List of mayors of Cologne
This is a list of mayors of Cologne. It includes the Lord Mayors of Cologne (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln) since 1815 as well as the city managers (Oberstadtdirektoren) from 1946 to 1999.
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Mayors since 1815
In Prussia
- 1815–1819: Karl Joseph Freiherr von Mylius
- 1819–1823: von Monschaw
- 1823–1848: Johann Adolf Steinberger
- 1848–1851: Friedrich Wilhelm Gräff
- 1851–1863: Hermann Joseph Stupp
- 1863–1871: Alexander Bachem
German Reich
Political party:
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
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Alexander Bachem (1876–1967) |
18 January 1871 | 29 May 1875 | 1592 | Independent | |
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Hermann Heinrich Becker (1820–1885) |
5 June 1875 | 9 Dezember 1885 | 3840 | German Progress Party | |
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker (1835–1924) |
1 June 1886 | 14 September 1907 | 7774 | Christian Democratic Union | |
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Max Wallraf (1886–1962) |
1 October 1907 | 8 August 1917 | 3599 | Independent | |
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Konrad Adenauer (1888–1954) |
18 October 1917 | 9 November 1918 | 387 | Centre Party | |
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Konrad Adenauer (1888–1954) |
9 November 1918 | 30 January 1933 | 5196 | Centre Party | |
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | ||||||
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Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) |
30 January 1933 | 13 March 1933 | 42 | Centre Party | |
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Günter Riesen (1892–1951) Acting |
13 March 1933 | 8 December 1936 | 1366 | Nazi Party | |
| Karl Georg Schmidt (1904–1940) |
20 January 1937 | 26 November 1940 | 1406 | Nazi Party | ||
| Peter Winkelnkemper (1902–1944) |
3 January 1941 | 20 June 1944 | 1264 | Nazi Party | ||
| Robert Brandes (1899–1987) Acting |
20 June 1944 | 6 March 1945 | 259 | Nazi Party | ||
Lord Mayor of Cologne (1945–present)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Days | ||||
| French occupation zone (1945–1949) | ||||||
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Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) |
4 May 1945 | 6 October 1945 | 155 | Christian Democratic Union |
| – | Willi Suth (1881–1956) Acting |
6 October 1945 | 20 November 1945 | 45 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 2 | |
Hermann Pünder (1888–1976) |
20 November 1945 | 23 August 1946 | 276 | Christian Democratic Union |
| On 23 August 1946, Cologne became a city of the newly founded state of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||
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Hermann Pünder (1888–1976) |
23 August 1946 | 31 May 1948 | 647 | Christian Democratic Union |
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Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
1 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | 167 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 4 | Robert Görlinger (1888–1954) |
15 November 1948 | 23 May 1949 | 189 | Social Democratic Party | |
| Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) | ||||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia became a federal state of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||
| (4) | Robert Görlinger (1888–1954) |
23 May 1949 | 9 December 1949 | 200 | Social Democratic Party | |
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Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
9 December 1949 | 23 November 1950 | 349 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 6 | Robert Görlinger (1888–1954) |
23 November 1950 | 8 November 1951 | 350 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 7 | |
Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
8 November 1951 | 9 November 1956 | 1828 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 8 |  |
Theo Burauen (1906–1987) |
9 November 1956 | 17 December 1973 | 6247 | Social Democratic Party |
| 9 | John van Nes Ziegler (1921–2006) |
20 December 1973 | 28 October 1980 | 2504 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 10 |  |
Norbert Burger (1932–2012) |
28 October 1980 | 30 September 1999 | 6911 | Social Democratic Party |
| 11 | Harry Blum (1944–2000) |
1 October 1999 | 17 March 2000 | 168 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 12 |  |
Fritz Schramma (born 1947) |
20 September 2000 | 20 October 2009 | 3317 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 13 |  |
Jürgen Roters (born 1949) |
21 October 2009 | 20 October 2015 | 2190 | Social Democratic Party |
| 14 |  |
Henriette Reker (born 1956) |
22 October 2015 | Incumbent | 2385 | Independent |
City managers 1946–1999
- 1946–1953: Dr. Willi Suth
- 1953–1965: Dr. Max Adenauer
- 1965–1977: Prof. Dr. Heinz Mohnen
- 1977–1989: Kurt Rossa
- 1989–1998: Lothar Ruschmeier
- 1998–1999: Klaus Heugel
See also
External links
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