Lord Mayor
A Lord Mayoralty was granted by Letters Patent to Armagh City and District on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Since then the position has been that of Lord Mayor of Armagh City and District Council. Between 1995 and 2012 the position was Mayor of Armagh City and District Council.
- 1995 - 96: Jim Nicholson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1996 - 97: Jim Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1997 - 98: Pat Brannigan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 1998 - 99: Robert Turner, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1999 - 00: Tom Canavan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 2000 - 01: Jimmy Clayton, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2001 - 02: Sylvia McRoberts, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2002 - 03: Anna Brolly, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 2003 - 04: Pat O'Rawe, Sinn Féin
- 2004 - 05: Eric Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2005 - 06: John Campbell, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 2006 - 07: William Irwin, Democratic Unionist Party
- 2007 - 08: Charles Rollston, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2008 - 09: Noel Sheridan, Sinn Féin
- 2009 - 10: Thomas O'Hanlon, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 2010 - 11: Jim Speers, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2011 - 12: Freda Donnelly, Democratic Unionist Party
- 2012 - present: Sharon Haughey, Social Democratic and Labour Party
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