List of mayors of Cologne

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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[]

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In Prussia[]

• 1815–1819:
• 1819–1823:
• 1823–1848:
• 1848–1851:
• 1851–1863:
• 1863–1875:
• 1875–1885: Dr. Hermann Heinrich Becker, Fortschrittspartei
• 1886–1907:
• 1907–1917: Ludwig Theodor Ferdinand Max Wallraf
• 1917–1933: Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Deutsche Zentrumspartei

In Nazi Germany[]

• 1933–1936: Dr. Günter Riesen
• 1936–1940: Dr.
• 1940–1944: Dr.
• 1944–1945:

In West and reunified Germany[]

• 1945: Dr. Konrad Adenauer CDU
• 1945: Dr. CDU
• 1945–1948: Dr. Hermann Pünder CDU
• 1948: Dr. CDU
• 1948–1949: Robert Görlinger SPD
• 1949–1950: Dr. CDU
• 1950–1951: Robert Görlinger SPD
• 1951–1956: Dr. CDU
• 1956–1973: SPD
• 1973–1980: SPD
• 1980–1999: SPD
• 1999–2000: Harry Blum CDU
• 2000–2009: Fritz Schramma CDU
• 2009–2015: Jürgen Roters SPD
• Since 2015: Henriette Reker Independent

City managers 1946–1999[]

• 1946–1953: Dr.
• 1953–1965: Dr.
• 1965–1977: Prof. Dr.
• 1977–1989:
• 1989–1998:
• 1998–1999:

See also[]

• Timeline of Cologne

External links[]

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