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.
Mayors since 1815
Lord Mayors of Cologne (1815–1945) 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: PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays German Empire (1871–1918) Alexander Bachem 18 January 1871 29 May 1875 Independent Hermann Heinrich Becker 5 June 1875 9 December 1885 German Progress Party Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker 1 June 1886 14 September 1907 Independent Max Wallraf 1 October 1907 8 August 1917 Independent Konrad Adenauer 18 October 1917 9 November 1918 Centre Party Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Konrad Adenauer 9 November 1918 30 January 1933 Centre Party Nazi Germany (1933–1945) Konrad Adenauer 30 January 1933 13 March 1933 Centre Party Günter Riesen 13 March 1933 8 December 1936 Nazi Party Karl Georg Schmidt 20 January 1937 26 November 1940 Nazi Party Peter Winkelnkemper 3 January 1941 20 June 1944 Nazi Party Robert Brandes 20 June 1944 6 March 1945 Nazi Party
Lord Mayor of Cologne (1945–present) Political party:
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDays French occupation zone (1945–1949) 1 Konrad Adenauer 4 May 1945 6 October 1945 Christian Democratic Union – Willi Suth 6 October 1945 20 November 1945 Christian Democratic Union 2 Hermann Pünder 20 November 1945 23 August 1946 Christian Democratic Union On 23 August 1946, Cologne became a city of the newly founded state of North Rhine-Westphalia (2) Hermann Pünder 23 August 1946 31 May 1948 Christian Democratic Union 3 Ernst Schwering 1 June 1948 15 November 1948 Christian Democratic Union 4 Robert Görlinger 15 November 1948 23 May 1949 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 23 May 1949 9 December 1949 Social Democratic Party 5 Ernst Schwering 9 December 1949 23 November 1950 Christian Democratic Union 6 Robert Görlinger 23 November 1950 8 November 1951 Social Democratic Party 7 Ernst Schwering 8 November 1951 9 November 1956 Christian Democratic Union 8 Theo Burauen 9 November 1956 17 December 1973 Social Democratic Party 9 John van Nes Ziegler 20 December 1973 28 October 1980 Social Democratic Party 10 Norbert Burger 28 October 1980 30 September 1999 Social Democratic Party 11 Harry Blum 1 October 1999 17 March 2000 Christian Democratic Union 12 Fritz Schramma 17 September 2000 20 October 2009 Christian Democratic Union 13 Jürgen Roters 21 October 2009 20 October 2015 Social Democratic Party 14 Henriette Reker 22 October 2015 31 October 2025 Independent 15 Torsten Burmester 1 November 2025 Incumbent Social Democratic Party
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 Timeline of Cologne
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