Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Nelson Mandela Bay
Incumbent:	Gary van Niekerk
Incumbentsince:	26 May 2023
Style:	The Honourable
Residence:	No official residence
Seat:	Room 203, 2nd floor, Noninzi Luzipho Building, Central, Port Elizabeth, 6000
Appointer:	Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Council
Formation:	2000
Website:	Official website
First:	Nceba Faku

The Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, officially the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, is the head of the local government of South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, established in 2000.

The current mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay is Gary van Niekerk of the National Alliance (NA), who was elected on 26 May 2023. He succeeded Retief Odendaal of the Democratic Alliance (DA), who was removed in a motion of no confidence earlier that day.^[1]

List of mayors

Name		Term of office		Political party	Ref.
	Christopher Nceba Faku	2001	2006	African National Congress
	Nondumiso Maphazi	2006	2009	African National Congress	^[2]
	Zanoxolo Wayile	2009	2013	African National Congress	^[3]
	Ben Fihla	2013	2015	African National Congress	^[4]
	Danny Jordaan	2015	2016	African National Congress	^[5]
	Athol Trollip	2016	2018	Democratic Alliance	^[6]
	Mongameli Bobani	2018	2019	United Democratic Movement	^[7]
	Tshonono Buyeye (acting)	2019	2020	African Independent Congress	^[8]
	Nqaba Bhanga	2020	2021	Democratic Alliance	^[9]
	Eugene Johnson	2021	2022	African National Congress	^[10]
	Retief Odendaal	2022	2023	Democratic Alliance	^[11]
	Gary van Niekerk	2023	Present	Northern Alliance	^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-05-26 . Northern Alliance's Gary Van Niekerk elected new NMB Mayor . 2023-07-10 . SABC News . en-US.
2. Web site: News - Engineering Advice and Services . 2023-07-10 . www.easpe.co.za.
3. Web site: 2013-02-26 . Zanoxolo Wayile appointed Mayor of Nelson Mandela Metro SAnews . 2023-07-10 . www.sanews.gov.za . en.
4. Web site: New mayor: Age ain’t nothing but a number . 2023-07-10 . News24 . en-US.
5. Web site: Correspondent . Derrick Spies, News24 . Danny Jordaan ANC's choice to replace Nelson Mandela Bay mayor . 2023-07-10 . News24 . en-US.
6. Web site: Koyana . Xolani . DA's Athol Trollip officially elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay . 2023-07-10 . ewn.co.za . en.
7. Web site: Mongameli Bobani becomes Nelson Mandela Bay’s new mayor . 2023-07-10 . HeraldLIVE . en-ZA.
8. Web site: McCain . Nicole . DA threatens legal action to have new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor appointed . 2023-07-10 . News24 . en-US.
9. Web site: Persens . Lizell . EC DA leader Nqaba Bhanga elected new NMB Mayor . 2023-07-10 . ewn.co.za . en.
10. Web site: Bezuidenhout . Candice . ANC’s Eugene Johnson elected Nelson Mandela Bay's new executive mayor . 2023-07-10 . News24 . en-US.
11. Web site: DA Councillor Retief Odendaal elected as new Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay . 2023-07-10 . Democratic Alliance . en.
12. Web site: Gary Van Niekerk takes over Nelson Mandela Bay mayorship . 2023-07-10 . TimesLIVE . en-ZA.