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 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:Cf. Werner Gahrig, Unterwegs zu den Hugenotten in Berlin. Historische Spaziergänge, extended and corrected ed., Berlin: edition ost/Das Neue Berlin, 22000, p. 83.

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Days 1 François Théodore de Lagarde 27 October 1806 6 July 1809 Unknown

Lord Mayor of the Royal Capital Berlin (1809–1920) Political party:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical 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 6 July 1809 8 June 1813 Non-partisan 2 Johann Gottfried Büsching February 1814 March 1832 Non-partisan 3 Friedrich von Bärensprung March 1832 6 October 1834 Non-partisan 4 Wilhelm Krausnick 6 October 1834 20 March 1848 Non-partisan – Franz Christian Naunyn 20 March 1848 23 January 1851 Non-partisan (4) Wilhelm Krausnick 23 January 1851 30 December 1862 Non-partisan 5 Karl Theodor Seydel 12 January 1863 18 January 1871 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 18 January 1871 1 April 1872 Non-partisan 6 Arthur Hobrecht 16 May 1872 1 April 1878 National Liberal Party 7 Max von Forckenbeck 21 November 1878 26 May 1892 National Liberal Party 8 Robert Zelle 26 September 1892 30 September 1898 Free-minded People's Party 9 Martin Kirschner 23 December 1899 31 August 1912 Non-partisan 10 Adolf Wermuth 1 September 1912 9 November 1918 Non-partisan Weimar Republic (1918–1933) (10) Adolf Wermuth 9 November 1918 1 October 1920 Non-partisan

Lord Mayor of (Greater) Berlin (1918–1945) PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Days Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Berlin was the capital city of the Weimar Republic (10) Adolf Wermuth 1 October 1920 30 November 1920 Non-partisan 11 Gustav Böß 10 February 1921 7 November 1929 German Democratic Party – Arthur Scholtz 7 November 1929 20 April 1931 German People's Party 12 Heinrich Sahm 20 April 1931 30 January 1933 Non-partisan Nazi Germany (1933–1945) Berlin was the capital city of Nazi Germany (12) Heinrich Sahm 30 January 1933 18 December 1935 Non-partisan Nazi Party – 19 December 1935 5 January 1937 Nazi Party 13 Julius Lippert 5 January 1937 1 July 1940 Nazi Party 14 Ludwig Steeg 1 July 1940 2 May 1945 Nazi Party

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:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Days Nazi Germany (1933–1945) Berlin was the capital city of Nazi Germany 1 Heinrich Sahm 30 January 1935 18 December 1935 Nazi Party – 19 December 1935 5 January 1937 Nazi Party 2 Julius Lippert 5 January 1937 1 July 1940 Nazi Party 3 Ludwig Steeg 1 July 1940 2 May 1945 Nazi Party 4 Joseph Goebbels 7 April 1944 1 May 1945 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:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Days Berlin under quadripartite Allied control (1945–1948) 15 Arthur Werner 17 May 1945 10 December 1946 Non-partisan 16 Otto Ostrowski 10 December 1946 11 June 1947 Social Democratic Party – Louise Schroeder 11 June 1947 14 August 1948 Social Democratic Party – Ferdinand Friedensburg 14 August 1948 1 December 1948 Christian Democratic Union – Louise Schroeder 1 December 1948 7 December 1948 Social Democratic Party 17 Ernst Reuter 7 December 1948 1 February 1951 Social Democratic Party

Lord Mayor of Berlin (1948–1990) Political party:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical 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. 30 November 1948 7 October 1949 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. 7 October 1949 5 July 1967 Socialist Unity Party 2 Herbert Fechner 5 July 1967 11 February 1974 Socialist Unity Party 3 Erhard Krack 11 February 1974 15 February 1990 Socialist Unity Party – Ingrid Pankraz 15 February 1990 23 February 1990 Party of Democratic Socialism 4 23 February 1990 30 May 1990 Party of Democratic Socialism 5 Tino Schwierzina 30 May 1990 3 October 1990 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)

Political party:

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical 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 1 February 1951 29 September 1953 Social Democratic Party 2 Walther Schreiber 29 September 1953 11 January 1955 Christian Democratic Union 3 Otto Suhr 11 January 1955 30 August 1957 Social Democratic Party 4 Willy Brandt 3 October 1957 1 December 1966 Social Democratic Party 5 Heinrich Albertz 1 December 1966 19 October 1967 Social Democratic Party 6 Klaus Schütz 19 October 1967 2 May 1977 Social Democratic Party 7 Dietrich Stobbe 2 May 1978 23 January 1981 Social Democratic Party 8 Hans-Jochen Vogel 23 January 1981 11 June 1981 Social Democratic Party 9 Richard von Weizsäcker 11 June 1981 9 February 1984 Christian Democratic Union 10 Eberhard Diepgen 9 February 1984 16 March 1989 Christian Democratic Union 11 Walter Momper 16 March 1989 3 October 1990 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 &Tino SchwierzinaGerman Reunification Treaty, Artikel 16 3 October 1990 24 January 1991 Social Democratic Party 12 Eberhard Diepgen 24 January 1991 16 June 2001 Christian Democratic Union 13 Klaus Wowereit 16 June 2001 11 December 2014 Social Democratic Party 14 Michael Müller 11 December 2014 21 December 2021 Social Democratic Party 15 Franziska Giffey 21 December 2021 27 April 2023 Social Democratic Party 16 Kai Wegner 27 April 2023 Incumbent Christian Democratic Union

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