# List of mayors of Hamburg

The following is a chronological list of mayors of Hamburg, a city-state in Germany. The mayors are the head of the city-state, part of the government of Hamburg. Since 1861, according to the constitution of 28 September 1860, the state has been governed by the ten-member Senate, which had previously been called the council (in the German language of that time: Rath). It is headed by the first mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) as the president of the Senate. The deputy is the second mayor.
For much of its history, Hamburg was a free imperial city and later a sovereign state; the position of First Mayor historically was equivalent to that of a sovereign head of state. In the 1871–1918 German Empire, the Hamburg First Mayor was equivalent to the federal princes of the 23 German monarchies (4 of whom held the title of King and the others holding titles such as Grand Duke, Duke or Sovereign Prince). Since 1918, the position is equivalent to that of the minister-presidents of the (West) German states.
Prior to World War I, the two mayors were elected for one-year terms. Until 1997, the first mayor was primus inter pares among, and was elected by, the members of the Senate. Since then, the Hamburg Parliament (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) has elected the first mayor; the first mayor is able to appoint and dismiss other senators.

## 1293–1860

The function of burgomaster (mayor) was usually held simultaneously by three persons, serving as an executive college. One of the three being burgomaster in chief for a year, the second being the prior burgomaster in chief, the third being the upcoming one. Therefore, sometimes up to three names are mentioned for one year, since the names of the three appear in deeds, signed with or mentioning their names. The names in the list from 1239 until 1820 were archived in a book by Johann August Meister (1820). This is an incomplete list of burgomasters and uses the spelling in Meister's book, which is preserved in the Hamburg state library. After 1820 the list were added by hand. On 6 August 1806 Hamburg gained sovereignty as an independent country. From 1811 to 1814 Hamburg was part of France in the Bouches-de-l'Elbe.
If another reference is not noted, all mayors are taken from: Domizlaff. Das Hamburger Rathaus.
| Name | In office | Note |
| Hartwicus de Erteneborch | 1293 | |
| Werner de Metzendorp | 1293 | |
| Johann Miles | 1300 | |
| Henricus Longus | 1300 | |
| Johann, filius Oseri | 1300 | |
| Johann de Monte | 1325 | |
| Henricus de Hetfield | 1325 | |
| Nicolaus Fransoisser | 1341 | |
| Nicolaus de Monte | 1341 | |
| Hellingbernus Hetvelt | 1341 | |
| Johann Horborch | 1343 | |
| Thidericus uppen Perde | 1343 | |
| Johann Militis | 1347 | |
| Hinrich Hoop | 1350 | |
| Thidericus uppen Perde | 1350 | |
| Henricus de Monte | 1356 | |
| Henricus Hoyeri | 1361 | Also known as Hein Hoyer |
| Bertrammus Horborch | 1366 | |
| Werner de Wighersen | 1367 | |
| Ludolfus de Holdenstedte | 1375 | |
| Christian Militis | 1378 | Also known as Kersten Miles |
| Henricus (Heino) Ybing | 1381 | |
| Johannes Hoyeri | 1389 | |
| Marquard Schreye | 1319 | |
| Meinard Buxtehude | 1397 | |
| Hilmar Lopow | 1401 | |
| Johann Lüneborg | 1411 | |
| Henricus de Monte | 1413 | |
| Henricus Hoyeri | 1417 | |
| Johannes Wighe (Wye) | 1420 | |
| Bernhard Borstelt | 1422 | |
| Vicco de Hove | 1431 | |
| Simon van Utrecht | 1433 | |
| Hinrich Köting | 1493 | |
| Thidericus Lüneborg | 1443 | |
| Detlev Bremer | 1447 | |
| Henricus Lopow | 1451 | |
| Thidericus Gerlefstorp | 1492 | |
| Henricus Lesemann | 1458 | |
| Erich de Tzevena | 1464 | |
| Albert Schilling | 1464 | |
| Hinrich Murmester | 1466 | |
| Johann Meiger | 1472 | |
| Johann Huge | 1478 | |
| Nicolaus de Schworen | 1480 | |
| Hermann Langenbeck | 1481 | |
| Henning Büring | 1486 | |
| Christian Berchampe | 1492 | |
| Erich von Tzeven | 1499 | |
| Detlev Bremer | 1499 | |
| Bartholomäus vom Rhyne | 1505 | |
| Marquard vam Lo | 1507–1519 | |
| Johann Spreckelsen | 1512 | |
| Nicolaus Thode | 1517 | |
| Thidericus Hohusen | 1517 | |
| unoccupied | 1519–1520 | Second Mayor was Dietrich [Thidericus?] Hohusen (1517–1546) |
| Erhard vom Holte | 1520–1529 | Also Gerhard vom Holte |
| Hinrich Salsborg | 1523 | |
| Johann Hülpe | 1524 | |
| Johann Wetken | 1529–1533 | |
| Paul Grote | 1531 | |
| Albert Westede | 1533–1538 | |
| Johann Rodenborg | 1536 | |
| Peter von Spreckelsen | 1538–1553 | |
| Jürgen Plate | 1546 | |
| Matthias Rheder | 1547 | |
| Ditmar Koel | 1548 | |
| Albert Hackmann | 1553–1580 | |
| unoccupied | 1580–1581 | Second Mayor was Paul Grote (1580–1584) |
| Lorenz Niebur | 1557 | |
| Hermann Wetken | 1564 | |
| Eberhard Moller | 1571 | |
| Paul Grote | 1580 | |
| Johann Niebur | 1557 | (1581–1590) |
| Nicolaus Vögeler | 1581 | |
| Joachim vom Kape | 1588 | |
| Diedrich von Eitzen | 1589 | |
| unoccupied | 1590–1591 | Second Mayor: Joachim von Kape (1588–1594) |
| Erich von der Fechte | 1591–1613 | |
| Joachim Bekendorp | 1593 | |
| Diederich vom Holte | 1595 | |
| Vincent Moller | 1599 | |
| Eberhard Twestreng | 1606 | |
| Hieronimus Vögeler | 1609 | |
| unoccupied | 1613–1614 | Second Mayor: Hieronymus Vögeler (1609–1642) |
| Sebastian von Bergen | 1614–1623 | |
| Johann Wetken | 1614 | |
| Bartholomäus Beckmann | 1617 | |
| Joachim Clan | 1622 | |
| Albert von Eitzen | 1623 | |
| unoccupied | 1623–1624 | |
| Ulrich Winkel | 1624–1649 | |
| Johannes Brand | 1633–1652 | |
| Bartholomäus Moller | 1643 | |
| unoccupied | 1649–1650 | Second Mayor: Bartholomäus Moller (1643–1667) |
| Nicolaus Jarre | 1650–1678 | |
| Johann Schlebusch | 1653 | |
| Peter Lütkens | 1654 | |
| Wolfgang Meurer | 1660 | |
| Bartholomäus Twestreng | 1663 | |
| Johannes Schötteringk | 1667 | |
| Johann Schulte | 1668 | |
| Broderus Pauli | 1670–1680 | |
| Johann Schröder | 1676 | |
| Heinrich Meurer | 1678–1684 | (First term) |
| Diedrich Moller | 1680 | |
| Johann Schlüter | 1684–1688 | |
| Joachim Lemmermann | 1684 | |
| Heinrich Meurer | 1686 | (1688–1690) Second term |
| Peter Lütkens | 1687–1717 | |
| Johannes Schafshausen | 1690–1697 | |
| Hieronimus Harticus Moller | 1697 | |
| Peter von Lengerke (or Lengerks) | 1697–1709 | |
| Julius Surland | 1702 | |
| Gerhard Schröder | 1703 | |
| Paul Paulsen | 1704 | |
| Lucas von Borstel | 1709–1716 | |
| Ludwig Becceler | 1712 | |
| Bernhard Matfeldt | 1716–1720 | |
| Garlieb Sillem | 1717 | |
| Hinrich Diedrich Wiese | 1720–1728 | (or Heinrich Dietrich Wiese) |
| Hans Jacob Faber | 1722 | |
| Johann Anderson | 1723 | |
| Rütger Rulant | 1728–1742 | |
| Daniel Stockfleth | 1729 | |
| Martin Lucas Schele | 1733 | |
| Johann H. Luis | 1739 | |
| Cornelius Poppe | 1741 | |
| Conrad Widow | 1742–1754 | (1743–1754) |
| Nicolaus Stempeel | 1743 | |
| Clemens Samuel Lipstrop | 1749 | |
| Lucas von Spreckelsen | 1750 | |
| Martin H. Schele | 1751 | |
| Lucas Corthum | 1751 | |
| Nicolaus Schuback | 1759 | (1754–1783) |
| Peter Greve | 1759 | |
| Vincent Rumpff | 1765 | |
| Johann Schlüter | 1774 | |
| Albert Schulte | 1778 | |
| Frans Doormann | 1780 | |
| Jacob Albrecht von Sienen | 1781 | |
| Johann Anderson | 1781 | (1783–1790) |
| Johann Luis | 1784 | |
| Johann Adolph Poppe | 1786 | |
| Martin Dorner | 1788 | |
| Franz Anton Wagener | 1790–1801 | |
| Daniel Lienau | 1798 | |
| Peter Hinrich Widow | 1800–1802 | |
| Friedrich von Graffen | 1801–1810 | First term |
| Wilhelm Amsinck | 1802 | |
| Johann Arnold Heise | 1807 | |
| Amandus Augustus Abendroth | 1811–1813 | Not included in the Meister's book. |
| Friedrich von Graffen | 1815–1820 | Second term |
| Christian Matthias Schröder | 1816 | |
| Johann Heinrich Bartels | 1820–1850 | |
| Johann Daniel Koch | 1821 |
| Martin Garlieb Sillem | 1829 | |
| Amandus Augustus Abendroth | 1831 | |
| Martin Hieronymus Schrötteringk | 1832 | |
| Christian Daniel Benecke | 1835 | |
| Heinrich Kellinghusen | 1842 | |
| Johann Ludwig Dammert | 1843 | |
| Nicolaus Binder | 1855 | |
| unoccupied | 1850–1861 | Second Mayor: Christian Daniel Benecke (1835–1851) Third Mayor: Heinrich Kellinghusen (1842–1880) Fourth Mayor: Nicolaus Binder (1855–1861) All: |

## Hamburg (1860–1919)

Since 1860 Hamburg had a constitution. Members of the Hamburg senate were elected by the Hamburg Parliament—not coopted by the existing senate. They were lifelong members of the senate. From the three eldest and juristic trained members the senate elected annually the First Mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) – the presiding head – and his deputy (Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, German title: Zweiter Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg).

### Description of the method

| Year | First mayor | Second mayor | „sabbatical year" |
| 1 | Senator A | Senator B | Senator C |
| 2 | Senator B | Senator C | Senator A |
| 3 | Senator C | Senator A | Senator B |
| 4 | Senator A | Senator B | Senator C |
All mayors are taken from Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus and are listed in Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507–2008, only changes in dates are marked by an added reference.
| Name | In office | Note |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1861–1862 | |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1863–1864 | |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1865 | |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1866–1867 | (−1868) |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1868 | |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1869 | |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1870 | |

## German Reich (1871–1945)
### German Empire (1871–1918)

| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| German Empire (1871–1918) |||||||
| City of the German Reich |||||||
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1871 | 31 December 1872 | 730 | |
| | | Ferdinand Haller (1805–1876) | 1 January 1873 | 31 December 1873 | 364 | |
| | | Hermann Goßler (1802–1877) | 1 January 1874 | 31 December 1874 | 364 | |
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1875 | 31 December 1875 | 364 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1876 | 31 December 1877 | 730 | |
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1878 | 31 December 1878 | 364 | |
| | | Hermann Weber (1822–1886) | 1 January 1879 | 31 December 1879 | 729 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1880 | 31 December 1880 | 365 | |
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1881 | 31 December 1881 | 364 | |
| | | Hermann Weber (1822–1886) | 1 January 1882 | 31 December 1882 | 364 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1883 | 31 December 1883 | 364 | |
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1884 | 31 December 1884 | 365 | |
| | | Hermann Weber (1822–1886) | 1 January 1885 | 31 December 1885 | 364 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1886 | 31 December 1886 | 364 | |
| | | Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) | 1 January 1887 | 3 March 1887 | 61 | |
| | | Johannes Versmann (1820–1899) | 14 March 1887 | 31 December 1888 | 658 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1889 | 31 December 1889 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1890 | 31 December 1890 | 364 | |
| | | Johannes Versmann (1820–1899) | 1 January 1891 | 31 December 1891 | 364 | |
| | | Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892) | 1 January 1892 | 31 December 1892 | 365 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1893 | 31 December 1893 | 364 | |
| | | Johannes Versmann (1820–1899) | 1 January 1894 | 31 December 1894 | 364 | |
| | | Johannes Lehmann (1826–1901) | 1 January 1895 | 31 December 1895 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1896 | 31 December 1896 | 365 | |
| | | Johannes Versmann (1820–1899) | 1 January 1897 | 31 December 1897 | 364 | |
| | | Johannes Lehmann (1826–1901) | 1 January 1898 | 31 December 1898 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1899 | 31 December 1899 | 364 | |
| | | Johannes Lehmann (1826–1901) | 1 January 1900 | 15 September 1900 | 257 | |
| | | Gerhard Hachmann (1838–1904) | 19 November 1900 | 31 December 1901 | 407 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1902 | 31 December 1902 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912) | 1 January 1903 | 31 December 1903 | 364 | |
| | | Gerhard Hachmann (1838–1904) | 1 January 1904 | 5 July 1904 | 186 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 5 July 1904 | 31 December 1905 | 544 | |
| | | Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912) | 1 January 1906 | 31 December 1906 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Otto Stammann (1835–1909) | 1 January 1907 | 31 December 1907 | 364 | |
| | | Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908) | 1 January 1908 | 27 March 1908 | 365 | |
| | | Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912) | 3 April 1908 | 31 December 1909 | 637 | |
| | | Max Predöhl (1854–1923) | 1 January 1910 | 31 December 1911 | 729 | |
| | | Johann Heinrich Burchard 1852–1912) | 1 January 1912 | 6 September 1912 | 249 | |
| | | Carl August Schröder (1855–1945) | 3 September 1912 | 31 December 1913 | 484 | |
| | | Max Predöhl (1854–1923) | 1 January 1914 | 31 December 1914 | 364 | |
| | | Werner von Melle (1853–1937) | 1 January 1915 | 31 December 1915 | 364 | |
| | | Carl August Schröder (1855–1945) | 1 January 1916 | 31 December 1916 | 365 | |
| | | Max Predöhl (1854–1923) | 1 January 1917 | 31 December 1917 | 364 | |
| | | Werner von Melle (1853–1937) | 1 January 1918 | 12 November 1918 | 315 | |
List of Second Mayors from 1860 to 1919 :
| Name | In office |
| Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth | 1862–1863 |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1864 |
| Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth Legat | 1865–1866 |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1867 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1868 |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1869 |
| Hermann Goßler | 1870–1871 |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1872 |
| Hermann Goßler | 1873 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1874 |
| Ferdinand Haller | 1875 |
| Hermann Weber | 1876 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1877 |
| Hermann Weber | 1878 |
| Carl Friedrich Petersen | 1879 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1880 |
| Hermann Weber | 1881 |
| Carl Friedrich Petersen | 1882 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1883 |
| Hermann Weber | 1884 |
| Carl Friedrich Petersen | 1885 |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1886 |
| Johannes Versmann | 1 January 1887 – 14 March 1887 |
| Max Theodor Hayn | 14 March 1887 – 31 December 1887 |
| Carl Friedrich Petersen | 1888 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1889 |
| Johannes Versmann | 1890 |
| Carl Friedrich Petersen | 1891 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1892 |
| Johannes Versmann | 1893 |
| Johannes Lehmann | 1894 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1895 |
| Johannes Versmann | 1896 |
| Johannes Lehmann | 1897 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1898 |
| Johannes Versmann | 1899 |
| Johannes Lehmann | 5 July 1899 – 31 December 1899 |
| Gerhard Hachmann | 1 January 1900 – 19 November 1900 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 19 November 1900 – 1901 |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard | 1902 |
| Gerhard Hachmann | 1903 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1 January 1904 – 11 July 1904 |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard | 11 July 1904 – 1905 |
| Johann Otto Stammann | 1906 |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | 1907 |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard | 1 January 1908 – 3 April 1908 |
| William Henry O'Swald | 3 April 1908 – 1909 |
| Carl August Schröder | 1910 |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard | 1911 |
| Carl August Schröder | 1 January 1912 – 13 September 1912 |
| Max Predöhl | 13 September 1912 – 1913 |
| Werner von Melle | 1914 |
| Carl August Schröder | 1915 |
| Max Predöhl | 1916 |
| Werner von Melle | 1917 |
| Carl August Schröder | 1918–1919 |

### Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

During the German Revolution of 1918–1919 an Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat (workers' and soldiers' council) was formed. From 12 November 1918 to 1919, a chairman was the head of state and city government: Heinrich Lauffenberg (−1919), Carl Hense (1919). This is not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus. The period in Germany after the First World War until the takeover of power – by the Nazi Party in 1933 – is called Weimar Republic. The Hamburg Parliament was democratically elected.

#### First Mayor of Hamburg

| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| | | Werner von Melle (1853–1937) | 31 March 1919 | 31 December 1919 | 275 | |
| | | Friedrich Sthamer (1856–1931) | 1 January 1920 | 1 February 1920 | 31 | |
| | | Arnold Diestel (1857–1924) | 2 February 1920 | 31 December 1923 | 1428 | German Democratic Party |
| | | Carl Wilhelm Petersen (1868–1933) | 1 January 1924 | 31 December 1929 | 2191 | German Democratic Party |
| | | Rudolf Ross (1872–1951) | 1 January 1930 | 31 December 1931 | 729 | Social Democratic Party |
| | | Carl Wilhelm Petersen (1868–1933) | 1 January 1932 | 30 January 1933 | 760 | German Democratic Party |

#### Second Mayor of Hamburg

| | Party | Took office | Left office |
| Otto Stolten | SPD | 31 March 1919 | 1925 |
| Max Schramm | SPD | 1925 | 4 April 1928 |
| Rudolf Ross | SPD | 5 April 1928 | 31 December 1929 |
| Carl Wilhelm Petersen | DDP | 1 January 1930 | 31 December 1931 |
| Rudolf Ross | SPD | 1 January 1932 | 30 January 1933 |

### Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

In Nazi Germany the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches) of 30 January 1934 abandoned the concept of a federal republic. The political institutions of the Länder were abolished altogether, passing all powers to the central government. The Hamburg Parliament was dissolved. The First Mayor was appointed by the Reich Interior Minister, though Hitler himself reserved the right to appoint him (as was also the case with Berlin and Vienna). The actual head of the Hamburg executive was the Reichsstatthalter (Regional Governor) Karl Kaufmann (1933–1945).
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Carl Wilhelm Petersen | 30 January 1933 | 7 March 1933 | German People’s Party |
| Carl Vincent Krogmann | 8 March 1933 | 3 May 1945 | NSDAP |

#### Second Mayor

| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Rudolf Ross | 30 January 1933 | 3 March 1933 | Social Democratic Party |
| Wilhelm Burchard-Motz | 8 March 1933 | 18 May 1933 | German People's Party |
Colonel Robert Gordon Kitchen VI, Governor of Hamburg during the control of the British Army 1945–1946.

## Hamburg (1945–present)

Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.
Political party key:  SPD  CDU
First Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg :
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| Hamburg (1945–1949) |||||||
| British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany |||||||
| – | | Rudolf Petersen (1878–1962) Appointed by the British military | 15 May 1945 | 22 November 1946 | 556 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 1 | | Max Brauer First term (1887–1973) | 22 November 1946 | 23 May 1949 | 913 | Social Democratic Party |
| Hamburg (1949–present) |||||||
| City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany |||||||
| (1) | | Max Brauer First term (1887–1973) | 23 May 1949 | 2 December 1953 | 1654 | Social Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Kurt Sieveking (1897–1986) | 2 December 1953 | 4 December 1957 | 1463 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 2 (1) | | Max Brauer Second term (1887–1973) | 4 December 1957 | 31 December 1960 (resigned) | 1123 | Social Democratic Party |
| 4 | | Paul Nevermann (1902–1979) | 1 January 1961 | 9 June 1965 (resigned) | 1620 | Social Democratic Party |
| 5 | | Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983) | 9 June 1965 | 9 June 1971 (resigned) | 2191 | Social Democratic Party |
| 6 | | Peter Schulz (1930–2013) | 9 June 1971 | 4 November 1974 (resigned) | 1244 | Social Democratic Party |
| 7 | | Hans-Ulrich Klose (1937–2023) | 12 November 1974 | 22 May 1981 (resigned) | 2383 | Social Democratic Party |
| 8 | | Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) | 24 June 1981 | 8 June 1988 | 2541 | Social Democratic Party |
| 9 | | Henning Voscherau (1941–2016) | 8 June 1988 | 8 October 1997 (resigned) | 3409 | Social Democratic Party |
| 10 | | Ortwin Runde (born 1944) | 12 November 1997 | 31 October 2001 | 1449 | Social Democratic Party |
| 11 | | Ole von Beust (born 1955) | 31 October 2001 | 25 August 2010 (resigned) | 3220 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 12 | | Christoph Ahlhaus (born 1969) | 25 August 2010 | 7 March 2011 | 194 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 13 | | Olaf Scholz (born 1958) | 7 March 2011 | 13 March 2018 (resigned) | 2563 | Social Democratic Party |
| 14 | | Peter Tschentscher (born 1966) | 28 March 2018 | Incumbent | 2540 | Social Democratic Party |
Second Mayor of Hamburg :
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Adolph Schönfelder (1875–1966) | 6 June 1945 | 15 November 1946 | Social Democratic Party |
| Christian Koch (1878–1955) | 19 November 1946 | 18 February 1950 | Free Democratic Party |
| Paul Nevermann (1902–1979) | 24 February 1950 | 2 December 1953 | Social Democratic Party |
| Edgar Engelhard (1917–1979) | 2 December 1953 | 27 April 1966 | Free Democratic Party |
| Wilhelm Drexelius (1906–1974) | 27 April 1966 | 2 April 1970 | Social Democratic Party |
| Peter Schulz (1930–2013) | 22 April 1970 | 9 June 1971 | Social Democratic Party |
| Helmuth Kern (1926–2016) | 9 June 1971 | 3 October 1972 | Social Democratic Party |
| Hans Rau (1925–1995) | 3 October 1972 | 30 April 1974 | Free Democratic Party |
| Dieter Biallas (1936–2016) | 30 April 1974 | 28 June 1978 | Free Democratic Party |
| Helga Elstner (1924–2012) | 28 June 1978 | 13 June 1984 | Social Democratic Party |
| Alfons Pawelczyk (born 1933) | 13 June 1984 | 2 September 1987 | Social Democratic Party |
| Ingo von Münch (born 1932) | 2 September 1987 | 26 June 1991 | Free Democratic Party |
| Hans-Jürgen Krupp (1933–2024) | 26 June 1991 | 1 December 1993 | Social Democratic Party |
| Erhard Rittershaus (1931–2006) | 15 December 1993 | 12 November 1997 | Statt party |
| Krista Sager (born 1953) | 12 November 1997 | 31 October 2001 | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Ronald Schill (born 1958) | 31 October 2001 | 19 August 2003 | Party for a Rule of Law Offensive |
| Mario Mettbach (1952–2022) | 21 August 2003 | 17 March 2004 | Party for a Rule of Law Offensive |
| Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (born 1946) | 17 March 2004 | 7 May 2008 | Christian Democratic Union |
| Christa Goetsch (born 1952) | 7 May 2008 | 29 November 2010 | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Dietrich Wersich (born 1964) | 30 November 2010 | 7 March 2011 | Christian Democratic Union |
| Dorothee Stapelfeldt (born 1956) | 7 March 2011 | 15 April 2015 | Social Democratic Party |
| Katharina Fegebank (born 1977) | 15 April 2015 | Incumbent | Alliance '90/The Greens |