List of mayors of Düsseldorf
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This is a list of Mayors of Düsseldorf
, Germany. The mayor of Düsseldorf is titled Oberbürgermeister (sometimes translated as Lord Mayor
).
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany. The mayor of Düsseldorf is titled Oberbürgermeister (sometimes translated as Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...
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List
- 1815–1820: Dr. Engelbert Schramm
- 1820–1822: Lambert Josten
- 1822–1824: Joseph MolitorJoseph Franz MolitorFranz Joseph Molitor, or Joseph Franz Molitor was a German writer and philosopher.- Literary works :* Ideen zu einer künftigen Dynamik der Geschichte, 1805...
- 1824: Leopold Custodis
- 1824–1828: Friedrich Adolf Klüber
- 1828–1833: Philipp Schöller
- 1833–1848: Joseph von Fuchsius
- 1848–1849: Wilhelm Dietze
- 1849: Ludwig Viktor Graf von Villers
- 1849–1876: Ludwig Hammers
- 1876–1886: Friedrich Wilhelm Becker
- 1886–1899: Ernst Heinrich LindemannErnst Heinrich LindemannErnst Heinrich Lindemann was German politician and mayor of Essen, Dortmund and Düsseldorf. His grandson Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann was the commander of the battleship Bismarck....
Ernst Lindemann was the grandfather of Kapitän zur See Ernst LindemannErnst LindemannOtto Ernst Lindemann was a German naval captain. He was the only commander of the battleship during its eight months of service in World War II....
, the battleship BismarckGerman battleship BismarckBismarck was the first of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the primary force behind the German unification in 1871, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched nearly three years later...
commander. - 1899–1910: Wilhelm Marx
- 1911–1919: Dr. Adalbert Oehler
- 1919–1924: Dr. Emil Köttgen
- 1924–1933: Dr. Dr. h.c. Robert Lehr (DNVP)
- 1933–1937: Dr. Hans Wagenführ
- 1937: Otto Liederley
- 1937–1939: Dr. Dr. Helmut Otto
- 1939–1945: Dr. Karl Haidn
- 1945: Werner Keyßner
- 1945: Dr. Wilhelm Fullenbach
- 1945–1946: Walter Kolb (SPD)
- 1946–1947: Karl Arnold (CDU)
- 1947–1959: Josef Gockeln (CDU)
- 1956–1959: Georg Glock
- 1960–1961: Willi BeckerWilli BeckerWilli Becker was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party.-References:...
- 1961: Dr. h.c. Fritz Vomfelde
- 1961–1964: Peter Müller (CDU)
- 1964–1974: Willi BeckerWilli BeckerWilli Becker was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party.-References:...
- 1974–1979: Klaus Bungert (SPD)
- 1979–1984: Josef Kürten (CDU)
- 1984–1994: Klaus Bungert (SPD)
- 1994–1999: Marie-Luise Smeets (SPD)
- 1999–2008: Joachim ErwinJoachim ErwinJoachim Erwin was a German politician and the Mayor of Düsseldorf from 1999 until his death in 2008. He was born in Stadtroda, Thuringia, Germany....
(CDU) - 2008– : Dirk ElbersDirk ElbersDirk Elbers German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union.After the death of former Lord Mayor, Joachim Erwin, who died in office, on 2 June 2008 Elbers was a candidate for the CDU to become mayor. The election took place on 31 August 2008...
(CDU)