Mayor of Pekanbaru is the head of the second-level region who holds the government in Pekanbaru together with the vice mayor and 50 members of the Pekanbaru City Regional House of Representatives. The mayor and vice mayor of Pekanbaru are elected through general elections held every 5 years. The first mayor of Pekanbaru was Datuk Wan Abdul Rahman, who governed the city period from 1946 to 1950.
List The following is a list of the names of the mayors of Pekanbaru from time to time. Mayor of Pekanbaru Portrait Mayor Beginning of office End of Term Political Party / Faction Period Note. Vice mayor 1 Datuk Wan Abdul Rahman 17 May 1946 11 November 1950Independent 1N/A 2 Datuk Ahmad 11 November 1950 7 May 1953Independent 2 3 Tengku Ilyas 7 May 1953 1 June 1956Independent 3 4 Muhammad Yunus 1 June 1956 14 May 1958Independent 4 5 Orang Kaya Muhammad Jamil 14 May 1958 9 November 1959Independent 5 (1) Datuk Wan Abdul Rahman 9 November 1959 29 March 1962Independent 6 6 Tengku Bay 29 March 1962 1 June 1968Islamic Education Movement 7 7 Radja Roesli 1 June 1968 10 December 1970Independent 8 8Abdul Rahman Hamid 10 December 1970 10 December 1975Independent 9 10 December 1975 5 July 1981 10 9 Ibrahim Arsyad 5 July 1981 21 July 1986Independent 11 10 Farouq Alwi 21 July 1986 22 July 1991Independent 12 11 Oesman Effendi Apan 22 July 1991 18 July 1996Independent 13 18 July 1996 18 July 2001 14 12 Herman Abdullah 18 July 2001 17 July 2006Golkar 15(2001) Erwandi Saleh (2003–2006) 17 July 2006 18 July 2011 16(2006) Erizal Muluk 13 Firdaus 26 January 2012 27 October 2016Demokrat 17(2011)Ayat Cahyadi 22 May 2017 22 May 2022 18(2017) 14 Agung Nugroho 20 February 2025 IncumbentDemokrat 19(2024) Markarius Anwar
Temporary replacement In the government stack, a regional head who submits himself to leave or temporarily resigns from his position to the central government, then the minister of home affairs prepares a replacement who is a bureaucrat in the regional government or even a vice mayor, including when the mayor's position is in a transition period. Portrait MayorParty Beginning End Duration Period Definitive Ref. Syamsurizal(Acting)Independent 18 July 2011 25 January 2012 — Transition kota-pekanbaru/page/1/ Bappeda Pekanbaru Edwar Sanger(Acting Officer)Independent 27 October 2016 26 January 2017 17(2011) Firdaus Edwar Sanger(Acting) 26 January 2017 22 May 2017 — Transition Muflihun(Acting)Independent 23 May 2022 22 May 2023 —Transition 23 May 2023 22 May 2024 Risnandar Mahiwa(Acting)Independent 22 May 2024 2 December 2024 Roni Rakhmat(Acting)Independent 3 December 2024 20 February 2025
See also Pekanbaru List of incumbent regional heads and deputy regional heads in Riau
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