List of Mayors of Hamburg

Since 1946

See also: Hamburg state election, 2001, Hamburg state election, 2004, Hamburg state election, 2008, and Hamburg state election, 2011

Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.

	Party	In office
Max Brauer	SPD	22 November 1946 – 2 December 1953
Kurt Sieveking	CDU	2 December 1953 – 4 December 1957
Max Brauer	SPD	4 December 1957 – 31 December 1960
Paul Nevermann	SPD	1 January 1961 – 9 June 1965
Herbert Weichmann	SPD	9 June 1965 – 9 June 1971
Peter Schulz	SPD	9 June 1971 – 4 November 1974
Hans-Ulrich Klose	SPD	12 November 1974 – 22 May 1981
Klaus von Dohnanyi	SPD	24 June 1981 – 8 June 1988
Henning Voscherau	SPD	8 June 1988 – 8 October 1997
Ortwin Runde	SPD	12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001
Ole von Beust	CDU	31 October 2001 – 25 August 2010
Christoph Ahlhaus	CDU	25 August 2010 – 7 March 2011
Olaf Scholz	SPD	Since 7 March 2011

	Party	In office
Christian Koch	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	19 November 1946 – 18 February 1950
Paul Nevermann	SPD	24 February 1950 – 2 December 1953
Edgar Engelhard	FDP	2 December 1953 – 27 April 1966
Wilhelm Drexelius		27 April 1966 – 2 April 1970
Peter Schulz	SPD	22 April 1970 – 9 June 1971
Helmuth Kern	SPD	9 June 1971 – 3 October 1972
Hans Rau	FDP	3 October 1972 – 30 April 1974
Dieter Biallas	FDP	30 April 1974 – 28 June 1978
Helga Elstner	SPD	28 June 1978 – 13 June 1984
Alfons Pawelczyk	SPD	13 June 1984 – 2 September 1987
Ingo von Münch	FDP	2 September 1987 – 26 June 1991
Hans-Jürgen Krupp	SPD	26 June 1991 – 1 December 1993
Erhard Rittershaus	STATT	15 December 1993 – 12 November 1997
Krista Sager	GAL	12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001
Ronald B. Schill	Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (PRO)	31 October 2001 – 19 August 2003
Mario Mettbach	PRO	21 August 2003 – 17 March 2004
Birgit Schnieber-Jastram	CDU	17 March 2004 – 7 May 2008
Christa Goetsch	GAL	since 7 May 2008 – 29 November 2010
Dietrich Wersich	CDU	30 November 2010 – 7 March 2011
Dorothee Stapelfeldt	SPD	Since 7 March 2011