| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Mandaue City |
| Insigniasize: | 130px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the City of Mandaue |
| Incumbent: | Jonas C. Cortes |
| Incumbentsince: | June 30, 2019 |
| Style: | The Honorable |
| Appointer: | Elected via popular vote |
| Termlength: | 3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms |
| Formation: | 1943 |
| Inaugural: | Ariston Cortes |
The Mayor of Mandaue City (Cebuano: Alkalde sa Mandaue, Filipino; Pilipino: Alkalde ng Mandaue) is the head of the Local government of the city. Since the Pre-Hispanic time were chiefs, only two are known Aponoan and Lambuzzan. Not many people are mentioned in the Spanish Expedition chronicles; the former was succeeded by the latter. During the year 1600 when the Spanish subjugated Mandaue Andug was the chief of the settlement. Before there were priests, Capitanes, Tenientes and the Cabeza de Barangay were the local leaders in Spanish regime. Later, in the American commonwealth era of the Philippines the leaders were the President and after the war the title changed to Mayor. Mandaue was only incorporated as a city on June 21, 1969 in the term of Mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. which led to the signing of the City Charter on August 30, 1969 under Republic Act No 5519.
Mandaue's Administration in the Prehispanic time were Chiefs only two are known Aponoan and Lambusan who existed in the Spanish Expedition. Before Priests, Capitanes, Tenientes and the Cabeza de Barangay were the local leaders in Spanish regime then in the American commonwealth era of the Philippines the leaders were the El Presidentes of Mandaue and after the war the changed the title to Mayor in 1943.
| Name | Position | Legacy | Years served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leoncio Jayme [1] | 1st Municipal President | 1899 | |
| Elias Espina [2] | 2nd Municipal President | The Attack of the American Troops | 1900–1901 |
| Benito Ceniza | 3rd Municipal President | Executed by Americans | 1901 |
| Fabiano Suyco | 4th Municipal President | 1902-1903[3] | |
| Benigno Suyco | 5th Municipal President | 1904–1907 | |
| Luis Espina | 6th Municipal President | 1908–1909 | |
| Benigno Suyco | 7th Municipal President | 1910–1911 | |
| Segunda Jayme | 8th Municipal President | 1912–1919 | |
| Alejandro del Rosal | 9th Municipal President | Separation of Consolacion[4] | 1919–1925 |
| Ariston Cortes Sr. | 10th Municipal President | 1925–1934 | |
| Alejandro del Rosal | 11th Municipal President | Construction of Mandaue Presidencia and Mandaue City Central School | 1934–1940 |
| Alejandro Fortuna | 12th Municipal President | Killed by Japanese for treason [5] | 1941–1943 |
Alejandro Fortuna was the final leader under the title El Presidente of Mandaue. He was succeeded by Ariston Cortes under the title of Mayor of the Town of Mandaue. He was beheaded due to treason, dated March 26, 1945 at the age of 41 years.
| width=10px align=center | width=230px | Mayor | Term of office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariston Cortes | align=center colspan="2" | 1943 | |||
| 2 | Santiago Suyco | align=center colspan="2" | 1943 | |||
| 3 | Alejandro Fortuna | align=center width=80px | 1943 | align=center width=80px | 1945 | |
| 4 | Martin Echivarre | align=center width=80px | 1945 | align=center width=80px | 1946 | |
| 5 | Eustaquio Rosal | align=center colspan="2" | 1946 | |||
| 6 | Eriberto Dimpas | align=center colspan="2" | 1947 | |||
| 7 | Apolinar Cortes | align=center colspan="2" | 1947 | |||
| 8 | Pedro Basubas | align=center colspan="2" | 1947 | |||
| 9 | Fabiano Pesons | align=center width=80px | 1948 | align=center width=80px | 1951 | |
| 10 | Urbano Seno | align=center width=80px | 1952 | align=center width=80px | 1955 | |
| 11 | Apolonio Gonzaga | align=center width=80px | 1956 | align=center width=80px | 1959 | |
| 12 | Conrado Seno | align=center width=80px | 1960 | align=center width=80px | 1963 | |
| 13 | Demetrio Cortes Sr. | align=center width=80px | 1964 | align=center width=80px | 1969 | |
| (13) | Demetrio Cortes Sr. | align=center width=80px | 1969 | align=center width=80px | 1986 | |
| 14 | Vicente dela Serna | align=center colspan="2" | 1986 | |||
| 15 | Restituto Soon | align=center colspan="2" | 1987 | |||
| 16 | Alfredo Ouano | align=center width=80px | 1988 | align=center width=80px | 1998 | |
| 17 | Thadeo Ouano | align=center width=80px | 1998 | align=center width=80px | 2007 | |
| 18 | Amadeo Seno | align=center colspan="2" | 2007 | |||
| (17) | Thadeo Ouano | align=center width=80px | 2007 | align=center width=80px | 2007 | |
| 19 | Jonas Cortes | align=center width=80px | 2007 | align=center width=80px | 2016 | |
| 20 | Luigi Quisumbing | align=center width=80px | 2016 | align=center width=80px | 2019 | |
| (19) | Jonas Cortes | align=center width=80px | 2019 | align=center width=80px | Incumbent | |