List of mayors of Bern

This is a list of mayors of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The executive of Bern is the municipal council (Gemeinderat). It is chaired by the mayor (Stadtpräsident von Bern). From 1832 to 1871, the term Gemeindepräsident was used. Before 1832, the title of the mayor of Bern was Schultheiss.

Erlacherhof Bern

Eduard Müller
mayor of Bern 1888–1895
member of the Federal Council 1895–1919

Coat of arms of Bern

Mayor of Bern

Term	Mayor	Lifespan	Party	Notes
1832–1848	Karl Zeerleder	(1780–1851)	Conservative
1849–1863	Friedrich Ludwig von Effinger	(1795–1867)	Conservative
1864	Christoph Albert Kurz	(1806–1864)	Conservative
1864–1888	Otto von Büren	(1822–1888)	Conservative	Gemeindepräsident until 1871, Stadtpräsident since
1888–1895	Eduard Müller	(1848–1919)	FDP/PRL
1895–1899	Franz Lindt	(1844–1901)	FDP/PRL
1900–1918	Adolf von Steiger	(1859–1925)	FDP/PRL
1918–1920	Gustav Müller	(1860–1921)	SPS/PSS
1920–1937	Hermann Lindt	(1872–1937)	BGB/PAI
1937–1951	Ernst Bärtschi	(1882–1976)	FDP/PRL
1952–1958	Otto Steiger	(1890–1958)	BGB/PAI
1958–1966	Eduard Freimüller	(1898–1966)	SPS/PSS
1966–1979	Reynold Tschäppät	(1917–1979)	SPS/PSS	father of Alexander Tschäppät
1979–1992	Werner Bircher	(1928–2017)	FDP/PRL
1993–2004	Klaus Baumgartner	(1937–2015)	SPS/PSS
2005–2016	Alexander Tschäppät	(1952–2018)	SPS/PSS	son of Reynold Tschäppät
2017–present	Alec von Graffenried	(born 1962)	Greens

See also

• Timeline of Bern

Gallery

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  Karl Zeerleder
  mayor 1832–1848
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  Otto von Büren
  mayor 1864–1888
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  Adolf von Steiger
  mayor 1900–1918
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  Gustav Müller
  mayor 1918–1920