List of mayors of the City of Brussels
Kingdom of Belgium (1830–present)

List of mayors of the City of Brussels

Section Title: Kingdom of Belgium (1830–present)
Table Section Text: None

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term (Election)	Term of office	Political Party

1	-	Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1769–1838)	(Appointed by Monarch)	1830	3 August 1838 (Died in office)	Independent

2	-	Guillaume-Hippolyte van Volxem (1791–1868)	(Appointed by Monarch)	13 September 1838	13 April 1841	Independent

3	-	François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (1779–1857)	(Appointed by Monarch)	14 April 1841	1848	Independent

4	-	Charles de Brouckère (1796–1860)	(Appointed by Monarch)	1848	20 April 1860 (Died in office)	Liberal Party

5	-	André-Napoléon Fontainas (1807–1863)	(Appointed by Monarch)	21 April 1860	19 July 1863 (Died in office)	Liberal Party

6	-	Jules Anspach (1829–1879)	(Appointed by Monarch)	15 October 1863	19 May 1879 (Died in office)	Liberal Party

7	-	Felix Vanderstraeten (1823–1884)	(Appointed by Monarch)	20 May 1879	1881	Liberal Party

8	-	Charles Buls (1837–1914)	(Appointed by Monarch)	1881	1899	Liberal Party

9	-	Emile De Mot (1835–1909)	(Appointed by Monarch)	1899	1909	Liberal Party

10	-	Adolphe Max (1869–1939)	(Appointed by Monarch)	6 December 1909	6 November 1939 (Died in office)	Liberal Party

11	Jef Vandemeulebroek.jpeg	Joseph Van De Meulebroeck (1876–1958)	(Appointed by Monarch)	28 November 1939	13 February 1956	Liberal Party

12	-	Lucien Cooremans (1889–1985)	(Appointed by Monarch)	14 February 1956	29 August 1975	Party for Freedom and Progress

13	-	Pierre Van Halteren (1911–2009)	(1976)	30 August 1975	1983	Party for Freedom and Progress

14	-	Hervé Brouhon (1924–1993)	(1982)	1983	10 April 1993 (Died in office)	Socialist Party

15	-	Michel Demaret (1940–2000)	(Appointed by City Council)	20 July 1993	24 March 1994	Humanist Democratic Centre

16	-	Freddy Thielemans (born in 1944)	1st (1994)	28 April 1994	9 January 1995	Socialist Party

17	-	François-Xavier de Donnea (born in 1941)	(Appointed by City Council)	21 May 1995	18 October 2000	Reformist Movement

18	-	Freddy Thielemans (born in 1944)	2nd (2000)	16 January 2001	13 December 2013	Socialist Party

3rd (2006)

19	-	Yvan Mayeur (born in 1960)	(2012)	13 December 2013	8 June 2017	Socialist Party

20	-	Philippe Close (born in 1971)	To be appointed by the SP	9 June 2017	Incumbent	Socialist Party

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Buls became Mayor of Brussels in 1881 and remained in office until 1899.

final_sentence: Buls became Mayor of Brussels in 1881 and remained in office until 1899.