The office of the Mayor of Nantes is a directly elected position. Since 1947 there have been five mayors; the term of office is for a period of six years. The current mayor is Johanna Rolland (PS).
| Period | Name | Party | Other position held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1565-1566 | Geoffroy Drouet | |||
| 1566-1568 | Yves Rocas | |||
| 1568-1569 | Matthieu André | |||
| 1569-1571 | Pierre Cornulier | |||
| 1571-1572 | Jean Morin | |||
| 1572-1573 | Guillaume Harrouys | |||
| 1573-1574 | Michel Le Lou | |||
| 1574-1575 | Jacques Grignon | |||
| 1575-1576 | Jean Boutin | |||
| 1576-1577 | Robert Poullain | |||
| 1577-1578 | Michel Loriot | |||
| 1578-1580 | François Myron | |||
| 1580-1581 | Antoine de Brezenay | |||
| 1581-1583 | Bonaventure de Compluto | |||
| 1583-1584 | Claude Brossard | |||
| 1584-1585 | Antoine Gravoil | |||
| 1585-1586 | Jacques de Marquès | |||
| 1586-1588 | Jean Fruneau | |||
| 1588-1590 | Charles de Harouys | |||
| 1590-1592 | Pierre André | |||
| 1592-1595 | Jean Laubier | |||
| 1595-1597 | Guillaume Dubot | |||
| 1597-1598 | Jean Fourché | |||
| 1598-1599 | Charles de Harouys | |||
| 1599-1601 | Gabriel Hux | |||
| 1601-1603 | Julien Laurens | |||
| 1603-1605 | Yves Le Lou | |||
| 1605-1607 | Claude Cornulier | |||
| 1607-1609 | Michel Loriot | |||
| 1609-1611 | René Charette | |||
| 1611-1613 | Jean Blanchard | |||
| 1613-1615 | Louis Charette | |||
| 1615-1617 | Pierre Bernard | |||
| 1617-1619 | André Morin | |||
| 1619-1621 | Alexandre Charette | |||
| 1621-1623 | Jacques Raoul | |||
| 1623-1625 | Louis de Harouys | |||
| 1625-1627 | Jean de Harouys | |||
| 1627-1629 | René Ménardeau | |||
| 1629-1631 | René de la Tullaye | |||
| 1631-1633 | Guillaume Blanchard | |||
| 1633-1634 | René Bernard | |||
| 1634-1636 | André Jubot | |||
| 1636-1637 | René Charette | |||
| 1637-1639 | François Bourgogne | |||
| 1639-1642 | Pierre Poullain | |||
| 1642-1644 | Christophe Juchault | |||
| 1644-1647 | Yves Monti | |||
| 1647-1648 | Jacques de Bourges | |||
| 1648-1650 | Mathurin Boux | |||
| 1650-1652 | Jean Charette | |||
| 1652-1654 | Claude Bidé | |||
| 1654-1657 | Jean Fournier | |||
| 1657-1659 | René de Pontual | |||
| 1659-1661 | Jacques Huteau | |||
| 1661-1662 | Jean Poullain | |||
| 1662-1664 | Louis Macé | |||
| 1664-1666 | Mathurin Giraud | |||
| 1666-1668 | François Lorido | |||
| 1668-1671 | Jacques Charette | |||
| 1671-1673 | Gratien Libault | |||
| 1673-1675 | Jean Regnier | |||
| 1675-1676 | Louis Charette | |||
| 1676-1679 | Charles César Chevalier | |||
| 1679-1682 | Jacques Fremon | |||
| 1682-1684 | Louis Mesnard | |||
| 1684-1685 | Claude Bidé | |||
| 1685-1688 | Paul Cassard | |||
| 1688-1690 | Pierre Noblet | |||
| 1690-1716 | Julien Proust | |||
| 1716-1720 | André Boussineau | |||
| 1720-1730 | ||||
| 1730-1732 | René Le Ray | |||
| 1732-1735 | Jean François Vedier | |||
| 1735-1736 | René Darquistade | |||
| 1736-1738 | Claude Petit | |||
| 1738-1740 | François Moricaud | |||
| 1740-1747 | René Darquistade | |||
| 1747-1748 | François Pierre Durocher | |||
| 1748-1754 | Mathurin Bellabre | |||
| 1754-1762 | Jean-Baptiste Gellée de Prémion | |||
| 1762-1766 | Léonard Joubert | |||
| 1766-1770 | François Libault | |||
| 1770-1772 | Philippe-Vincent Royer | |||
| 1772-1776 | Pierre de la Ville de Chambardet | |||
| 1776-1782 | Jean-Baptiste Gellée de Prémion | |||
| 1782-1786 | Jean-Jacques Berrouette | |||
| 1786-1787 | Georges Guérin de Beaumont | |||
| 1787-1789 | Pierre Richard | |||
| 1789-1791 | ||||
| 1791-1792 | Pierre-Guillaume Giraud du Plessis | |||
| 1792-1793 | ||||
| 9 Oct 1793 - 6 Dec 1794 | Jean-Louis Renard | |||
| 12 Jan 1795 - 19 Nov 1795 | Pierre-Guillume Giraud du Plessis | |||
| 19 Nov 1795 - 3 May 1797 | Gilbert Beaufranchet | |||
| 4 May 1797 - 22 Sep 1797 | ||||
| 22 Sep 1797 - 25 Nov 1798 | Julien-François Douillard | |||
| 25 Nov 1798 - 19 Jul 1800 | Louis-Maris Saget | |||
| 19 Jul 1800 - 31 Mar 1801 | François Fellonneau | |||
| 2 Jun 1801 - 14 Jun 1803 | Claude-Sylvain Paris | |||
| 15 Jun 1803 - 17 Apr 1805 | Augustin-Louis de Loynes | |||
| 1805-1813 | Jean-Baptiste Bertrand-Geslin | |||
| 1813-1815 | François-Maire de Fou | |||
| 1815 | Jean-Baptiste Bertrand-Geslin | |||
| 1815 | Maurice Etiennez | |||
| 1815-1816 | François-Marie du Fou | |||
| 1816-1819 | Louis Rousseau de Saint-Aignan | |||
| 1819-1830 | Louis-Hyacinthe Lévesque | |||
| 1830 | Maurice Etiennez | |||
| 1830-1832 | Philippe-René Soubzmain | |||
| 1832-1848 | Ferdinand Favre | |||
| 1848-1852 | Evariste Colombel | |||
| 1852-1866 | Ferdinand Favre | |||
| 1866-1870 | Antoine Dufour | |||
| 1870-1871 | René Waldeck-Rousseau | |||
| 1871-1872 | Arsène Leloup | |||
| 1872-1874 | ||||
| 1874-1881 | Julien Charles Marie Claudius Lechat | |||
| 1881 | Mathurin Brissonneau (interim) | |||
| 1881-1885 | Georges Évariste Eugène Colombel | |||
| 1885-1888 | Édouard Normand | |||
| 1888-1892 | Ernest François James Guibourd de Luzinais | |||
| 1892-1896 | Alfred Joseph Riom | |||
| 1896-1899 | Hippolyte Étienne Étiennez | |||
| 1899-1908 | Paul-Émile Sarradin | |||
| 1908 | N. Canal (interim) | |||
| 17 May 1908 - 16 Dec 1910 | ARD | |||
| 16 Dec 1910 - 2 May 1928 | PRS | |||
| 2 May 1928 - 1 Jun 1928 | SFIO | |||
| 1928-1929 | ||||
| 1929-1935 | ||||
| 1935-1940 | SFIO | |||
| 24 Dec 1940 - 4 May 1941 | SFIO | |||
| 4 May 1941 - 10 Oct 1942 | ||||
| 10 Oct 1942 - 31 Aug 1944 | ||||
| 31 Aug 1944 - 19 May 1945 | SFIO | |||
| 19 May 1945 - 31 Oct 1947 | ||||
| 31 Oct 1947 - 26 Mar 1965 | RPF | |||
| 1965-1977 | Senator | |||
| 1977-1983 | Deputy | |||
| 1983-1989 | Senator | |||
| 20 Mar 1989-21 Jun 2012 | ||||
| 21 Jun 2012-04 Apr 2014 | ||||
| 04 Apr 2014- |