# Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

The mayor of Miami Beach is the nonpartisan chief executive of the municipal government of Miami Beach, Florida, and the presiding member of its seven-member City Commission. Modern-day mayors are elected to two-year terms and are term-limited to no more than 3 terms, which can be consecutive or non-consecutive. The mayor and other members of the City Commission appoint a city manager to administer the day-to-day affairs and operations of City Hall and its various departments. City Hall is located at 1700 Convention Center Drive; the mayor's office is located on the fourth floor.
Three father-son combinations have held the office: the John Lummuses (Jr. and Sr.), the Dermers (Jay and David), and the Gelbers (Seymour and Dan). One woman has served as mayor (Matti Bower). She is also, thus far, the only Hispanic to serve.
Six mayors (D. Lee Powell, Alex Daoud, Seymour Gelber, David Dermer, Matti Bower, and Dan Gelber) served 3 terms while Louis Snedigar is the only one elected to 4.
Snedigar was the longest-serving mayor, with a non-consecutive total of eight years and 8 months in office. Acting mayor Stanley Arkin was the briefest, filling in for three months in 1991 following Daoud's removal from office.
As of March 2025, there are six living former mayors: Norman Ciment, Neisen Kasdin, David Dermer, Matti Bower, Philip Levine, and Dan Gelber.
The current mayor is Steven Meiner, who was elected on November 21, 2023, and assumed office on November 28, 2023.

## Mayors (1915–present)

| No. | Name | Term in office | Terms | Approximate length of service | Notes |
| 1 | John Newton Lummus, Sr. 1871–1961 | March 26, 1915 – October 28, 1918 | 2 | 3 years, 7 months | Father of 5th mayor, J. N. Lummus, Jr. |
| 2 | Thomas Jessup Pancoast 1865–1941 | October 28, 1918 – October 25, 1920 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 3 | Thomas E. James | October 25, 1920 – October 23, 1922 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 4 | Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890–1951 | October 23, 1922 – December 21, 1926 | 1st and 2nd of 4 terms | 4 years, 2 months | Longest-serving mayor (8 years, 8 months over 4 terms) |
| 5 | John Newton Lummus, Jr. 1899–1983 | December 21, 1926 – December 18, 1928 | 1 | 2 years | Son of 1st mayor, J. N. Lummus, Sr. |
| 6 | Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890–1951 | December 18, 1928 – December 16, 1930 | 3rd of 4 terms | 2 years | |
| 7 | Val C. Cleary 1882–1966 | December 16, 1930 – December 20, 1932 | 1st of 2 terms | 2 years | |
| 8 | Arthur Frank Katzentine 1902-1960 | December 20, 1932 – December 18, 1934 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 9 | Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890-1951 | December 18, 1934 – June 1, 1937 | 4th of 4 terms | 2 years, 6 $^1$⁄$_2$ months | |
| 10 | John Hale Levi 1875?–1948 | June 1, 1937 – June 3, 1941 | 2 | 4 years | |
| 11 | Val C. Cleary 1882–1966 | June 3, 1941 – June 1, 1943 | 2nd of 2 terms | 2 years | |
| 12 | Mitchell Wolfson 1900–1983 | June 1, 1943 – June 5, 1944 | 1 | 1 year | |
| 13 | John Hale Levi 1875?–1948 | June 5, 1944 – June 5, 1945 | 1 | 1 year | |
| 14 | Herbert A. Frink | June 5, 1945 – June 3, 1947 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 15 | Marcie Lieberman 1896–1966 | June 3, 1947 – June 7, 1949 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 16 | Harold Turk 1915?–1988 | June 7, 1949 – June 5, 1951 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 17 | D. Lee Powell 1908–1983 | June 5, 1951 – June 2, 1953 | 1st of 3 terms | 2 years | |
| 18 | Harold Shapiro 1906?–1981 | June 2, 1953 – June 7, 1955 | 1 | 2 years | Born in Russia, emigrated to U.S. at age 4 |
| 19 | D. Lee Powell 1908–1983 | June 7, 1955 – June 4, 1957 | 2nd of 3 terms | 2 years | |
| 20 | Kenneth Oka 1916–1987 | June 4, 1957 – June 2, 1959 | 1st of 2 terms | 2 years | |
| 21 | D. Lee Powell 1908–1983 | June 2, 1959 – June 6, 1961 | 3rd of 3 terms | 2 years | |
| 22 | Kenneth Oka 1916–1987 | June 6, 1961 – June 4, 1963 | 2nd of 2 terms | 2 years | |
| 23 | Melvin J. Richard 1911?–2001 | June 4, 1963 – June 1, 1965 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 24 | Elliott Roosevelt 1910–1990 | June 1, 1965 – June 6, 1967 | 1 | 2 years | Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 25 | Jay Dermer 1929?–1988 | June 6, 1967 – November 2, 1971 | 2 | 4 years, 5 months | Father of 35th mayor, David Dermer |
| 26 | Chuck Hall 1918?–1974 | November 2, 1971 – August 10, 1974 (died in office) | 2 | 2 years, 9 months | Previously served as the first mayor of Miami-Dade County, 1964–1970 |
| Acting | Harold Rosen 1925–2018 | August 10, 1974 – November 4, 1975 | | 1 year, 3 months | Appointed to fill office upon Chuck Hall's death; later elected in his own right |
| 27 | Harold Rosen 1925–2018 | November 4, 1975 – November 1, 1977 | 1 | 2 years | Appointed to fill office upon Chuck Hall's death; later elected in his own right |
| 28 | Leonard Haber 1933–2015 | November 1, 1977 – November 6, 1979 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 29 | Murray Selbert Meyerson 1931?–2017 | November 6, 1979 – November 3, 1981 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 30 | Norman Ciment 1936– | November 3, 1981 – November 1, 1983 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 31 | Malcolm Hubert Fromberg 1935–2016 | November 1, 1983 – November 5, 1985 | 1 | 2 years | |
| 32 | Alex Daoud 1943–2025 | November 5, 1985 – October 31, 1991 (suspended from office) | 3 | 6 years | First mayor to serve 3 consecutive terms Suspended by Gov. Lawton Chiles following federal indictment |
| Acting | Stanley Arkin 1932–2015 | October 31, 1991 – November 20, 1991 | | 3 weeks | Vice mayor at time of Alex Daoud's suspension |
| 33 | Seymour Gelber 1919–2019 | November 20, 1991 – November 4, 1997 | 3 | 6 years | Father of 38th mayor, Dan Gelber |
| 34 | Neisen Kasdin 1954– | November 4, 1997 – November 13, 2001 | 2 | 4 years | |
| 35 | David Dermer 1963– | November 13, 2001 – November 21, 2007 | 3 | 6 years | Son of 25th mayor, Jay Dermer |
| 36 | Matti Herrera Bower 1939– | November 21, 2007 – November 25, 2013 | 3 | 6 years | First woman and Hispanic to serve as mayor |
| 37 | Philip Levine 1962– | November 25, 2013 – November 13, 2017 | 2 | 4 years | |
| 38 | Dan Gelber 1960– | November 13, 2017 – November 28, 2023 | 3 | 6 years | Son of 33rd mayor, Seymour Gelber |
| 39 | Steven Meiner 1971– | November 28, 2023 – Incumbent | 1 | |