# List of mayors of Barcelona

This is a list of mayors of Barcelona since 1835. The Mayor of Barcelona is the highest political authority of the Barcelona City Council. In accordance with Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime (currently in force), the mayor or mayoress is elected by the municipal corporation of councilors, who in turn are elected by universal suffrage by the citizens of Barcelona with the right to vote, through municipal elections held every four years. The candidate who obtains the absolute majority of the votes is proclaimed elected. If none of them obtains said majority, the councilor who heads the most voted list is proclaimed mayor.

## History

Barcelona City Council has had a total of 118 mayors since it was founded in 1835. The first mayor of the city was José Mariano de Cabanes, who held office for six months, between November 1835 and April 1836. Among the mayors who have especially gone down in history, can be noted Francisco de Paula Rius i Taulet (promoting and holding the mayoralty at the Universal Exposition of 1888, during the Bourbon Restoration), Carles Pi i Sunyer (first mayor elected by universal suffrage, during the Second Republic), José María de Porcioles (mayor who held office the longest, during the Franco dictatorship), Narcís Serra (first mayor elected in the current democratic system), Pasqual Maragall (mayor who held office the longest in democracy as well as for promoting and holding the mayoralty in the 1992 Olympic Games) or Ada Colau (the first female mayor in the history of the city).

## List of mayors

| # | Name | Term in office | Term in office | Party affiliation |
| 1 | Josep Marià de Cabanes i d'Escofet | 1835 | 1836 | Progressive Party |
| 2 | Marià Vehils | 1836 | 1836 | Moderate Party |
| 3 | Marià Borrell | 1836 | 1837 | Progressive Party |
| 4 | Guillem Oliver i Salvà | 1837 | 1839 | Progressive Party |
| 5 | Francesc Coll i Jové | 1839 | 1839 | Moderate Party |
| 6 | Jacint Feliu Domènech i Sastre | 1839 | 1840 | Progressive Party |
| 7 | Josep Maluquer i Montardit | 1840 | 1841 | Progressive Party |
| 8 | Ramon Ferrer i Garcés | 1841 | 1841 | Progressive Party |
| 9 | Tomàs Maria de Quintana i Badia | 1841 | 1842 | Progressive Party |
| 10 | Josep Maria de Freixes i de Borràs | 1842 | 1843 | Progressive Party |
| 11 | Josep Maluquer i Montardit | 1843 | 1843 | Progressive Party |
| 12 | Josep Bertran i Ros | 1843 | 1844 | Moderate Party |
| 13 | Josep Parladé i Llucià | 1844 | 1846 | Moderate Party |
| 14 | Erasme de Janer i de Gònima | 1846 | 1846 | Moderate Party |
| 15 | Tomàs Metzger i Milans | 1846 | 1847 | Moderate Party |
| 16 | Pere Bardají i Balanzat | 1847 | 1848 | Moderate Party |
| 17 | Domingo Portefaix y Páez | 1848 | 1849 | Moderate Party |
| 18 | Sebastià Garcia i Pego | 1849 | 1849 | Moderate Party |
| 19 | Joan Pérez i Calvo | 1849 | 1851 | Moderate Party |
| 20 | Ramon de Paternó | 1851 | 1851 | Moderate Party |
| 21 | Santiago Lluís Dupuy de Lôme | 1851 | 1852 | Moderate Party |
| 22 | Josep Bertran i Ros | 1852 | 1854 | Moderate Party |
| 23 | Antoni Aherán | 1854 | 1854 | Moderate Party |
| 24 | Ramon Ferrer i Garcés | 1854 | 1854 | Progressive Party |
| 25 | Antoni Viadera i Surreu | 1854 | 1855 | Progressive Party |
| 26 | Josep Molins i Negre | 1855 | 1856 | Progressive Party |
| 27 | Francesc Permanyer i Tuyets | 1856 | 1856 | Unión Liberal |
| 28 | Ramon Figueras | 1856 | 1858 | Moderate Party |
| 29 | Josep Santa-Maria i Gelbert | 1858 | 1863 | Unión Liberal |
| 30 | Joan Baptista Madremany | 1863 | 1863 | Moderate Party |
| 31 | Valentí Cabello | 1863 | 1865 | Moderate Party |
| 32 | Antoni de Quevedo i Donis | 1865 | 1866 | Moderate Party |
| 33 | Ramon de Mazón | 1866 | 1866 | Unión Liberal |
| 34 | Emili M. de Ortega | 1866 | 1866 | Moderate Party |
| 35 | Lluís Rodríguez i Tréllez | 1866 | 1867 | Moderate Party |
| 36 | Joan López de Bustamante | 1867 | 1868 | Moderate Party |
| 37 | Salvador Maluquer i Aytés | 1868 | 1869 | Progressive Party |
| 38 | Francesc Sunyer i Capdevila | 1869 | 1869 | Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal |
| 39 | Santiago Soler i Pla | 1869 | 1869 | Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal |
| 40 | Francesc Soler i Matas | 1869 | 1872 | Progressive Party |
| 41 | Francesc Rius i Taulet | 1872 | 1873 | Constitutional Party |
| 42 | Narcís Buxó i Prats | 1873 | 1873 | Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal |
| 43 | Miquel González i Sugranyes | 1873 | 1874 | Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal |
| 44 | Francesc Rius i Taulet | 1874 | 1874 | Constitutional Party |
| 45 | Ot Ferrer i Nin | 1874 | 1875 | Constitutional Party |
| 46 | Ramon Maria de Sentmenat i Despujol | 1875 | 1876 | Conservative Party |
| 47 | Manuel Girona i Agrafel | 1876 | 1877 | Conservative Party |
| 48 | Albert Faura i Aranyó | 1877 | 1879 | Conservative Party |
| 49 | Enric de Duran i de Duran | 1879 | 1881 | Conservative Party |
| 50 | Francesc Rius i Taulet | 1881 | 1884 | Liberal Party |
| 51 | Albert Faura i Aranyó | 1884 | 1884 | Conservative Party |
| 52 | Joan Coll i Pujol | 1884 | 1885 | Conservative Party |
| 53 | Francesc Rius i Taulet | 1885 | 1890 | Liberal Party |
| 54 | Fèlix Maciá i Bonaplata | 1890 | 1890 | Liberal Party |
| 55 | Joan Coll i Pujol | 1890 | 1891 | Conservative Party |
| 56 | Manuel Porcar i Tió | 1891 | 1892 | Liberal Party |
| 57 | Domènec Martí i Gofau | 1892 | 1893 | Conservative Party |
| 58 | Camil Fabra i Fontanills | 1893 | 1893 | Liberal Party |
| 59 | Manuel Henrich i Girona | 1893 | 1894 | Liberal Party |
| 60 | Josep Collaso i Gil | 1894 | 1895 | Liberal Party |
| 61 | Josep Maria Rius i Badia | 1895 | 1896 | Conservative Party |
| 62 | Josep Maria de Nadal i Vilardaga | 1896 | 1897 | Conservative Party |
| 63 | Joan Coll i Pujol | 1897 | 1897 | Conservative Party |
| 64 | Josep Collaso i Gil | 1897 | 1898 | Liberal Party |
| 65 | Josep Griera i Dulcet | 1898 | 1899 | Conservative Party |
| 66 | Bartomeu Robert i Yarzábal | 1899 | 1899 | Conservative Party |
| 67 | Josep Milà i Pi | 1899 | 1900 | Liberal Party |
| 68 | Joan Coll i Pujol | 1900 | 1901 | Conservative Party |
| 69 | Joan Amat i Sormaní | 1901 | 1902 | Liberal Party |
| 70 | Josep Monegal i Nogués | 1902 | 1903 | Conservative Party |
| 71 | Guillem de Boladeres i Romà | 1903 | 1904 | Conservative Party |
| 72 | Gabriel Lluch i Anfruns | 1904 | 1905 | Liberal Party |
| 73 | Ròmul Bosch i Alsina | 1905 | 1905 | Liberal Party |
| 74 | Salvador de Samà i Torrents | 1905 | 1906 | Liberal Party |
| 75 | Domènec Sanllehy i Alrich | 1906 | 1908 | Conservative Party |
| 76 | Albert Bastardas i Sampere | 1908 | 1909 | Partit Republicà Autonomista |
| 77 | Joan Coll i Pujol | 1909 | 1909 | Conservative Party |
| 78 | Josep Collaso i Gil | 1909 | 1910 | Liberal Party |
| 79 | Josep Roig i Bergadà | 1910 | 1910 | Liberal Party |
| 80 | Salvador de Samà i Torrents | 1910 | 1911 | Liberal Party |
| 81 | Joaquim Sostres i Rey | 1911 | 1913 | Liberal Party |
| 82 | Josep Collaso i Gil | 1913 | 1913 | Liberal Party |
| 83 | Joaquim Sagnier i Villavecchia | 1913 | 1914 | Conservative Party |
| 84 | Guillem de Boladeres i Romà | 1914 | 1915 | Conservative Party |
| 85 | Antoni Martínez i Domingo | 1915 | 1916 | Conservative Party |
| 86 | Manuel Rius i Rius | 1916 | 1917 | Centre Nacionalista Republicà |
| 87 | Antonio Martínez Domingo (2) | 1917 | 1917 | Partido Conservador |
| 88 | Lluís Duran i Ventosa | 1917 | 1917 | Lliga Regionalista |
| 89 | Juan José Rocha García | 1917 | 1918 | PRR |
| 90 | Manuel Morales Pareja | 1918 | 1919 | PRR |
| 91 | Antonio Martínez Domingo (3) | 1919 | 1922 | Lliga Regionalista |
| 92 | Fernando Fabra i Puig | 1922 | 1923 | Partido Liberal |
| 93 | Josep Banqué i Feliu | 1923 | 1923 | Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera |
| 94 | Fernando Álvarez de la Campa | 1923 | 1924 | Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera |
| 95 | Darío Rumeu i Freixa | 1924 | 1930 | Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera |
| 96 | Juan Antonio Güell i López | 1930 | 1931 | Lliga Regionalista |
| 97 | Jaume Aiguader | 1931 | 1934 | ERC |
| 98 | Carles Pi i Sunyer (1) | 1934 | 1934 | ERC |
| 99 | José Martínez Herrera | 1934 | 1935 | Military |
| 100 | Juan Pich y Pon | 1935 | 1935 | PRR |
| 101 | Francisco Jaumar de Bofarull | 1935 | 1935 | CEDA / APC |
| 102 | Ramon Coll i Rodés | 1935 | 1936 | Lliga Catalana |
| 103 | Carles Pi i Sunyer (2) | 1936 | 1937 | ERC |
| 104 | Hilari Salvadó i Castell | 1937 | 1939 | ERC |
| 105 | Miquel Mateu i Pla | 1939 | 1945 | FET y de las JONS |
| 106 | Josep M. Albert i Despujol | 1945 | 1951 | FET y de las JONS |
| 107 | Antoni M. Simarro i Puig | 1951 | 1957 | FET y de las JONS |
| 108 | Josep Maria de Porcioles i Colomer | 1957 | 1973 | FET y de las JONS |
| 109 | Enric Massó i Vázquez | 1973 | 1975 | FET y de las JONS |

### Spanish transition to democracy

| # | Name | Name | Portrait | Birth and death | Term in office | Term in office | Council election | Party affiliation |
| # | Name | Name | Portrait | Birth and death | Started | Ended | Council election | Party affiliation |
| 110 | | Joaquim Viola i Sauret [es] | | 26 June 1913 Cebreros – 25 January 1978 Barcelona (aged 64) | 18 September 1975 | 6 December 1976 | Not held | FET y de las JONS |
| 111 | | Josep Maria Socías i Humbert | | 23 August 1937 Barcelona – 3 November 2008 Barcelona (aged 71) | 6 December 1976 | 2 January 1979 (2 years, 27 days) | Not held | FET y de las JONS |
| 112 | | Manuel Font i Altaba [es] (Interim) | | 1922 Barcelona – 2005 Barcelona (aged 83) | 2 January 1979 | 19 April 1979 (107 days) | Not held | - |
| 113 | | Narcís Serra | | 30 May 1943 Barcelona | 19 April 1979 | 2 December 1982 (3 years, 227 days) | 1979 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| 114 | | Pasqual Maragall | | 13 January 1941 Barcelona | 2 December 1982 | 26 September 1997 (14 years, 298 days) | 1983 1987 1991 1995 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| 115 | | Joan Clos | | 29 June 1949 Parets del Vallès | 26 September 1997 | 8 September 2006 (8 years, 347 days) | 1999 2003 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| 116 | | Jordi Hereu | | 14 June 1965 Barcelona | 8 September 2006 | 2 July 2011 (4 years, 297 days) | 2007 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| 117 | | Xavier Trias | | 5 August 1946 Barcelona | 2 July 2011 | 13 June 2015 (3 years, 346 days) | 2011 | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia |
| 118 | | Ada Colau | | 3 May 1974 Barcelona | 13 June 2015 | 17 June 2023 (8 years, 4 days) | 2015 2019 | Barcelona En Comú |
| 119 | | Jaume Collboni | | 5 September 1969 Barcelona | 17 June 2023 | Incumbent (1 year, 248 days) | 2023 | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |