List of mayors of Bern
This is a list of mayors of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The executive of Bern is the municipal council (Gemeinderat).

List of mayors of Bern

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Table Section Text: This is a list of mayors of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The executive of Bern is the municipal council (Gemeinderat).

Term	Mayor	Lifespan	Party	Notes

1832–1848	Karl Zeerleder	(1780–1851)	Conservative

1849–1863	Friedrich Ludwig von Effinger	(1795–1867)	Conservative

1864	Christoph Albert Kurz	(1806–1864)	Conservative

1864–1888	Otto von Büren	(1822–1888)	Conservative	Gemeindepräsident until 1871, Stadtpräsident since

1888–1895	Eduard Müller	(1848–1919)	FDP/PRL

1895–1899	Franz Lindt	(1844–1901)	FDP/PRL

1900–1918	Adolf von Steiger	(1859–1925)	FDP/PRL

1918–1920	Gustav Müller	(1860–1921)	SPS/PSS

1920–1937	Hermann Lindt	(1872–1937)	BGB/PAI

1937–1951	Ernst Bärtschi	(1882–1976)	FDP/PRL

1952–1958	Otto Steiger	(1890–1958)	BGB/PAI

1958–1966	Eduard Freimüller	(1898–1966)	SPS/PSS

1966–1979	Reynold Tschäppät	(1917–1979)	SPS/PSS	father of Alexander Tschäppät

1979–1992	Werner Bircher	(1928–2017)	FDP/PRL

1993–2004	Klaus Baumgartner	(1937–2015)	SPS/PSS

2005–2016	Alexander Tschäppät	(1952–2018)	SPS/PSS	son of Reynold Tschäppät

2017–present	Alec von Graffenried	(born 1962)	Greens

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From 1993 to 2004 Klaus Baumgartner was Mayor of Bern.

final_sentence: From 1993 to 2004 Klaus Baumgartner was Mayor of Bern.