The mayor of the Swiss city of Zürich (Stadtpräsident von Zürich) presides the city council (Stadtrat). The office of mayor (Bürgermeister) was introduced with the guild revolution of 1336, and held by Rudolf Brun until 1360. It was abolished in the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803). In 1803, the title of Bürgermeister was given to the head of the cantonal government, and the office of the city mayor was renamed to Stadtpräsident).
Bürgermeister (1336–1798)
After its accession to the Swiss Confederacy in 1351, Zürich was divided in its loyalties between its alliance with the Confederacy and the ties of its patriciate to the House of Habsburg. The guilds enforced a number of concessions from the pro-Habsburg patriciate in 1373, among other things the reduction of the power of the office of the mayor. From this time, Zürich had two elected mayors, who alternately were in office for half a year. The same conflict erupted once again in the so-called "Schöno dispute" (Schöno-Handel) in 1393, in which the pro-Habsburg mayor Rudolf Schön (Schöno) was deposed by the pro-Confederate guilds and the constitution was changed again to reduce the mayor's influence.
| Term | Bürgermeister | Born–died |
|---|---|---|
| 1336–1360 | Rudolf Brun | (d. 1360) |
| 1360–1384 | Rüdiger Manesse | (d. 1384) |
| 1384 | Johannes Vink | (d. 1392) |
| 1384–1390 | Rudolf Schwend | (d. 1390) |
| 1390–1393 | Rudolf Schön | (d. 1412) |
| 1392/3 | Johannes Manesse | (d. 1393) |
| 1393 | Heinrich Meiss | (d. 1427) |
| 1393–1409 | Johannes Meyer von Knonau | (d. 1409) |
| 1409 | Johannes Herter | (d. 1409) |
| 1414/5 | Pantaleon ab Inkenberg | |
| 1415–1427 | Jakob Glentner | (d. 1430) |
| 1427–1429 | Felix Manesse | (d. 1434) |
| 1429–1434 | Rudolf Stüssi | (d. 1443) |
| 1434–1439 | Rudolf Meiss | (d. 1439) |
| 1439–1441 | Jakob Schwarzmurer | |
| 1441–1442 | Johannes Schwend | |
| 1442–1445 | Heinrich Schwend | |
| 1445–1454 | Johannes Keller | |
| 1454–1469 | Rudolf von Cham | |
| 1469–1475 | Heinrich Röist | |
| 1475–1483 | Heinrich Göldli | |
| 1483–1489 | Hans Waldmann | (1435–1489) |
| 1489 | Konrad Schwend | |
| 1489–1499 | Felix Brennwald | |
| 1499–1502 | Rudolf Escher | |
| 1502–1505 | Matthias Wyss | |
| 1505–1510 | Marx Röist | (1454–1524) |
| 1510–1524 | Felix Schmid | |
| 1524 | Heinrich Walder | |
| 1524–1542 | Diethelm Röist | |
| 1542–1544 | Johannes Haab | |
| 1544–1557 | Joh. Rudolf Lavater | |
| .. | ||
| 1795–1798 | David von Wyss | (1763–1839) |
From 1803–1850 the title of Bürgermeister was held by the cantonal government, while the title of the city's mayor was changed to Stadtpräsident.
Stadtpräsident (1803 to present)
| Term | Mayor | Lifespan | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890–1909 | Hans Konrad Pestalozzi | (1848–1909) | ||
| 1909–1917 | Robert Billeter | (1857–1917) | FDP/PRD | |
| 1917–1928 | Hans Nägeli | (1865–1945) | Demokraten | |
| 1928–1942 | Emil Klöti | (1877–1963) | SPS/PSS | |
| 1942–1944 | Ernst Nobs | (1886–1957) | SPS/PSS | |
| 1944–1949 | Adolf Lüchinger | (1894–1949) | SPS/PSS | |
| 1949–1966 | Emil Landolt | (1895–1995) | FDP/PRD | |
| 1966–1982 | Sigmund Widmer | (1919–2003) | LdU | |
| 1982–1990 | Thomas Wagner | (born 1943) | FDP/PRD | |
| 1990–2002 | Josef Estermann | (born 1947) | SPS/PSS | |
| 2002–2009 | Elmar Ledergerber | (born 1944) | SPS/PSS | |
| 2009–present | Corine Mauch | (born 1960) | SPS/PSS |
Gallery
Johann Heinrich Waser
Hans von Reinhard
Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler (1837-1840)
Jonas Furrer (1845–1848)
Ernst Nobs (1942-1944)
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Corine Mauch, current mayor (2009)
See also