# Mayor of Medellín

This is a list of mayors of Medellín, Colombia.

## Ordinary mayors of Villa de la Candelaria

Until 1863, the administrator of Medellin was known as the Ordinary Mayor of Villa de la Candelaria de Medellín.
* José Zapata y Múnera
* Tomás Ibarra Gil
* Carlos de Molina y Toledo
* José Álvarez del Pino
* Lorenzo Zapata Gómez de Múnera
* Juan Bautista de Mesa
* Francisco de Saldarriaga
* José Zapata y Múnera
* Juan de Londoño and Trasmiera
* Peter of Acevedo
* Francisco Castaño Ponce
* Carlos de Cevallos
* Diego Molina and Beltrán
* Francisco Clemente de Mesa
* Pedro de Celada Hidalgo
* Antonio Velásquez de Obando
* Juan Gómez de Salazar
* Alfonso Cristóbal de Toro
* Diego de Castrillon Bernaldo de Quirós
* Clemente de Molina and Toledo
* Lorenzo Zapata and Gómez
* Juan Esteban Jaramillo
* Juan Vélez de Rivera
* Antonio de la Serna
* Diego de Molina and Toledo
* Sebastian Pérez Moreno
* Clemente de Molina and Toledo
* Juan de Montoya
* Diego de Molina and Beltrán
* Alonso Jaramillo de Andrade
* Pedro de Celada Hidalgo
* José de Saldarriaga
* Lorenzo Zapata Gómez
* Juan Tirado Cabello
* Juan Zapata Gómez
* Antonio de Yarza
* Pablo de Ossa Zapata
* José Vasco Alvarado
* Lorenzo Zapata Gómez
* Bartolomé Gómez
* Hair Pulling
* Manuel of Toro Zapata
* Pablo de Ossa Zapata
* Cristóbal Toro Zapata
* Pedro de Inoso
* José Álvarez del Pino
* Sebastian Pérez Moreno
* Manuel de Espinosa
* Alonso Jaramillo de Andrade
* Peter of Acevedo
* Francisco Cataño Ponce de León
* Diego de Toro and Zapata
* José de Saldarriaga
* José de Ossa Zapata
* Antonio Londoño
* Carlos Álvarez del Pino
* Matthew Álvarez del Pino
* Pedro Leonil de Estrada
* Captain Francisco Mesa Villamil
* Francisco Díaz de Mazo
* Juan Tirado Cabello
* Sgt. Diego Ibáñez
* Antonio Velasquez
* Pedro Jiménez Fajardo
* Diego de Molina and Beltrán
* Ignacio de Cárdenas
* Francisco de Villa
* Francisco Ángel Pérez de la Calle
* José de Salazar
* Captain Enrique Velásquez Obando
* Sebastian Pérez Moreno
* Juan Francisco Cano
* Matthew Álvarez del Pino
* Antonio Quintana
* Cristóbal de Toro Zapata
* Antonio Velásquez de Obando
* José Saldarriaga
* Antonio Londoño
* José de Estrada
* Captain Juan Fernández de la Torre
* Manuel of Toro Zapata
* Francisco Ángel Pérez de la Calle
* Francisco Miguel de Villa y Castañeda
* Ignacio Javier Gómez de Viana
* Sebastián de Saldarriaga
* Domingo Ibáñez Cataño
* Enrique Velásquez de Obando
* Agustín de Villa y Castañeda
* Carlos Álvarez del Pino
* Antonio Quintana
* José de Saldarriaga
* Matthew Álvarez del Pino
* Nicolás Jaramillo
* Captain Juan Fernández de la Torre
* Nicolás Tirado Zapata
* Francisco Javier Félix de Mesa
* Francisco Miguel Pérez de la Calle
* Fernando Barrientos
* Carlos Álvarez del Pino
* Jose Palacios
* Enrique Velásquez
* Nicolás Tirado
* Matthew Álvarez del Pino
* Pedro Ignacio Sánchez
* Ignacio de Saldarriaga
* Baltazar de Salazar y Caicedo
* Francisco Miguel Pérez de la Calle
* José Palacio de Estrada
* Juan de Ochoa
* Vicente de Uribe y Betancourt
* José de Saldarriaga
* Francisco Miguel de Villa
* Nicolás Jaramillo
* Juan José Lorena
* Ignacio Vélez
* José de Celis
* Miguel de Uribe
* Juan Antonio de la Madrid
* Matthew Álvarez del Pino
* Christopher Vélez
* Francisco Miguel de Villa y Castañeda
* Rafael de Ricaurte
* Javier de Mesa
* Silvestre Cadavid y García
* Francisco Ángel de la Calle
* Manuel de Uribe
* Pantaleón Callejas

## Mayors of Medellín

Beginning in 1863, the title of the administrator of Medellín was changed from the Ordinary Mayor of Villa de la Candelaria to simply the Mayor of Medellín.
| Name | Term start | Term end |
| Pantaleón Callejas | 1863 | September 1864 |
| Rafael J. Vélez | January 1864 | September 1864 |
| Salvador Vélez | September 1864 | July 1866 |
| Manuel M. Sánchez (acting) | July 1866 | July 1866 |
| José M. Caballero | July 1866 | June 1867 |
| Luis M. Prieto | June 1867 | August 1867 |
| Wenceslao Barrientos | August 1867 | January 1869 |
| Graciliano de Villa | January 1869 | June 1870 |
| Juan R. Mejía | June 1870 | September 1871 |
| Liborio Echavarría | September 1871 | June 1872 |
| Benito Uribe | June 1872 | December 1872 |
| Juan M. Fonnegra | December 1872 | December 1873 |
| Lino Ospina | December 1873 | December 1874 |
| Macario Cardenas | December 1874 | December 1875 |
| Rafael J. Vélez | December 1875 | August 1876 |
| Esteban B. Correa | August 1876 | April 1877 |
| Álvaro Restrepo Eusse | April 1877 | May 1877 |
| Antonio J. Isaza | May 1877 | June 1877 |
| Manuel A. Palacio | June 1877 | December 1878 |
| Cesar Posada | December 1878 | March 1879 |
| Pio González | March 1879 | July 1879 |
| Miguel Restrepo | July 1879 | December 1879 |
| Vicente Villegas | | |
| Jesús M. Morales | | |
| Eduardo Lopez de Mesa | | |
| Gabriel García | | |
| Jesús M. Morales | | |
| Manuel A. Palacio | | |
| Paul E. Morales | | |
| Climaco Hoyos | | January 1881 |
| Ignacio Echeverry | January 1881 | March 1881 |
| Manuel A. Palacio | March 1881 | September 1881 |
| Manuel Vélez | September 1881 | November 1881 |
| Majin Martínez | November 1881 | December 1881 |
| Elías Pérez | December 1881 | December 1883 |
| Luis M. Zea | December 1883 | February 1885 |
| Alfonso Alvarez | February 1885 | May 1885 |
| Lino R. Ospina | May 1885 | March 1886 |
| Pedro P. Restrepo | March 1886 | December 1886 |
| Nicasio Escobar | December 1886 | April 1887 |
| Pedro P. Restrepo | April 1887 | December 1887 |
| Tomás María Fernández | December 1887 | August 1888 |
| Heliodoro Zapata (acting) | May 1888 | June 1888 |
| Antonio J. Uribe (acting) | June 1888 | June 1888 |
| Francisco Mejía | August 1888 | September 1891 |
| Marciano Muñoz | September 1891 | December 1892 |
| Gonzalo Correa | December 1892 | April 1893 |
| Martin Moreno | April 1893 | May 1893 |
| Gonzalo Correa | May 1893 | September 1893 |
| Victor M. Salazar | September 1893 | March 1894 |
| Rafael E. Macía (acting) | March 1894 | April 1894 |
| Victor M. Salazar | April 1894 | May 1896 |
| Pedro Jaime Lince | May 1896 | January 1898 |
| Leopoldo Arango | January 1898 | August 1898 |
| Ricardo Jaramillo | August 1898 | October 1898 |
| Tedoso Ramírez (acting) | October 1898 | November 1898 |
| Julio Viana | November 1898 | March 1899 |
| Eladio Moreno | March 1899 | July 1899 |
| Jesús María Martínez | July 1899 | August 1899 |
| Ricardo Jiménez | August 1899 | September 1899 |
| Alfredo Arango | September 1899 | May 1900 |
| Elías Henao Gómez | May 1900 | October 1900 |
| Sebastián Hoyos | October 1900 | November 1901 |
| Heliodoro Zapata | November 1901 | October 1902 |
| Eulogio Correa | October 1902 | April 1903 |
| Luis F. Gómez | April 1903 | October 1903 |
| Antonio M. Ramírez | October 1903 | March 1904 |
| Nicanor Restrepo Giraldo | March 1904 | September 1908 |
| Jesús Escobar | September 1908 | June 1909 |
| Justiniano Macias | June 1909 | January 1911 |
| Agapito Betancur | February 1911 | August 1912 |
| Julio Ferrer | August 1912 | July 1914 |
| Julio Viana | August 1914 | December 1914 |
| Agapito Betancur | January 1915 | December 1916 |
| Rafael H. Duque | January 1917 | July 1918 |
| Agustín Jaramillo Arango | August 1918 | July 1920 |
| Benjamin Bernal Botero | August 1920 | August 1921 |
| Henrique Gaviria | August 1921 | February 1923 |
| Nicanor Restrepo Giraldo | February 1924 | January 1925 |
| Alfonso Vieira Jaramillo | January 1925 | November 1925 |
| Rafael Restrepo | November 1925 | December 1925 |
| Nicolás Vélez | December 1925 | July 1929 |
| Luis Toro Escobar | July 1929 | August 1930 |
| Ignacio Navarro Ospina | August 1930 | October 1930 |
| Canuto Toro | October 1930 | December 1934 |
| Luis Guillermo Echeverri | December 1934 | September 1935 |
| Jorge Hernández | September 1935 | June 1936 |
| Jaime Restrepo Moreno | June 1936 | January 1937 |
| Rafael Arredondo | January 1937 | April 1937 |
| Gustavo White Uribe | April 1937 | June 1937 |
| Nicolás Flórez | June 1937 | July 1937 |
| Jorge Hernández | July 1937 | August 1937 |
| Félix María Arango | August 1937 | January 1939 |
| Luis Mesa Villa | January 1939 | July 1940 |
| Gabriel Hernández | July 1940 | October 1941 |
| Jaime Ramírez Gaviria | October 1941 | June 1942 |
| Alberto Jaramillo Osorio | June 1942 | September 1942 |
| Pedro Olarte Sañudo | September 1942 | November 1943 |
| Humberto Carrasquilla (acting) | November 1943 | November 1943 |
| Gregorio Mejía | November 1943 | November 1943 |
| Aquileo Calle | November 1943 | May 1944 |
| José Medina | May 1944 | August 1944 |
| Alberto Villegas | August 1944 | March 1945 |
| Gustavo Mejía Ramírez (acting) | September 1944 | September 1944 |
| Darío Villa (acting) | December 1944 | December 1944 |
| Rafael Arredondo | March 1945 | July 1945 |
| Raúl Zapata Lotero | July 1945 | August 1946 |
| Eduardo Fernández | August 1946 | December 1947 |
| Jorge Fernández Santamaría (acting) | December 1947 | December 1947 |
| Juan Guillermo Restrepo | December 1947 | April 1948 |
| Luis A. Abadía | April 1948 | August 1948 |
| Pablo Bernal Restrepo | August 1948 | November 1948 |
| Luis Eduardo Mejía (acting) | November 1948 | January 1949 |
| Alfredo Molina | January 1949 | February 1949 |
| Julio Arias Roldán | February 1949 | August 1949 |
| Bernardo Ortiz (acting) | August 1949 | September 1949 |
| Ignacio Betancur | September 1949 | October 1949 |
| Pablo Bernal Restrepo | October 1949 | August 1950 |
| Guillermo Martínez Villa (acting) | August 1950 | August 1950 |
| J. Arturo Valencia (acting) | August 1950 | August 1950 |
| Alberto Arango Restrepo (acting) | August 1950 | August 1950 |
| José María Bernal | August 1950 | September 1951 |
| José Luis Aramburu Arango (acting) | September 1951 | September 1951 |
| Gonzalo Arango Escobar (acting) | September 1951 | September 1951 |
| Roberto Ocampo Álvarez (acting) | September 1951 | September 1951 |
| Luis Peláez Restrepo | September 1951 | February 1952 |
| Jesús Muñoz (acting) | February 1952 | February 1952 |
| Jorge Ortiz Rodríguez | February 1952 | February 1953 |
| Gustavo Vega Bustamente (acting) | February 1953 | February 1953 |
| Roberto Ocampo Álvarez | February 1953 | June 1953 |
| Bernado Cock | June 1953 | April 1954 |
| Jorge Botero Ospina | April 1954 | September 1954 |
| Darío Londoño Villa | September 1954 | November 1955 |
| Alberto Vélez Escobar | June 1956 | October 1956 |
| Jorge Restrepo Uribe | October 1956 | May 1957 |
| José Gutiérrez Gómez | May 1957 | July 1957 |
| Hernán Villa | July 1957 | August 1957 |
| Fernando Gómez Martínez | August 1957 | February 1958 |
| Rafael Betancur Vélez | February 1958 | September 1958 |
| Luis Uribe Amador | September 1958 | 16 April 1959 |
| Diego Uribe Echavarría (acting) | 16 April 1959 | 8 May 1959 |
| Jacques de Bedout | 8 May 1959 | 8 August 1959 |
| Ricardo Posada | 8 August 1959 | 8 July 1960 |
| Samuel Cyro | 8 July 1960 | 15 January 1961 |
| Emilio Montoya (acting) | 15 January 1961 | 13 February 1961 |
| Bernardo Trujillo Calle | 13 February 1961 | 1 December 1961 |
| Darío Arango Tamayo | 1 December 1961 | 8 August 1962 |
| Federico Vásquez Uribe (acting) | 8 August 1962 | 21 September 1962 |
| Darío Moreno Restrepo | 21 September 1962 | 8 July 1963 |
| Guillermo Mora Londoño | 6 July 1963 | 3 July 1964 |
| Evelio Ramírez Martínez | 3 July 1964 | 8 August 1966 |
| Francisco Pérez Gil | 8 August 1966 | 19 April 1967 |
| Jaime Tobón Villegas | 19 April 1967 | 23 September 1968 |
| Ignacio Veléz Escobar | 23 September 1968 | 4 September 1970 |
| Álvaro Villegas Moreno | 4 September 1970 | 23 June 1971 |
| Óscar Uribe Londoño | 23 June 1971 | 17 April 1973 |
| Jorge Villa Moreno (acting) | 18 April 1973 | 11 May 1973 |
| Guillermo Mora Londoño | 11 May 1973 | 30 August 1974 |
| Federico Moreno Vásquez | 30 August 1975 | 7 April 1975 |
| Fernando Uribe | 14 April 1975 | 11 September 1975 |
| Victor Cárdenas Jaramillo | 11 September 1975 | 11 September 1976 |
| Sofía Medina de López | 11 September 1976 | July 1977 |
| Guillermo Hincapié Orozco | 15 July 1977 | September 1978 |
| Jorge Valencia Jaramillo | September 1978 | October 1979 |
| Bernardo Guerra Serna | October 1979 | March 1981 |
| José Jaime Nicholls | March 1981 | July 1982 |
| Álvaro Uribe | October 1982 | December 1982 |
| Juan Gaviria Gutiérrez | January 1983 | April 1984 |
| Pablo Peláez González | May 1984 | August 1986 |
| William Jaramillo Gómez | August 1986 | 1 June 1988 |
| Juan Gómez Martínez | 1 June 1988 | 1 January 1990 |
| Omar Flórez Vélez | 1 January 1990 | 1 January 1992 |
| Luis Alfredo Ramos | 1 January 1992 | 1 January 1995 |
| Sergio Naranjo | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1998 |
| Juan Gómez Martínez | 1 January 1998 | 1 January 2001 |
| Luis Pérez Gutiérrez | 1 January 2001 | 1 January 2004 |
| Sergio Fajardo | 1 January 2004 | 1 January 2008 |
| Alonso Salazar | 1 January 2008 | 1 January 2012 |
| Aníbal Gaviria | 1 January 2012 | 1 January 2016 |
| Federico Gutiérrez | 1 January 2016 | 1 January 2020 |
| Daniel Quintero | 1 January 2020 | 10 May 2022 |
| Juan Camilo Restrepo Gómez | 10 May 2022 | 21 June 2022 |
| Daniel Quintero | 21 June 2022 | 1 January 2024 |
| Federico Gutiérrez | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent |