The Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, officially the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of the local government of South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, established in 2000.
The current mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay is Babalwa Lobishe of the African National Congress (ANC), who was elected unopposed on 31 October 2024. She succeeded Gary van Niekerk of the National Alliance (NA), who was elected on 26 May 2023. He succeeded Retief Odendaal of the Democratic Alliance (DA), who was removed in a motion of no confidence earlier that day.
List of mayors NameTerm of officePolitical partyRef.Christopher Nceba Faku20012006African National CongressNondumiso Maphazi20062009African National CongressZanoxolo Wayile20092013African National CongressBen Fihla20132015African National CongressDanny Jordaan20152016African National CongressAthol Trollip20162018Democratic AllianceMongameli Bobani20182019United Democratic MovementTshonono Buyeye (acting)20192020African Independent CongressNqaba Bhanga20202021Democratic AllianceEugene Johnson20212022African National CongressRetief Odendaal20222023Democratic AllianceGary van Niekerk20232024National AllianceBabalwa Lobishe2024IncumbentAfrican National Congress
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