List of mayors of Berlin
The following list of mayors of Berlin shows all the mayors (German: Oberbürgermeister, Regierender Bürgermeister) of Berlin, Germany since 1809:
1809–1948
Oberbürgermeister (generally "Lord Mayor")
- Leopold von Gerlach (1809–1813)
- Johann Büsching (1814–1832)
- Friedrich von Bärensprung (1832–1834)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1834–1848)
- Franz Christian Naunyn (1848–1851)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1851–1862)
- Karl Theodor Seydel (1863–1872)
- Arthur Hobrecht (1872–1878)
- Max von Forckenbeck (1878–1892)
- Robert Zelle (1892–1898)
- Martin Kirschner (1899–1912)
- Adolph Wermuth (1912–1920)
- Gustav Böß (1921–1929)
- Arthur Scholz (1929–1931)
- Heinrich Sahm (1931–1935)
- Oskar Maretzky (1935–1937)
- Julius Lippert (1937–1940)
- Ludwig Steeg (1940–1945)
- Arthur Werner (1945–1946)
- Otto Ostrowski (1946–1947)
- Louise Schroeder (1947–1948)
- Ferdinand Friedensburg (1948)
1948–1991 (East Berlin)
Mayors (German: Oberbürgermeister) of East Berlin, capital in the socialist state of German Democratic Republic.
- Friedrich Ebert, Jr. (1948–1967)
- Herbert Fechner (1967–1974)
- Erhard Krack (1974–1990)
- Dr. Ingrid Pankraz (1990)
- Dr. Christian Hartenauer (1990)
- Tino Schwierzina (1990–1991)
- Thomas Krüger (1991) provisional
The Mayor of Berlin (Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin) was democratically elected in January 1991.
1948–1991 (West Berlin)
Governing Mayors (German: Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin) of West Berlin (1949–90), and Berlin, capital of Germany since 1990.
Name | Picture | Term | Party |
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Ernst Reuter | 1948–1953 | SPD | |
Walther Schreiber | 1953–1955 | CDU | |
Otto Suhr | 1955–1957 | SPD | |
Willy Brandt | 1957–1966 | SPD | |
Heinrich Albertz | 1966–1967 | SPD | |
Klaus Schütz | 1967–1977 | SPD | |
Dietrich Stobbe | 1977–1981 | SPD | |
Hans-Jochen Vogel | 1981 | SPD | |
Richard von Weizsäcker | 1981–1984 | CDU | |
Eberhard Diepgen | 1984–1989 | CDU | |
Walter Momper | 1989–1990 | SPD |
After reunification
Name | Picture | Term | Party |
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Walter Momper | 1990–1991 | SPD | |
Eberhard Diepgen | 1991–2001 | CDU | |
Klaus Wowereit | 2001–2014 | SPD | |
Michael Müller | 2014–2021 | SPD | |
Franziska Giffey | 2021- | SPD |