List of mayors of Berlin

Template:More citations needed 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.

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Napoleonic Empire (1806–1809)

In 1806 the French occupants gathered 2,000 wealthy Berliners in Template:Interlanguage link 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, ²2000, p. 83. Template:ISBN</ref>

Portrait		Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 1	File:No image.svg	François Théodore de Lagarde Template:Small	27 October 1806	6 July 1809	Template:Age in days	Unknown

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

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	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
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 1	File:Carl Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach (cropped).jpg	Leopold von Gerlach Template:Small	6 July 1809	8 June 1813	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 2	File:JohannStephanBüsching.jpg	Johann Gottfried Büsching Template:Small	February 1814	March 1832	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 3	File:Friedrich Wilhelm Baerensprung.jpg	Friedrich von Bärensprung Template:Small	March 1832	6 October 1834	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 4	File:Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick.jpg	Wilhelm Krausnick Template:Small	6 October 1834	20 March 1848	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| –	File:No image.svg	Franz Christian Naunyn Template:Small Template:Small	20 March 1848	23 January 1851	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| (4)	File:Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick.jpg	Wilhelm Krausnick Template:Small	23 January 1851	30 December 1862	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 5	File:Karl Theodor Seydel.jpg	Karl Theodor Seydel Template:Small	12 January 1863	18 January 1871	Template:Age in days	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
style="background:Template:Party color;"| (5)	File:Karl Theodor Seydel.jpg	Karl Theodor Seydel Template:Small	18 January 1871	1 April 1872	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 6	File:ArthurHobrecht.jpg	Arthur Hobrecht Template:Small	16 May 1872	1 April 1878	Template:Age in days	National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 7	File:Max von Forckenbeck.jpg	Max von Forckenbeck Template:Small	21 November 1878	26 May 1892	Template:Age in days	National Liberal Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 8	File:Robert Zelle, der neue Oberbürgermeister, 1893.png	Robert Zelle Template:Small	26 September 1892	30 September 1898	Template:Age in days	Free-minded People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 9	File:Martin Kirschner 001.JPG	Martin Kirschner Template:Small	23 December 1899	31 August 1912	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 10	File:AdolfWermuth.JPG	Adolf Wermuth Template:Small	1 September 1912	9 November 1918	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
style="background:Template:Party color;"| (10)	File:AdolfWermuth.JPG	Adolf Wermuth Template:Small	9 November 1918	1 October 1920	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan

Lord Mayor of (Greater) Berlin (1918–1935)

Portrait		Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
Berlin was the capital city of the Weimar Republic
style="background:Template:Party color;"| (10)	File:AdolfWermuth.JPG	Adolf Wermuth Template:Small	1 October 1920	30 November 1920	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 11	File:Gustav Böß (cropped).JPG	Gustav Böß Template:Small	10 February 1921	7 November 1929	Template:Age in days	German Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:Arthur Scholtz (cropped).jpg	Arthur Scholtz Template:Small Template:Small	7 November 1929	20 April 1931	Template:Age in days	German People's Party
style="background:Template:Party color;"| 12	File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg	Heinrich Sahm Template:Small	20 April 1931	30 January 1933	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Berlin was the capital city of the Weimar Republic
style="background:Template:Party color;"| (12)	File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg	Heinrich Sahm Template:Small	30 January 1933	30 January 1935	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan Template:Small Nazi Party Template:Small

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.

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Berlin was the capital city of Nazi Germany
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| (12)	File:Heinrich Sahm.jpg	Heinrich Sahm Template:Small	30 January 1935	18 December 1935	Template:Age in days	Nazi Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:Oskar Maretzky.jpg	Template:Interlanguage link Template:Small Template:Small	19 December 1935	5 January 1937	Template:Age in days	Nazi Party Template:Small
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 13	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H13561, Julius Lippert.jpg	Julius Lippert Template:Small	5 January 1937	1 July 1940	Template:Age in days	Nazi Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 14	File:No image.svg	Ludwig Steeg Template:Small	1 July 1940	2 May 1945	Template:Age in days	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").

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party
			Took office	Left office	Days
Berlin under quadripartite Allied control (1945–1948)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black"| 15	File:Fotothek df pk 0000079 061.jpg	Arthur Werner Template:Small	17 May 1945	10 December 1946	Template:Age in days	Non-partisan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 16	File:Otto Ostrowski.jpg	Otto Ostrowski Template:Small	10 December 1946	11 June 1947	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046121-0033, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Schroeder.jpg	Louise Schroeder Template:Small Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	11 June 1947	14 August 1948	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:WP Ferdinand Friedensburg.jpg	Ferdinand Friedensburg Template:Small Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	14 August 1948	1 December 1948	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F046121-0033, Koblenz, "Rittersturz-Konferenz", Schroeder.jpg	Louise Schroeder Template:Small Template:Small	1 December 1948	7 December 1948	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 17	File:ErnstReuter1951 (cropped).jpg	Ernst Reuter Template:Small Template:Small	7 December 1948	1 February 1951	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party

Lord Mayor of Berlin (1948–1990)

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	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).
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg	Friedrich Ebert Jr. Template:Small	30 November 1948	7 October 1949	Template:Age in days	Socialist Unity Party
East Berlin (1948–1990)
East Berlin was de facto the capital city of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| (1)	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg	Friedrich Ebert Jr. Template:Small	7 October 1949	5 July 1967	Template:Age in days	Socialist Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:Herbert Fechner.jpg	Herbert Fechner Template:Small	5 July 1967	11 February 1974	Template:Age in days	Socialist Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-1028-040, Berlin, 750-Jahr-Feier, Stadtverordnetenversammlung (cropped).jpg	Erhard Krack Template:Small	11 February 1974	15 February 1990	Template:Age in days	Socialist Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| –	File:No image.svg	Ingrid Pankraz Template:Small Template:Small	15 February 1990	23 February 1990	Template:Age in days	Party of Democratic Socialism
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4	File:No image.svg	Template:Interlanguage link Template:Small	23 February 1990	30 May 1990	Template:Age in days	Party of Democratic Socialism
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 5	File:Tino Schwierzina (cropped2).jpg	Tino Schwierzina Template:Small	30 May 1990	3 October 1990	Template:Age in days	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)

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Portrait		Name Template:Small	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)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1	File:ErnstReuter1951 (cropped).jpg	Ernst Reuter Template:Small	1 February 1951	29 September 1953	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2	File:Walther Schreiber (cropped).jpg	Walther Schreiber Template:Small	29 September 1953	11 January 1955	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3	File:DBPB 1958 181 Otto Suhr.jpg	Otto Suhr Template:Small	11 January 1955	30 August 1957 Template:Small	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4	File:Willy Brandt (1959).jpg	Willy Brandt Template:Small	3 October 1957	1 December 1966	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 5	File:Heinrich Albertz.jpg	Heinrich Albertz Template:Small	1 December 1966	19 October 1967	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 6	File:Klaus Schütz thumb.jpg	Klaus Schütz Template:Small	19 October 1967	2 May 1977	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 7	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F043773-0039, Bonn, Laubenpieperfest Landesvertretung Berlin (cropped).jpg	Dietrich Stobbe Template:Small	2 May 1978	23 January 1981	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 8	File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079276-0009, Münster, SPD-Parteitag, Vogel (cropped).jpg	Hans-Jochen Vogel Template:Small	23 January 1981	11 June 1981	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 9	File:Richard von Weizsäcker.jpg	Richard von Weizsäcker Template:Small	11 June 1981	9 February 1984	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 10	File:KAS-Diepgen, Eberhard-Bild-4379-1 (cropped).jpg	Eberhard Diepgen Template:Small	9 February 1984	16 March 1989	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 11	File:Walter Momper 1990 (cropped).jpg	Walter Momper Template:Small	16 March 1989	24 January 1991	Template:Age in days	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
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"|	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0506-022, Berlin, Kommunalwahl, Schwierzina, Momper.jpg	Walter Momper Template:Small & Tino Schwierzina<ref>German Reunification Treaty, Artikel 16</ref> Template:Small	3 October 1990	24 January 1991	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"| 12 Template:Small	File:KAS-Diepgen, Eberhard-Bild-4379-1 (cropped).jpg	Eberhard Diepgen Template:Small	24 January 1991	16 June 2001	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"| 13	File:Klaus Wowereit 2012-02-24 (cropped).jpg	Klaus Wowereit Template:Small	16 June 2001	11 December 2014	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"| 14	File:2017-11-16 Michael Müller (Wiki Loves Parliaments 2017 in Berlin) by Sandro Halank.jpg	Michael Müller Template:Small	11 December 2014	21 December 2021	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"| 15	File:2021-09-26 Abgeordnetenhauswahlabend SPD Berlin by Sandro Halank–030.jpg	Franziska Giffey Template:Small	21 December 2021<ref name=firstelected>Template:Cite news</ref>	27 April 2023	Template:Age in days	Social Democratic Party
style="background: Template:Party color; color:white"| 16	File:2014-09-09 - Kai Wegner MdB - 7002.jpg	Kai Wegner Template:Small	27 April 2023	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	Christian Democratic Union