# Mayor of Bulawayo

The Executive Mayor of Bulawayo is the executive of the government of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Mayor is a member of the Bulawayo City Council, and is assisted by a deputy mayor. The Mayor uses the style "His Worship". The current mayor is David Coltart since 11 September 2023.

## History

Bulawayo's first mayor, Isidore Hirschler, took office on 25 November 1897. In 1981, following Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom, Bulawayo's first black mayor, Naison Ndlovu, took office.

## List of mayors

The following is a list of past mayors of Bulawayo.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| Isidore Hirschler | 25 November 1897 | 2 August 1898 | |
| Charles Theodore Holland | 2 August 1898 | 1899 | |
| Henry Frederick White | 1899 | 1900 | |
| William H. Haddon | 27 September 1900 | 1901 | |
| John Kerr | 1901 | 1902 | |
| J. E. Scott | 1902 | 1904 | |
| Walter Baxendale | 1904 | 1906 | |
| E. F. Philip | 1906 | 1907 | |
| Emanuel Basch | 1907 | 1911 | |
| Alex Fraser | 1911 | 1912 | |
| Walter Baxendale | 1912 | 1913 | |
| Alex Fraser | 1913 | 1914 | |
| W. B. Bucknall | 1914 | 1915 | |
| W. J. Atterbury | 1915 | 1917 | |
| George Stewart | 1917 | 1918 | |
| W. J. Atterbury | 1918 | 1919 | |
| James Cowden | 1919 | 1923 | RGA |
| J. H. Bookless | 1923 | 1924 | |
| Henry Robert Barbour | 1924 | 1927 | Rhodesia Party |
| H. B. Ellenbogen | 1927 | 1929 | |
| W. H. Peard | 1929 | 1932 | |
| William Maver | 1932 | 1933 | |
| Theodore Holdengarde | 1933 | 1934 | United Party |
| Cessy Harris | 1934 | 1936 | |
| Donald MacIntyre | 1936 | 1938 | Labour Party |
| Theodore Holdengarde | 1938 | 1940 | Liberal Party |
| D. W. Young | 1940 | 1942 | |
| Edward Jonathan Davies | 1942 | 1944 | Labour Party |
| Donald MacIntyre | 1944 | 1947 | Labour Party |
| Henry Alfred Holmes | 1947 | 1949 | United Party |
| J. H. Butcher | 1949 | 1951 | |
| C. M. Newman | 1951 | 1953 | |
| John Morrison MacDonald | 1953 | 1955 | Liberal Party |
| John William Phillips | 1955 | 1957 | |
| M. M. McNellie | 1957 | 1959 | |
| Sydney Henderson Millar | 1959 | 1960 | |
| Margot Brett | 1960 | 1961 | |
| Jack Graham Pain | 1961 | 1962 | Dominion Party |
| Sydney Henderson Millar | 1962 | 1963 | Rhodesian Front |
| Aubrey M. Butcher | 1963 | 1964 | |
| A. C. Dold | 1964 | 1964 | |
| Abraham Menashe | 1965 | 1967 | Independent |
| William Kinleyside | 1967 | 1968 | |
| Jurick Goldwasser | 1968 | 1969 | |
| Max Logan | 1969 | 1970 | |
| T. H. Doyle | 1970 | 1971 | Independent |
| H. Coronel | 1971 | 1972 | |
| Ralph S. Harris | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Eugene D. Gordon | 1973 | 1974 | |
| Charles McKenzie Scott | 1974 | 1975 | Rhodesian Front |
| Len Sexon | 1975 | 1976 | |
| Eric Hoyle | 1976 | 1977 | |
| Joanna Sharland | 1977 | 1978 | |
| D. J. Rowland | 1978 | 1979 | |
| Mike Constandinos | 1979 | 1981 | |
| Naison Ndlovu | 1981 | 1983 | PF–ZAPU |
| Enos Mdlongwa | 1983 | 1985 | PF–ZAPU |
| Nicholas Mabodoko | 1985 | 1988 | PF–ZAPU |
| J. M. Ndlovu | 1988 | 1989 | ZANU–PF |
| A. L. Ncube | 1989 | 1990 | ZANU–PF |
| Dennis Ndlovu | 1990 | 1991 | ZANU–PF |
| Nelson Sidanile | 1991 | 1992 | ZANU–PF |
| Israel Gadhlula | 1992 | 1993 | ZANU–PF |
| Joshua Malinga | 1993 | 1995 | ZANU–PF |
| Abel Siwela | 1996 | 2000 | ZANU–PF |
| Japhet Ndabeni Ncube | 2001 | 2008 | MDC (before 2005) |
| Japhet Ndabeni Ncube | 2001 | 2008 | MDC–M (after 2005) |
| Patrick Thaba-Moyo | 2008 | 2013 | MDC–T |
| Martin Moyo | 2013 | 2018 | MDC–T |
| Solomon Mguni | 7 September 2018 | 2023 | MDC Alliance |
| David Coltart | 11 September 2023 | | CCC |