| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Buffalo City |
| Incumbent: | Princess Faku |
| Incumbentsince: | 23 March 2023 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Seat: | 117 Oxford Street, Cnr North & Oxford Streets, Trust Centre, East London |
| Appointer: | Buffalo City Council |
| Termlength: | Five years; renewable once |
| Formation: | 2011 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Buffalo City, officially the Executive Mayor of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of local government of South Africa's Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.
Buffalo City was established as a local municipality part of the Amathole District Municipality in 2000; at the 2011 municipal elections the municipality became a metropolitan municipality.
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sindisile Maclean | 2000 | 2006 | African National Congress | [1] | ||
| Ntombentle Peter | 2006 | 2008 | African National Congress | [2] | ||
| Sakhumzi Caga (acting) | 2008 | 2009 | African National Congress | |||
| Zukisa Faku | 2009 | 2011 | African National Congress | [3] | ||
| Name | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zukiswa Ncitha | 2011 | 2015 | African National Congress | [4] | |
| Alfred Mtsi | 2015 | 2016 | African National Congress | [5] | |
| Xola Pakati | 2016 | 2023 | African National Congress | [6] | |
| Princess Faku | 2023 | Incumbent | African National Congress | ||