824) |
27 October 1806 | 6 July 1809 | 983 | Unknown |
Lord Mayor of the Royal Capital Berlin (1809–1920)
[edit]Political party: Independent SPD
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Kingdom of Prussia (until 1867) | ||||||
Berlin was the capital city of the Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||
1 | Leopold von Gerlach (1757–1813) |
6 July 1809 | 8 June 1813 | 1433 | Non-partisan | |
2 | Johann Gottfried Büsching (1761–1833) |
February 1814 | March 1832 | 6603 | Non-partisan | |
3 | Friedrich von Bärensprung (1779–1841) |
March 1832 | 6 October 1834 | 949 | Non-partisan | |
4 | Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882) |
6 October 1834 | 20 March 1848 | 4914 | Non-partisan | |
– | Franz Christian Naunyn (1799–1860) Acting |
20 March 1848 | 23 January 1851 | 1039 | Non-partisan | |
(4) | Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882) |
23 January 1851 | 30 December 1862 | 4359 | Non-partisan | |
5 | Karl Theodor Seydel (1812–1873) |
12 January 1863 | 18 January 1871 | 1492 | Non-partisan | |
German Empire (1867–1918) | ||||||
Berlin was the capital city of the Kingdom of Prussia, which is since 1871 part of the German Reich | ||||||
(5) | Karl Theodor Seydel (1812–1873) |
18 January 1871 | 1 April 1872 | 439 | Non-partisan | |
6 | Arthur Hobrecht (1824–1912) |
16 May 1872 | 1 April 1878 | 2146 | National Liberal Party | |
7 | Max von Forckenbeck (1824–1892) |
21 November 1878 | 26 May 1892 | 4935 | National Liberal Party | |
8 | Robert Zelle (1829–1901) |
26 September 1892 | 30 September 1898 | 2191 | Free-minded People's Party | |
9 | Martin Kirschner (1842–1912) |
23 December 1899 | 31 August 1912 | 4634 | Non-partisan | |
10 | Adolf Wermuth (1855–1927) |
1 September 1912 | 9 November 1918 | 2260 | Non-partisan | |
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | ||||||
(10) | Adolf Wermuth (1855–1927) |
9 November 1918 | 1 October 1920 | 692 | Non-partisan |
Lord Mayor of (Greater) Berlin (1918–1935)
[edit]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | ||||||
Berlin was the capital city of the Weimar Republic | ||||||
(10) | Adolf Wermuth (1855–1927) |
1 October 1920 | 30 November 1920 | 60 | Non-partisan | |
11 | Gustav Böß (1873–1946) |
10 February 1921 | 7 November 1929 | 3192 | German Democratic Party | |
– | Arthur Scholtz (1871–1935) Acting |
7 November 1929 | 20 April 1931 | 692 | German People's Party | |
12 | Heinrich Sahm (1877–1939) |
20 April 1931 | 30 January 1933 | 651 | Non-partisan | |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | ||||||
Berlin was the capital city of the Weimar Republic | ||||||
(12) | Heinrich Sahm (1877–1939) |
30 January 1933 | 30 January 1935 | 730 | Non-partisan (until 1933) Nazi Party (from 1933) |
City President of Berlin (1935–1945)
[edit]The Nazi government introduced a new unitary municipal ordinance for all German municipalities and cities accounting for the de facto abolition of municipal democracy and autonomy since the Nazi takeover in 1933. According to the new ordinance the administrative head of the city was now titled Stadtpräsident (City President). The Oberbürgermeister remained in a ceremonial role.
Political party: NSDAP
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | ||||||
Berlin was the capital city of Nazi Germany | ||||||
(12) | Heinrich Sahm (1877–1939) |
30 January 1935 | 18 December 1935 | 322 | Nazi Party | |
– | Oskar Maretzky (1881–1945) Acting |
19 December 1935 | 5 January 1937 | 383 | Nazi Party (Not party-member) | |
13 | Julius Lippert (1895–1956) |
5 January 1937 | 1 July 1940 | 1273 | Nazi Party | |
14 | Ludwig Steeg (1894–1945) |
1 July 1940 | 2 May 1945 | 1766 | Nazi Party |
Lord Mayor of Greater Berlin under Allied occupation (1945–1948)
[edit]Following Berlin's provisional post-war constitution, enacted under quadripartite Allied rule, the head of city government was titled again Oberbürgermeister (generally "Lord Mayor").
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
Berlin under quadripartite Allied control (1945–1948) | ||||||
15 | Arthur Werner (1877–1967) |
17 May 1945 | 10 December 1946 | 572 | Non-partisan | |
16 | Otto Ostrowski (1883–1963) |
10 December 1946 | 11 June 1947 | 183 | Social Democratic Party | |
– | Louise Schroeder (1887–1957) Acting[a] |
11 June 1947 | 14 August 1948 | 430 | Social Democratic Party | |
– | Ferdinand Friedensburg (1886–1972) Acting for Schroeder[b] |
14 August 1948 | 1 December 1948 | 109 | Christian Democratic Union | |
– | Louise Schroeder (1887–1957) Acting |
1 December 1948 | 7 December 1948 | 6 | Social Democratic Party | |
17 | Ernst Reuter (1889–1953) (West Berlin only) |
7 December 1948 | 1 February 1951 | 786 | Social Democratic Party |
Lord Mayor of Berlin (1948–1990)
[edit]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
East Berlin (1948–1949) | ||||||
East Berlin was under Soviet occupation and was fully controlled by them from November 1948 until the founding of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). | ||||||
1 | Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894–1979) |
30 November 1948 | 7 October 1949 | 311 | Socialist Unity Party | |
East Berlin (1948–1990) | ||||||
East Berlin was de facto the capital city of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) | ||||||
(1) | Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894–1979) |
7 October 1949 | 5 July 1967 | 6480 | Socialist Unity Party | |
2 | Herbert Fechner (1913–1998) |
5 July 1967 | 11 February 1974 | 2413 | Socialist Unity Party | |
3 | Erhard Krack (1931–2000) |
11 February 1974 | 15 February 1990 | 5848 | Socialist Unity Party | |
– | Ingrid Pankraz (born 1948) Acting |
15 February 1990 | 23 February 1990 | 8 | Party of Democratic Socialism | |
4 | Christian Hartenhauer (born 1948) |
23 February 1990 | 30 May 1990 | 96 | Party of Democratic Socialism | |
5 | Tino Schwierzina (1927–2003) |
30 May 1990 | 3 October 1990 | 126 | Social Democratic Party in the GDR | |
East Berlin was reunited with West Berlin on October 3, 1990 and dissolved. |
Governing Mayor of Berlin (1951–present)
[edit]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
West Berlin (1948–1990) | |||||||
West Berlin was de facto part of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) | |||||||
1 | Ernst Reuter (1889–1953) |
1 February 1951 | 29 September 1953 | 971 | Social Democratic Party | ||
2 | Walther Schreiber (1884–1958) |
29 September 1953 | 11 January 1955 | 469 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
3 | Otto Suhr (1955–1957) |
11 January 1955 | 30 August 1957 (died in office) |
962 | Social Democratic Party | ||
4 | Willy Brandt (1913–1992) |
3 October 1957 | 1 December 1966 | 3346 | Social Democratic Party | ||
5 | Heinrich Albertz (1915–1993) |
1 December 1966 | 19 October 1967 | 322 | Social Democratic Party | ||
6 | Klaus Schütz (1926–2012) |
19 October 1967 | 2 May 1977 | 3483 | Social Democratic Party | ||
7 | Dietrich Stobbe (1938–2011) |
2 May 1978 | 23 January 1981 | 1362 | Social Democratic Party | ||
8 | Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020) |
23 January 1981 | 11 June 1981 | 139 | Social Democratic Party | ||
9 | Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015) |
11 June 1981 | 9 February 1984 | 973 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
10 | Eberhard Diepgen (born 1941) |
9 February 1984 | 16 March 1989 | 1862 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
11 | Walter Momper (born 1945) |
16 March 1989 | 24 January 1991 | 565 | Social Democratic Party | ||
West Berlin was reunited with East Berlin on October 3, 1990 and dissolved. | |||||||
Reunified Berlin (1990–present) | |||||||
City-state and capital city of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
Walter Momper (born 1945) & Tino Schwierzina[2] (1927–2003) |
3 October 1990 | 24 January 1991 | 113 | Social Democratic Party | |||
12 (10) |
Eberhard Diepgen (born 1941) |
24 January 1991 | 16 June 2001 | 3796 | Christian Democratic Union | ||
13 | Klaus Wowereit (born 1953) |
16 June 2001 | 11 December 2014 | 4926 | Social Democratic Party | ||
14 | Michael Müller (born 1964) |
11 December 2014 | 21 December 2021 | 2567 | Social Democratic Party | ||
15 | Franziska Giffey (born 1978) |
21 December 2021[3] | 27 April 2023 | 492 | Social Democratic Party | ||
16 | Kai Wegner (born 1972) |
27 April 2023 | Incumbent | 485 | Christian Democratic Union |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Louise Schroeder replaced the Lord Mayor-elect Ernst Reuter, who was barred by Soviet veto.
- ^ Ferdinand Friedensburg was acting Lord Mayor of Great Berlin due to the illness of acting Lord Mayor Louise Schroeder during the Berlin Blockade in 1948. Schröder resumed her duties on 1 December 1948 and continued until Ernst Reuter was elected on 7 December 1948.
References
[edit]- ^ Cf. Werner Gahrig, Unterwegs zu den Hugenotten in Berlin. Historische Spaziergänge, extended and corrected ed., Berlin: edition ost/Das Neue Berlin, 22000, p. 83. ISBN 3-360-01013-2
- ^ German Reunification Treaty, Artikel 16
- ^ "Berlin: Franziska Giffey sworn in as first elected female mayor". Deutsche Welle. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.