This is a list of the mayors of the City of Merri-bek (known as the City of Moreland until September 2022), a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the City of Brunswick, City of Coburg, and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows.
The current mayor is Nat Abboud, who was voted into the position by councillors on 19 November 2025.
Mayors 1996–present No.PortraitMayor (Ward) PartyTerm startTerm end Council control 1 Mike Hill (Hoffman) Labor March 1996 March 1997Labor majority 2 Rod Higgins (Lincoln Mills) Labor March 1997 March 1998 3 Anthony Helou (Merri) Labor March 1998 March 1999 4 Andrew Rowe (Moonah) Labor March 1999 March 2000 5 Stella Kariofyllidis (Newlands) Labor March 2000 March 2001 6 Robert Larocca (Glencairn) Labor March 2001 March 2002 7 Joe Caputo (Hoffman) Labor March 2002 March 2003 8 Joe Ficarra (Westbreen) Labor March 2003 March 2004 (3) Anthony Helou (Merri) Labor March 2004 November 2004 9 Mark Higginbotham (North-West) Labor November 2004 November 2005 (3) Anthony Helou (North-East) Labor November 2005 November 2006 10 Mark O'Brien (North-East) Labor November 2006 November 2007 (7) Joe Caputo (South) Labor November 2007 November 2008 11 Lambros Tapinos (South) Labor November 2008 November 2009 (5) Stella Kariofyllidis (North-East) Labor November 2009 November 2010 12 Oscar Yildiz (North-West) Labor November 2010 November 2011 13 John Kavanagh (North-West) Democratic Labour November 2011 November 2012 (12) Oscar Yildiz (North-West) Labor November 2012 November 2013No overall control (11) Lambros Tapinos (South) Labor November 2013 November 2014 14 Meghan Hopper (South) Labor November 2014 November 2015 15 Samantha Ratnam (South) Greens November 2015 November 2016 16 Helen Davidson (North-West) Independent November 2016 November 2017 (13) John Kavanagh (North-West) Independent November 2017 November 2018 17 Natalie Abboud (North-East) Greens November 2018 November 2019 (11) Lambros Tapinos (South) Labor November 2019 November 2020 18 Annalivia Carli Hannan (North-East) Labor November 2020 29 November 2021 19 Mark Riley (South) Greens 29 November 2021 29 November 2022 20 Angelica Panopoulos (North-West) Greens 29 November 2022 15 November 2023 20 Adam Pulford (North-East) Greens 15 November 2023 20 November 2024 (16) Helen Davidson (Djirri-Djirri) Independent 20 November 2024 19 November 2025 21 Nat Abboud (Pentridge) Independent 19 November 2025 Incumbent
See also Local government areas of Victoria
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