# List of mayors of the City of Brussels

This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels.

## Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482)

* 1380: Geert Pipenpoy
* 1381: Geert Pipenpoy and Jacques Stovaert
* 1421: J. Swaeff, J. Cooman
* 1422: Walter Vanden Heetvelde, Petrus van Bolenbeke
* 1423: Guillaume de Kesterbeke, Jan van Muysen
* 1424: Jan van Coundeberg, called Rolibuc, Gielis Daneels,
* 1425: Willem van Herzele, J. de Schore, called de Briedere
* 1426: Wenceslas t'Serclaes, J. Rampaert
* 1427: Jean de Hertoghe, Michel de Mabeert
* 1428: H. Magnus, J. de Broeckhoven
* 1429: Willem van Kesterbeke, Daniel Poelbroot
* 1430: Simon van Ophem, J. de Schore, called de Briedere
* 1431: Walter, son of Gerard Pipenpoy, J. Roypens
* 1432: Wenceslas t'Serclaes, Félix de Hont
* 1433: J. Bernaige, H. de Beringen
* 1434: Jean de Frigidomonte
* 1435: Walter Vandernoot, J. Rampaert
* 1436: Walter Vanden Winckele, Arnout Wellems, said Van Almkercke
* 1437: Henri Taye, J. van Broeckhoven
* 1438: Everard t'Serarnts, Jean Ofhuys
* 1439: Jan de Mol, son of Jan, J. Bogaert
* 1440: Nicolaas Vanden Heetvelde, J. Rampaert
* 1441: Walter, son of Walter Vandernoot, Arnout Wellems, called Van Almkercke
* 1442: Jan de Frigidomonte, God. Taye
* 1443: J. t'Serclaes, J. de Schore
* 1444: Jan, son of Jan de Mol, Gerard Pipenpoy, died on 4 septembre; replaced by J. Vanden Driessche
* 1445: Nicolaas Vanden Heetvelde, H. Vander Straeten, called Meeus
* 1446: Wenceslas T'Serclaes, Martin Wegsken, called Snellaert
* 1447: Antoine Mennen, Arnoul Wellems, called Van Almkercke
* 1448: Walter Vandernoot, Nicolas Vanden Driele
* 1449: Jean Vandernoot, Guill. Utenberge
* 1450: Nicolas Vanden Heetvelde, H. Vander Straeten
* 1451: Amelric Was, J. Cambier
* 1452: Everard T'Serarnts, Joos Westveling
* 1453: J. de Mol, J. de Blare
* 1454: Jan, son of Walter Vandernoot, J. Eggerix
* 1455: Thierry de Mol, Josse de Pape
* 1456: Amelric Was, Guill. Rampaert
* 1457: Walter Vanden Winckele, J. Cambier
* 1458: Philippe Van Nieuwenhove, Albertin Frenier
* 1459: Siger Vanden Heetvelde, J. Eggerix
* 1460: J. de Mol, J. Giellaert
* 1461: Amelric Was,
* 1462: Walter Vanden Winckele, Gerelin de Moor, called in den Sleutel
* 1463: Walter Vandernoot, Joos Westveling
* 1464: Petrus Pipenpoy, Willem de Smeth
* 1465: Jan Schat, J. de Poelke
* 1466: Everard t'Serclaes, Jan Offhuys
* 1467: H. Heenkenshoot, Adam Vandersleehagen
* 1468: Amelric Was, H. de Mol, dit Cooman
* 1469: Walter Vandernoot (lord of Risoir), J. Vander Moelen
* 1470: Antoon Thonys, J. Cambier
* 1471: Conrad Vander Neeren, J. de Poelke
* 1472: J. de Mol, Jacob Vanden Poele, called Poelman
* 1473: H. Heenkenshoot, Adam de Bogaerden, called Jordaens
* 1474: Nicolas Vanden Heetvelde, J. Ofhuys
* 1475: Costin de Limelette, Gerelin de Moor, called in den Sleutel
* 1476: J. Schat, J. Eeckaert
* 1477: J. Vander Meeren, Arnoul Vanden Plassche
* 1478: H. Vander Meeren
* 1479: H. t'Serarnts, God. Wyngaert
* 1480: Roland de Mol, Thierry Ruttens
* 1481: Wenceslas t'Serclaes, Petrus de Jonge

## Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1581)

* 1482–1483: J. Bernsige, J. Mosselman
* 1483–1484: J. van Buyssegem, J. de Poelke
* 1484–1485: H. Vander Meeren
* 1485–1496: Roland de Mol, René Van Thienen
* 1486–1487: Pierre Was, Engelbert Vander Moelen
* 1487–1488: H. de Mol, Jacques de Ruwe
* 1488: Adriaan van Assche
* 1488: Willem T'Serclaes
* 1488–1489: J. de Heemvliet, J. de Walsche
* 1489–1490: Willem T'Serclaes, J. de Poelke
* 1490–1491: Hector Vandernoot, René Van Thienen
* 1491–1492: Jan van Catthem, Joos Zegers
* 1492–1493: Adriaan van Droogenbroeck, Petrus Goessens
* 1493–1494: Helegast Vander Meeren, J. Van Zennen
* 1494–1495: Jan Vander Meeren
* 1495–1496: Guill. Van Bitterswyck, J. Moyensoene
* 1496–1497: J. Vanden Heetvelde, Simon Van Doerne
* 1497–1498: Amelric Was, Jacques de Ruwe
* 1498–1499: Gielis Van Aelst, Pierre Goessens
* 1499: Wenceslas T'Serclaes, J. de Walssche
* 1525: Jan Van Nieuwenhove
* 1546: Jan de Locquenghien
* 1556: Jean Pipenpoy
* 1574–1576: Jacob Taye, lord of Gooik
* 1576–1577: Antoon Quarré, Petrus Cuyerman
* 1577–1578: Karel van Brecht, Frans Jacobs
* 1578–1579: Leonard Vandenhecke, Willem de Smet
* 1579–1580: Jacob Taye, Simon de Sailly
* 1580–1581: Leonard Vandenhecke, Adriaan Van Conincxloo

## Spanish and Austrian Netherlands (1581–1794)

* 1581–1585: Hendrik de Bloyere
* 1585–1586: Jacques Taye, J. Van Geersmeutere
* 1586–1588: Lancelot II Schets, 2nd Count of Grobbendonck, baron de Wesemale, J. Van Gersmeutere
* 1588–1590: Philippe de Rodoan, lord of Bergeghem
* 1590–1592: Hendrik van Dongelberghe, Gabriel Van Bemmel
* 1592–1594: Gielis de Busleyden, Willem de Vaddere
* 1594–1596: Henri de Dongelberghe, Arnold Addiers
* 1596–1598: François de Senft
* 1598–1599: Hendrik van Dongelberghe, Willem de Vaddere
* 1600–1601: Karel van Lathem, Gérard Mouton
* 1602: J. Duquesnoy, Lord van Steen
* 1603–1604: Hendrik van Dongelberghe, Arnold Addiers
* 1605: Karel van Lathem, Gérard Mouton
* 1606: Hendrik van Dongelberghe, Arnold Addiers
* 1607: Jacques Vandernoot, seigneur de Kiesekem, Gérard Mouton
* 1608–1609: Égide de Busleyden, Guillaume de Smet
* 1609: Charles de Lathem, Simon de Sailly
* 1610–1611: Hendrik van Dongelberghe, Arnold Addiers
* 1620: Englebert de Taye, baron of Wemmel.
* 1646: François de Dongelberghe
* 1688-1689: Henry Pipenpoy
* 1692: Henry Pipenpoy
* 1699: Charles-Léopold Fierlant
* 1700–1702: Roger-Wauthier van der Noot, 1st Baron of Carloo
* 1702–1707: Charles van den Berghen, comte de Limminghe
* 1707–1724: Jean Baptiste Aurelius Walhorn

## French Republic (1794–1804)

* 1795–1800: Jean-Baptiste Verlooy
* 1800: Paul Arconati-Visconti, Marquess of Busto
* 1800–1803: Nicolas Rouppe
* 1803–1804: Henri Joseph Van Langenhoven

## First French Empire (1804–1815)

* 1804-1805: Louis Devos
* 1805–1809: Charles de Mérode
* 1810–1814: Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel
* 1814-1815: Baron Joseph van der Linden d'Hooghvorst

## Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830)

* 1815–1817: Baron Louis de Wellens
* 1817-1820: Vicomte Hyacinthe van der Fosse
* 1820-1830: Baron Louis de Wellens

## Kingdom of Belgium (1830–present)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term (Election) | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party |
| 1 | Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1769–1838) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 22 October 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 | 4 October 1848 | Independent |
| 4 | Charles de Brouckère (1796–1860) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 5 October 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 | 21 January 1881 | Liberal Party |
| 8 | Charles Buls (1837–1914) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 17 December 1881 | 16 December 1899 | Liberal Party |
| 9 | Emile De Mot (1835–1909) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 16 December 1899 | 6 December 1909 | Liberal Party |
| 10 | Adolphe Max (1869–1939) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 6 December 1909 | 6 November 1939 (Died in office) | Liberal Party |
| 11 | 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 | 4 March 1983 | Party for Freedom and Progress |
| 14 | Hervé Brouhon (1924–1993) | • (1982) | 4 March 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 (1944–2022) | 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 (1944–2022) | 2nd (2000) | 16 January 2001 | 13 December 2013 | Socialist Party |
| 18 | Freddy Thielemans (1944–2022) | 3rd (2006) | 16 January 2001 | 13 December 2013 | Socialist Party |
| 19 | Yvan Mayeur (born in 1960) | • (2012) | 13 December 2013 | 8 June 2017 | Socialist Party |
| 20 | Philippe Close (born in 1971) | • (2018) | 9 June 2017 | Incumbent | Socialist Party |