# List of mayors of Antwerp

This is a list of mayors of Antwerp throughout history. Names of acting mayors are written in italic.

## 1500

* 1500 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem. and Gillis de Schermere
* 1501 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem. and Gillis de Schermere
* 1502 : Gillis van Berchem and Kosten van Halmale
* 1503 : Hendrik van der Moelen and Gillis de Schermere
* 1504 : Gillis van Berchem and Kosten van Halmale
* 1505 : Kosten van Berchem and Gillis de Schermere
* 1506 : Arnold van Liere and Jan van de Werve
* 1507 : Jan van Berchem and Willem Draeck
* 1508 : Willem Draeck, Arnold de Buekelere and Jan van de Werve
* 1509 : Willem van Immerseele and Arnold van Liere
* 1510 : Arnold van de Werve and Gillis van Berchem
* 1512:Arnold van Liere and Willem Draeck
* 1513: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
* 1514: Jan van de Werve and Willem Draeck
* 1515: Gillis van Berchem and Arnold van Liere
* 1516-1517: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
* 1518: Jan van de Werve, Willem Draeck and Filips de Buekeleren
* 1519: Peeter van der Moelen and Arnold van Liere
* 1520: Arnold van Liere and Willem Draeck
* 1521: Gerard van de Werve and Filips de Buekelere
* 1522: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
* 1523: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold van Liere
* 1524: Willem Draeck and Kasper van Halmale
* 1525: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold van Liere
* 1526: Willem van Liere and Kasper van Halmale
* 1527: Arnold van Liere and Adriaan Hertsen
* 1528: Kasper van Halmale and Arnold van Liere
* 1529: Gerard van de Werve, Arnold van Liere and Adriaan van Hertsen
* 1530: Willem van Liere and Adriaan Hertsen
* 1531: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold Schoyte
* 1532: Arnold van de Werve, Willem van Liere and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1533: Lancelot van Ursel and Willem Draeck
* 1534: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1535: Willem van Liere and Gabriel Triapain
* 1536: Cornelis van Spangen and Nikolaas van der Meeren
* 1537: Frans van der Dilft and Nikolaas van der Meeren
* 1538-1539: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1540: Lancelot van Ursel and Frans van der Dilft
* 1541: Cornelis van Spangen and Jan van Crombah
* 1542: Lancelot van Ursel and Nikolaas de Schermere
* 1543: Willem van Halmale and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1544: Jan van Crombach and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1545: Lancelot van Ursel and Jan Scheyfve
* 1546: Michiel van der Heyden and Hendrik van Berchem
* 1547: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1548: Lancelot van Ursel and Hendrik van Berchem
* 1549: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Jacob Hertsen
* 1550: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Nikolaas de Schermere
* 1551-1552: Dirk van de Werve and Jacob Herisen
* 1553: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Jan Happaert
* 1554: Hendrik van Berchem and Dirk van de Werve
* 1555-1557: Antoon van Stralen and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
* 1558: Alvaro D'Almaras and Hendrik van Berchem
* 1559: Alvaro D'Almaras, Jan van Schoonhoven and Hendrik van Berchem
* 1560: Jan van Schoonhoven and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
* 1561: Antoon van Stralen and Hendrik van Berchem
* 1562-1563: Lancelot van Ursel and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
* 1564: Hendrik van Berchem and Jan van Schoonhoven
* 1565: Antoon van Stralen and Lancelot van Ursel
* 1566-1567: Hendrik van Berchem and Jacob van der Heyden
* 1568: Jan van Schoonhoven and Hendrik van Etten
* 1569-1570: Hendrik van Berchem and Jan Wolfaert
* 1571-1572: Lancelot van Ursel and Jan van der Meeren
* 1573: Lancelot van Ursel, Jan van Schoonhoven and Jan van der Meeren
* 1574-1575: Jan van Schoonhoven and Nikolaas Rockox I.
* 1576: Hendrik van Berchem, Jan van der Meeren and Jan Wolfaert
* 1577: Jan van Schoonhoven and Jan van Stralen
* 1578: Jan van Stralen and Willem de Vos
* 1579-1580: Jan Junius van Leefdale and Rutgeert van Leefdale
* 1581-1582: Filips van Schoonhoven and Peeter van Aelst
* 1583-1584: Filips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde and Jacob van Wachtendonck
* 1585-1587: Eduard van der Dilft and Adriaan van Heylwegen
* 1588: Jan Damant and Balten van Vlierden
* 1589-1590: Eduard van der Dilft and Karel Malineus
* 1591: Hendrik van Halmale and Adriaan van Heylwegen
* 1592-1593: Blasius de Bejar and Gillis Gerard
* 1594-1595: Eduard van der Dilft and Karel Malineus
* 1596-1597: Jacob Dassa and Hendrik van Etten
* 1598-1599: Blasius de Bejar and Hendrik van Halmale

## 1600

* 1600-1601: Jacob Dassa and Gilles de Mera
* 1602: Eduard van der Dilft and Jan van Brecht
* 1603: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Balten de Robiano
* 1604: Jacob Dassa and Hendrik van Etten
* 1605: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Kasper Rovelasca
* 1606-1607: Blasius de Bejar and Hendrik van Etten
* 1608-1609: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Hendrik van Halmale
* 1610: Jacob Dassa and Gillis de Mera
* 1611: Nikolaas Rockox II and Hendrik van Etten
* 1612-1613: Blasius de Bejar and Gillis Gerardi
* 1614: Jacob Dassa and Jan Happaert
* 1615: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Hendrik van Etten
* 1616: Blasius de Bejar and Antoon van Berchem
* 1617: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Pauwel van Liere
* 1618: Jan Happaert and Hendrik van de Werve
* 1619: Lancelot Tseraerts and Frans de Schot
* 1620: Hendrik van Etten and Jan van Stembor
* 1621: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Karel de Mera
* 1622: Jan van Stembor and Robrecht Tucher
* 1623: Jan Happaert and Karel de Mera
* 1624: Engelbrecht van Oyenbrugge and Pauwel van Liere
* 1625: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Robrecht Tucher
* 1626: Robrecht Tucher and Frans Gallo de Salamanca
* 1627: Frans Gallo de Salamanca and Filips van Vlierden
* 1628-1630: Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
* 1631: Hendrik van Etten, Filips van Vlierden and Andries Gerardi
* 1632: Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
* 1633: Jan de Bejar and Karel de Santa Cruz
* 1634-1635: Robrecht Tucher and Jan Roose
* 1636: Hendrik van Etten and Karel de Santa Cruz
* 1637: Robrecht Tucher and Jan Roose
* 1638: Antoon Sivori and Karel de Santa Cruz
* 1639: Antoon Sivori, Karel de Santa Cruz and Jan Roose
* 1640: Jan Roose and Robrecht Tucher
* 1641: Jan Roose, Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
* 1642-1643: Antoon Sivori and Jacob van Buren
* 1644-1645: Gooris del Plano and Melchior Haeckx
* 1646-1647: Hendrik van Halmale and Antoon Sivori
* 1648: Gooris del Plano and Melchior Haeckx
* 1649-1650: Hendrik van Halmale and Alexander Goubau
* 1651: Filips Schoyte and Jacob van Buren
* 1652: Alexander Goubau, Gooris del Plano and Jacob van Buren
* 1653: Alexander Goubau and Jacob van Buren
* 1654: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Snijers
* 1655: Floris van Berchem and Jan Snijers
* 1656: Frans Paschier van den Cruyce and Jan Snijers
* 1657-1658: Floris van Berchem and Gooris Martens
* 1659: Hendrik van Halmale and Gillis Martens
* 1660: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan van Weerden
* 1661: Jan Antoon Tucher and Jan van Weerden
* 1662: Jan Antoon Tucher and Gillis Martens
* 1663-1664: Hendrik van de Werve and Gillis Martens
* 1665: Hendrik van Halmale and Willem des Pommereaux
* 1666: Alexander Goubau and Gillis Martens
* 1667-1668: Hendrik van de Werve and Jan Snijers
* 1669: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
* 1670-1671: Jan Antoon Tucher and Floris van Berchem
* 1672: Floris van Berchem and Jan Vecquemans
* 1673: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist Greyns
* 1674: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
* 1675: Hendrik van de Werve and Filips Schoyte
* 1676-1677: Hendrik van Halmale and Librecht van den Hove
* 1678: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist Greyns
* 1679: Filips Frans de Varick and Filips Schoyte
* 1680: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist della Faille
* 1681: Jan Baptist Greyns and Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale
* 1682: Floris van Berchem and Jacob Antoon de Witte
* 1683: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
* 1684: Peeter Happaert and Jacob Antoon de Witte
* 1685: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce
* 1686: Jan Baptist Greyns and Gooris Martens
* 1687: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Jan Augustijn de Lannoy
* 1688: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Theodoor Andries van Kessel
* 1689: Jan Baptist della Faille and Steven Cornelis Janssens
* 1690: Jan Augustijn de Lannoy and Leonel Stevens
* 1691: Eduard van Broeckhoven and Filips Rubens
* 1692-1693: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Gooris Martens
* 1694: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Jan Augustijn de Lannoy
* 1695: Jan Karel van Hove and Gooris Martens
* 1696: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Jan Jozef Vecquemans
* 1697: Eduard van Broeckhoven and Rochus van de Zande
* 1698: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Rochus van de Zande
* 1699: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Hendrik Comperis

## 1700s

| Mayor | Year of mayorship |
| Charles Joseph della Faille | 1730 |
| Charles Joseph della Faille, | 1731 |
| John Auguste, Baron of Hove | 1743 |
| John Auguste, Baron of Hove | 1744 |
| Charles Joseph della Faille | 1753 |
| Charles Joseph della Faille | 1754 |
| Charles Joseph della Faille | 1755 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1761 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1762 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1763 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1789 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1790 |
| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck | 1792 |
| John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet | 1793 |
| John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet | 1794 |
| Jacob Reynoud, Cornelis Reyns, Karel d'Or, Peeter Guedon, Steven Abbeltier, Hendrik Franck | 1797 |
| Jan Martinides, Frans Verbelen | 1798 |
| Frans Verbelen, Jan Gabriëls, Josef Georgerie | 1799 |

## 1800s

| Mayor | Office Entered | Office Left | Notes |
| Josef Georgerie, Peeter Raeymaekers | January 1, 1800 | December 31, 1801 | |
| Jan Steven Werbrouck | January 29, 1801 | July 27, 1811 | |
| Jan Baptist de Cornelissen | October 1, 1811 | May 1, 1814 | Youngest mayor Antwerp ever had (24) |

## United Kingdom of the Netherlands

| Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party |
| Filip Vermoelen | February 27, 1759 | May 2, 1814 | July 24, 1817 | February 15, 1825 | None |
| Florent Van Ertborn | April 4, 1784 | July 25, 1817 | November, 1828 | August 20, 1840 | None (Orangist) |
| Willem Andreas de Caters | November 30, 1773 | November, 1828 | October 26, 1830 | February 9, 1859 | None |

## Belgium
### 1800s

| Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party |
| Frans Verdussen | May 10, 1783 | October 26, 1830 | October 28, 1830 | May 11, 1850 | None (Cath. Unionist) |
| Antoine Dhanis van Cannart | January 26, 1792 | October 29, 1830 | December 11, 1830 | November 19, 1855 | None (Cath. Unionist) |
| Alexis Gleizes | 1773 | December 9, 1830 | February 10, 1831 | February 29, 1832 | None (Cath. Unionist) |
| Gérard Le Grelle First mayor after the Belgian Revolution | January 6, 1793 | February 14, 1831 | November 5, 1848 | October 28, 1871 | None (Cath. Unionist) |
| Jan Frans Loos | November 12, 1799 | November 6, 1848 | March 30, 1863 | February 2, 1871 | LP |
| Xavier Gheysens | May 19, 1799 | March 31, 1863 | May 4, 1863 | March 5, 1883 | Meeting |
| Jozef Cornelis Van Put | June 15, 1811 | May 5, 1863 | September 1, 1872 | July 2, 1877 | Meeting |
| Leopold De Wael Died in office | July 14, 1823 | September 2, 1872 | August 17, 1892 | August 17, 1892 | LP |
| Georges Gits | April 30, 1839 | August 17, 1892 | November 7, 1892 | March 27, 1923 | LP |
| Jan Van Rijswijck Resigned office because of illness | February 14, 1853 | November 7, 1892 | February 16, 1906 | September 23, 1906 | LP |

### 1900s

| Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party |
| Victor Desguin | January 30, 1838 | February 16, 1906 | August 6, 1906 | July 8, 1919 | LP |
| Alfons Hertogs | February 6, 1843 | August 7, 1906 | October 17, 1908 | October 18, 1908 | LP |
| Victor Desguin | January 30, 1838 | October 18, 1908 | March 14, 1909 | July 8, 1919 | LP |
| Jan De Vos | February 7, 1844 | March 15, 1909 | July 21, 1921 | March 30, 1923 | LP |
| Hector Lebon | November 22, 1863 | July 22, 1921 | November 5, 1921 | October 27, 1935 | KVB |
| Frans Van Cauwelaert | January 10, 1880 | November 5, 1921 | December 31, 1932 | May 17, 1961 | KVB |
| Camille Huysmans | May 26, 1871 | January 1, 1933 | August 2, 1946 | February 25, 1968 | BWP |
| Leo Delwaide (acting) | July 27, 1897 | December 7, 1940 | January 26, 1944 | June 13, 1978 | KB |
| Jan Timmermans (acting) | October 15, 1901 | January 27, 1944 | September 4, 1944 | April 5, 1962 | VNV |
| Emile Van Put (acting) Shortest-serving mayor of Antwerp | | September 4, 1944 | September 12, 1944 | | KB |
| Willem Eekelers (acting) | May 18, 1883 | August 2, 1946 | April 11, 1947 | September 2, 1954 | BSP |
| Lode Craeybeckx Longest-serving mayor of Antwerp | November 24, 1897 | January 1, 1947 | July 25, 1976 | July 25, 1976 | BSP |
| Leo Delwaide (acting) | July 27, 1897 | July 26, 1976 | September 5, 1976 | June 13, 1978 | CVP |
| Frans Detiège Former scabin for Social Affairs (1947-1976) | December 22, 1909 | 6 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | November 1, 1980 | BSP |
| Mathilde Schroyens First female mayor in more than 550 years | December 28, 1912 | 1 January 1977 | 31 December 1983 | February 27, 1996 | BSP/SP |
| Bob Cools | (1934-04-27) April 27, 1934 (age 90) | 1 January 1983 | 31 December 1994 | Alive | SP |
| Leona Detiège Daughter of mayor Frans Detiège | (1942-11-26) November 26, 1942 (age 82) | 1 January 1995 | 13 March 2003 | Alive | SP/sp.a |

### 2000s

| Name | Term in office | Party affiliation |
| Patrick Janssens (born 1956; aged 68) | 10 July 2003 – 31 December 2012 | SP.A |
| Bart De Wever (born 1970; aged 54) | 1 January 2013 – 3 February 2025 | N-VA |
| Els van Doesburg (born 1989; aged 35) | 3 February 2025 – Incumbent | N-VA |