List of mayors of Hamburg

The German: Erster Bürgermeister is the First Mayor of Hamburg, Germany. He is the president of the Senate (government) of Hamburg. The Erster Bürgermeister is Hamburg's Minister President.

The constitution of 28 September 1860 says that the state is to be governed by the ten-member Senate headed by the First Mayor as the President of the Senate. His deputy is the Second Mayor. Until 1997 the First Mayor was elected by the Senate. Now he is elected by the Bürgerschaft (the city's parliament) and the Erster Bürgermeister has appointed and dismissed other Senators.

List of mayors

Weimar Republic

  • Werner von Melle: 31 March 1919 - 31 December 1919
  • Gustav Sthamer: 1 January 1920- 1 February 1920
  • Arnold Diestel, DDP: 2 February 1920 - 31 December 1923
  • Carl Petersen, DDP: 1 January 1924 - 31 December 1929
  • Rudolf Ross, SPD: 1 January 1930 - 31 December 1931
  • Carl Petersen, DDP: 1 January 1932 - 7 March 1933

Third Reich

Appointed by the British occupation forces

Democratically elected after World War II

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