This is a list of mayors of Cologne. It includes the Lord Mayors of Cologne (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln) since 1815 as well as the city managers (Oberstadtdirektoren) from 1946 to 1999.
Political party:
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| German Empire (1871–1918) | |||||||
| Alexander Bachem | 18 January 1871 | 29 May 1875 | Independent | ||||
| Hermann Heinrich Becker | 5 June 1875 | 9 Dezember 1885 | German Progress Party | ||||
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker | 1 June 1886 | 14 September 1907 | Christian Democratic Union | ||||
| Max Wallraf | 1 October 1907 | 8 August 1917 | Independent | ||||
| Konrad Adenauer | 18 October 1917 | 9 November 1918 | Centre Party | ||||
| Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | |||||||
| Konrad Adenauer | 9 November 1918 | 30 January 1933 | Centre Party | ||||
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
| Konrad Adenauer | 30 January 1933 | 13 March 1933 | Centre Party | ||||
| Günter Riesen | 13 March 1933 | 8 December 1936 | Nazi Party | ||||
| Karl Georg Schmidt | 20 January 1937 | 26 November 1940 | Nazi Party | ||||
| Peter Winkelnkemper | 3 January 1941 | 20 June 1944 | Nazi Party | ||||
| Robert Brandes | 20 June 1944 | 6 March 1945 | Nazi Party | ||||
Political party:
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| French occupation zone (1945–1949) | |||||||
| 1 | Konrad Adenauer | 4 May 1945 | 6 October 1945 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| – | Willi Suth | 6 October 1945 | 20 November 1945 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 2 | Hermann Pünder | 20 November 1945 | 23 August 1946 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | On 23 August 1946, Cologne became a city of the newly founded state of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||
| (2) | Hermann Pünder | 23 August 1946 | 31 May 1948 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 3 | Ernst Schwering | 1 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 4 | Robert Görlinger | 15 November 1948 | 23 May 1949 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) | |||||||
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | North Rhine-Westphalia became a federal state of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||
| (4) | Robert Görlinger | 23 May 1949 | 9 December 1949 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 5 | Ernst Schwering | 9 December 1949 | 23 November 1950 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 6 | Robert Görlinger | 23 November 1950 | 8 November 1951 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 7 | Ernst Schwering | 8 November 1951 | 9 November 1956 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 8 | Theo Burauen | 9 November 1956 | 17 December 1973 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 9 | John van Nes Ziegler | 20 December 1973 | 28 October 1980 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 10 | Norbert Burger | 28 October 1980 | 30 September 1999 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 11 | Harry Blum | 1 October 1999 | 17 March 2000 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 12 | Fritz Schramma | 20 September 2000 | 20 October 2009 | Christian Democratic Union | |||
| 13 | Jürgen Roters | 21 October 2009 | 20 October 2015 | Social Democratic Party | |||
| 14 | Henriette Reker | 22 October 2015 | Incumbent | Independent | |||