# List of mayors of The Hague

Below is a list of mayors of The Hague since it was decided in 1824 that only one mayor at a time would govern the city.

## List

| Name | Term of office | Party |
| Lodewijk Copes van Cattenburch (1771–1842) | 23 February 1824 – 16 December 1842 (18 years, 296 days) | Independent (pro-government) |
| Gerrit Hooft (1779–1872) | 20 December 1842 – 15 May 1858 (15 years, 146 days) | Independent (pro-government) |
| François Gevers Deynoot (1814–1882) | 1 June 1858 – 1 June 1882 (24 years, 0 days) | Independent (anti-revolutionary) |
| Jacob Gerard Patijn (1836–1911) | 16 September 1882 – 8 September 1887 (4 years, 357 days) | Independent (liberal) |
| Albert Johan Roest (1837–1920) | 21 September 1887 – 1 July 1897 (9 years, 283 days) | Independent (liberal) |
| Binnert de Beaufort (1852–1898) | 15 September 1897 – 16 April 1898 (213 days) | Independent |
| Johan van Harinxma thoe Slooten (1848–1904) | 25 May 1898 – 4 April 1904 (5 years, 315 days) | Independent (liberal) |
| Emile Sweerts de Landas Wyborgh (1852–1928) | 15 July 1904 – 1 May 1911 (6 years, 290 days) | Anti-Revolutionary |
| Joannes Coenraad Jansen | 1 May 1911 – 1 August 1911 (92 days) Acting | Independent (liberal) |
| Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1874–1942) | 1 Augustus 1911 – 9 September 1918 (7 years, 8 days) | Independent (old liberal) |
| Jacob Patijn (1873–1961) | 30 September 1918 – 1 October 1930 (12 years, 1 day) | Independent (liberal) |
| Lodewijk Bosch van Rosenthal (1852–1928) | 1 December 1930 – 1 June 1934 (3 years, 182 days) | Christian Historical Union |
| Salomon de Monchy (1880–1961) | 1 July 1934 – 1 July 1940 (6 years, 0 days) | Independent (liberal) |
| Cornelis Lodewijk van der Bilt | 1 July 1940 – 15 June 1942 (1 year, 349 days) Acting | Liberal State Party |
| Harmen Westra (1883–1959) | 1 July 1942 – 15 March 1945 (2 years, 257 days) | National Socialist Movement |
| Henri van Maasdijk | 15 March 1945 – 7 May 1945 (53 days) Acting | National Socialist Movement |
| Salomon de Monchy (1880–1961) | 5 May 1945 – 1 January 1947 (1 year, 241 days) | Independent (liberal) |
| Willem Visser (1904–1975) | 1 June 1947 – 27 May 1949 (1 year, 360 days) | Christian Historical Union |
| Frans Schokking (1908–1990) | 1 November 1949 – 1 August 1956 (6 years, 274 days) | Christian Historical Union |
| Hans Kolfschoten (1908–1990) | 10 February 1957 – 16 October 1968 (11 years, 249 days) | Catholic People's Party |
| Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 16 October 1968 – 5 April 1975 (6 years, 155 days) | Catholic People's Party |
| Henk Happel | 5 April 1975 – 14 October 1975 (192 days) Ad interim | Catholic People's Party |
| Frans Schols (1926–2000) | 14 October 1975 – 1 June 1985 (9 years, 230 days) | Catholic People's Party (1975–1980) |
| Frans Schols (1926–2000) | 14 October 1975 – 1 June 1985 (9 years, 230 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1985) |
| Piet Vink (1927–2002) | 1 June 1985 – 1 September 1985 (92 days) Ad interim | Labour Party |
| Ad Havermans (born 1934) | 1 September 1985 – 1 August 1996 (10 years, 335 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Peter Noordanus (born 1948) | 1 August 1996 – 1 December 1996 (122 days) Ad interim | Labour Party |
| Wim Deetman (born 1945) | 1 December 1996 – 1 January 2008 (11 years, 31 days) | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957) | 1 January 2008 – 26 March 2008 (85 days) Ad interim | Labour Party |
| Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947) | 26 March 2008 – 1 March 2017 (8 years, 340 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Tom de Bruijn (born 1948) | 1 March 2017 – 17 March 2017 (16 days) Ad interim | Democrats 66 |
| Pauline Krikke (born 1961) | 17 March 2017 – 6 October 2019 (2 years, 203 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Boudewijn Revis (born 1974) | 6 October 2019 – 12 October 2019 (6 days) Ad interim | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Johan Remkes (born 1951) | 12 October 2019 – 1 July 2020 (263 days) Acting | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Jan van Zanen (born 1961) | 1 July 2020 – Incumbent (4 years, 130 days) | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
* ↑ Acting Mayor until 28 March 1843