Below is a list of mayors of The Hague since it was decided in 1824 that only one mayor at a time would govern the city.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||
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Lodewijk Copes van Cattenburch | 23 February 1824 – 16 December 1842 | Independent (pro-government) | |||
Gerrit Hooft | 20 December 1842 – 15 May 1858 | Independent (pro-government) | |||
François Gevers Deynoot | 1 June 1858 – 1 June 1882 | Independent (anti-revolutionary) | |||
Jacob Gerard Patijn | 16 September 1882 – 8 September 1887 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Albert Johan Roest | 21 September 1887 – 1 July 1897 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Binnert de Beaufort | 15 September 1897 – 16 April 1898 | Independent | |||
Johan van Harinxma thoe Slooten | 25 May 1898 – 4 April 1904 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Emile Sweerts de Landas Wyborgh | 15 July 1904 – 1 May 1911 | Anti-Revolutionary | |||
Joannes Coenraad Jansen | 1 May 1911 – 1 August 1911 Acting | Independent (liberal) | |||
Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | 1 Augustus 1911 – 9 September 1918 | Independent (old liberal) | |||
Jacob Patijn | 30 September 1918 – 1 October 1930 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Lodewijk Bosch van Rosenthal | 1 December 1930 – 1 June 1934 | Christian Historical Union | |||
Salomon de Monchy | 1 July 1934 – 1 July 1940 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Cornelis Lodewijk van der Bilt | 1 July 1940 – 15 June 1942 Acting | Liberal State Party | |||
Harmen Westra | 1 July 1942 – 15 March 1945 | National Socialist Movement | |||
Henri van Maasdijk | 15 March 1945 – 7 May 1945 Acting | National Socialist Movement | |||
Salomon de Monchy | 5 May 1945 – 1 January 1947 | Independent (liberal) | |||
Willem Visser | 1 June 1947 – 27 May 1949 | Christian Historical Union | |||
Frans Schokking | 1 November 1949 – 1 August 1956 | Christian Historical Union | |||
Hans Kolfschoten (1908–1990) | 10 February 1957 – 16 October 1968 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 16 October 1968 – 5 April 1975 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Henk Happel | 5 April 1975 – 14 October 1975 Ad interim | Catholic People's Party | |||
Frans Schols (1926–2000) | 14 October 1975 – 1 June 1985 | Catholic People's Party (1975–1980) | |||
Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1985) | |||||
Piet Vink (1927–2002) | 1 June 1985 – 1 September 1985 Ad interim | Labour Party | |||
Ad Havermans (born 1934) | 1 September 1985 – 1 August 1996 | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
Peter Noordanus (born 1948) | 1 August 1996 – 1 December 1996 Ad interim | Labour Party | |||
Wim Deetman (born 1945) | 1 December 1996 – 1 January 2008 | Christian Democratic Appeal | |||
Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957) | 1 January 2008 – 26 March 2008 Ad interim | Labour Party | |||
Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947) | 26 March 2008 – 1 March 2017 [1] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Tom de Bruijn (born 1948) | 1 March 2017 – 17 March 2017 Ad interim | Democrats 66 | |||
Pauline Krikke (born 1961) | 17 March 2017 – 6 October 2019 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Boudewijn Revis (born 1974) | 6 October 2019 – 12 October 2019 Ad interim | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Johan Remkes (born 1951) | 12 October 2019 – 1 July 2020 Acting | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Jan van Zanen (born 1961) | 1 July 2020 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |