List of mayors of Zurich
Encyclopedia
This is a list of mayors of Zurich, Switzerland
. The mayor
(Stadtpräsident, until 1869 Bürgermeister) of Zurich
presides the city council (Stadtrat).
Switzerland
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. The mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
(Stadtpräsident, until 1869 Bürgermeister) of Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
presides the city council (Stadtrat).
| Term | Bürgermeister | Born–died |
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| 1336–1360 | Rudolf Brun Rudolf Brun Rudolf Brun was the leader of the Zürich guilds' revolution of 1336, and the city's first independent mayor.... |
(1290s–1360) |
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| 1430–1443 | Rudolf Stüssi Rudolf Stüssi Rudolf Stüssi served as burgomaster of Zürich during the mid-fifteenth century. His expansionist ambitions for Zurich caused the Old Zürich War .-Biography:... |
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| 1483–1489 | Hans Waldmann Hans Waldmann Hans Waldmann was mayor of Zurich and Swiss military leader. The son of a peasant in Zug, he married well and became Squire of Dubelstein.... |
(1435–1489) |
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| 1845–1848 | Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer Jonas Furrer was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council . He was affiliated to the Radical Party.He was elected to the Federal Council on November 16, 1848 as one of the seven initial members.... |
(1805–1861) |
| 1848–1855 | Alfred Escher Alfred Escher Alfred Escher was a Swiss politician and railway entrepreneur. A member of the Swiss National Council from 1848 to his death 1882, he presided over the council three times .... |
(1819–1882) |
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| 1866–1869 | Johann Jakob Treichler | (1822–1906) |
| Term | Stadtpräsident | Born–died |
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| 1928–1942 | Emil Klöti | (1877–1963) |
| 1942–1944 | Ernst Nobs Ernst Nobs Ernst Nobs was a Swiss politician.He was the mayor of Zürich from 1942 to 1944. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 15, 1943, as the first member of the Social Democratic Party... |
(1886–1957) |
| 1944–1949 | Adolf Lüchinger | (1894–1949) |
| 1949–1966 | Emil Landolt | (1895–1995) |
| 1966–1982 | Sigmund Widmer | (1919–2003) |
| 1982–1990 | Thomas Wagner | (born 1943) |
| 1990–2002 | Josef Estermann | (born 1947) |
| 2002–2009 | Elmar Ledergerber Elmar Ledergerber Elmar Ledergerber was a previous Mayor of Zürich. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and was once named one of the most outstanding mayors of the year by a London think-tank. However he has also been criticized for not seeing through projects. He is currently active in... |
(born 1944) |
| 2009–present | Corine Mauch Corine Mauch Corine Mauch is a Swiss Social Democrat politician who serves as mayor of Zürich. She is the first female and first openly gay person to be elected mayor of the city.... |
(born 1960) |