This is a list of mayors of Antwerp throughout history. Names of acting mayors are written in italic.
1500
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- 1500 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem.[1] and Gillis de Schermere
- 1501 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem.[2] and Gillis de Schermere
- 1502 : Gillis van Berchem and Kosten van Halmale
- 1503 : Hendrik van der Moelen and Gillis de Schermere
- 1504 : Gillis van Berchem and Kosten van Halmale
- 1505 : Kosten van Berchem and Gillis de Schermere
- 1506 : Arnold van Liere and Jan van de Werve
- 1507 : Jan van Berchem and Willem Draeck
- 1508 : Willem Draeck, Arnold de Buekelere and Jan van de Werve
- 1509 : Willem van Immerseele and Arnold van Liere
- 1510 : Arnold van de Werve and Gillis van Berchem
- 1512:Arnold van Liere and Willem Draeck
- 1513: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
- 1514: Jan van de Werve and Willem Draeck
- 1515: Gillis van Berchem and Arnold van Liere
- 1516-1517: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
- 1518: Jan van de Werve, Willem Draeck and Filips de Buekeleren
- 1519: Peeter van der Moelen and Arnold van Liere
- 1520: Arnold van Liere and Willem Draeck
- 1521: Gerard van de Werve and Filips de Buekelere
- 1522: Willem Draeck and Arnold van Liere
- 1523: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold van Liere
- 1524: Willem Draeck and Kasper van Halmale
- 1525: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold van Liere
- 1526: Willem van Liere and Kasper van Halmale
- 1527: Arnold van Liere and Adriaan Hertsen
- 1528: Kasper van Halmale and Arnold van Liere
- 1529: Gerard van de Werve, Arnold van Liere and Adriaan van Hertsen
- 1530: Willem van Liere and Adriaan Hertsen
- 1531: Arnold van de Werve and Arnold Schoyte
- 1532: Arnold van de Werve, Willem van Liere and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1533: Lancelot van Ursel and Willem Draeck
- 1534: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1535: Willem van Liere and Gabriel Triapain
- 1536: Cornelis van Spangen and Nikolaas van der Meeren
- 1537: Frans van der Dilft and Nikolaas van der Meeren
- 1538-1539: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1540: Lancelot van Ursel and Frans van der Dilft
- 1541: Cornelis van Spangen and Jan van Crombah
- 1542: Lancelot van Ursel and Nikolaas de Schermere
- 1543: Willem van Halmale and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1544: Jan van Crombach and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1545: Lancelot van Ursel and Jan Scheyfve
- 1546: Michiel van der Heyden and Hendrik van Berchem
- 1547: Cornelis van Spangen and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1548: Lancelot van Ursel and Hendrik van Berchem
- 1549: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Jacob Hertsen
- 1550: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Nikolaas de Schermere
- 1551-1552: Dirk van de Werve and Jacob Herisen
- 1553: Nikolaas van der Meeren and Jan Happaert
- 1554: Hendrik van Berchem and Dirk van de Werve
- 1555-1557: Antoon van Stralen and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
- 1558: Alvaro D'Almaras and Hendrik van Berchem
- 1559: Alvaro D'Almaras, Jan van Schoonhoven and Hendrik van Berchem
- 1560: Jan van Schoonhoven and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
- 1561: Antoon van Stralen and Hendrik van Berchem
- 1562-1563: Lancelot van Ursel and Nikolaas Rockox sr.
- 1564: Hendrik van Berchem and Jan van Schoonhoven
- 1565: Antoon van Stralen and Lancelot van Ursel
- 1566-1567: Hendrik van Berchem and Jacob van der Heyden
- 1568: Jan van Schoonhoven and Hendrik van Etten
- 1569-1570: Hendrik van Berchem and Jan Wolfaert
- 1571-1572: Lancelot van Ursel and Jan van der Meeren
- 1573: Lancelot van Ursel, Jan van Schoonhoven and Jan van der Meeren
- 1574-1575: Jan van Schoonhoven and Nikolaas Rockox I.
- 1576: Hendrik van Berchem, Jan van der Meeren and Jan Wolfaert
- 1577: Jan van Schoonhoven and Jan van Stralen
- 1578: Jan van Stralen and Willem de Vos
- 1579-1580: Jan Junius van Leefdale and Rutgeert van Leefdale
- 1581-1582: Filips van Schoonhoven and Peeter van Aelst
- 1583-1584: Filips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde and Jacob van Wachtendonck
- 1585-1587: Eduard van der Dilft and Adriaan van Heylwegen
- 1588: Jan Damant and Balten van Vlierden
- 1589-1590: Eduard van der Dilft and Karel Malineus
- 1591: Hendrik van Halmale and Adriaan van Heylwegen
- 1592-1593: Blasius de Bejar and Gillis Gerard
- 1594-1595: Eduard van der Dilft and Karel Malineus
- 1596-1597: Jacob Dassa and Hendrik van Etten
- 1598-1599: Blasius de Bejar and Hendrik van Halmale
1600
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- 1600-1601: Jacob Dassa and Gilles de Mera
- 1602: Eduard van der Dilft and Jan van Brecht
- 1603: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Balten de Robiano
- 1604: Jacob Dassa and Hendrik van Etten
- 1605: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Kasper Rovelasca
- 1606-1607: Blasius de Bejar and Hendrik van Etten
- 1608-1609: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Hendrik van Halmale
- 1610: Jacob Dassa and Gillis de Mera
- 1611: Nikolaas Rockox II and Hendrik van Etten
- 1612-1613: Blasius de Bejar and Gillis Gerardi
- 1614: Jacob Dassa and Jan Happaert
- 1615: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Hendrik van Etten
- 1616: Blasius de Bejar and Antoon van Berchem
- 1617: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Pauwel van Liere
- 1618: Jan Happaert and Hendrik van de Werve
- 1619: Lancelot Tseraerts and Frans de Schot
- 1620: Hendrik van Etten and Jan van Stembor
- 1621: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Karel de Mera
- 1622: Jan van Stembor and Robrecht Tucher
- 1623: Jan Happaert and Karel de Mera
- 1624: Engelbrecht van Oyenbrugge and Pauwel van Liere
- 1625: Nikolaas Rockox II. and Robrecht Tucher
- 1626: Robrecht Tucher and Frans Gallo de Salamanca
- 1627: Frans Gallo de Salamanca and Filips van Vlierden
- 1628-1630: Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
- 1631: Hendrik van Etten, Filips van Vlierden and Andries Gerardi
- 1632: Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
- 1633: Jan de Bejar and Karel de Santa Cruz
- 1634-1635: Robrecht Tucher and Jan Roose
- 1636: Hendrik van Etten and Karel de Santa Cruz
- 1637: Robrecht Tucher and Jan Roose
- 1638: Antoon Sivori and Karel de Santa Cruz
- 1639: Antoon Sivori, Karel de Santa Cruz and Jan Roose
- 1640: Jan Roose and Robrecht Tucher
- 1641: Jan Roose, Antoon Sivori and Robrecht Tucher
- 1642-1643: Antoon Sivori and Jacob van Buren
- 1644-1645: Gooris del Plano and Melchior Haeckx
- 1646-1647: Hendrik van Halmale and Antoon Sivori
- 1648: Gooris del Plano and Melchior Haeckx
- 1649-1650: Hendrik van Halmale and Alexander Goubau
- 1651: Filips Schoyte and Jacob van Buren
- 1652: Alexander Goubau, Gooris del Plano and Jacob van Buren
- 1653: Alexander Goubau and Jacob van Buren
- 1654: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Snijers
- 1655: Floris van Berchem and Jan Snijers
- 1656: Frans Paschier van den Cruyce and Jan Snijers
- 1657-1658: Floris van Berchem and Gooris Martens
- 1659: Hendrik van Halmale and Gillis Martens
- 1660: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan van Weerden
- 1661: Jan Antoon Tucher and Jan van Weerden
- 1662: Jan Antoon Tucher and Gillis Martens
- 1663-1664: Hendrik van de Werve and Gillis Martens
- 1665: Hendrik van Halmale and Willem des Pommereaux
- 1666: Alexander Goubau and Gillis Martens
- 1667-1668: Hendrik van de Werve and Jan Snijers
- 1669: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
- 1670-1671: Jan Antoon Tucher and Floris van Berchem
- 1672: Floris van Berchem and Jan Vecquemans
- 1673: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist Greyns
- 1674: Hendrik van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
- 1675: Hendrik van de Werve and Filips Schoyte
- 1676-1677: Hendrik van Halmale and Librecht van den Hove
- 1678: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist Greyns
- 1679: Filips Frans de Varick and Filips Schoyte
- 1680: Floris van Berchem and Jan Baptist della Faille
- 1681: Jan Baptist Greyns and Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale
- 1682: Floris van Berchem and Jacob Antoon de Witte
- 1683: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Jan Baptist Greyns
- 1684: Peeter Happaert and Jacob Antoon de Witte
- 1685: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce
- 1686: Jan Baptist Greyns and Gooris Martens
- 1687: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Jan Augustijn de Lannoy
- 1688: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Theodoor Andries van Kessel
- 1689: Jan Baptist della Faille and Steven Cornelis Janssens
- 1690: Jan Augustijn de Lannoy and Leonel Stevens
- 1691: Eduard van Broeckhoven and Filips Rubens
- 1692-1693: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Gooris Martens
- 1694: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Jan Augustijn de Lannoy
- 1695: Jan Karel van Hove and Gooris Martens
- 1696: Nikolaas Jozef van Halmale and Jan Jozef Vecquemans
- 1697: Eduard van Broeckhoven and Rochus van de Zande
- 1698: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Rochus van de Zande
- 1699: Paschier Ignatius van den Cruyce and Hendrik Comperis
1700s
[edit]1800s
[edit]Mayor | Office Entered | Office Left | Notes |
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Josef Georgerie, Peeter Raeymaekers |
January 1, 1800 | December 31, 1801 | |
Jan Steven Werbrouck | January 29, 1801 | July 27, 1811 | |
Jan Baptist de Cornelissen | October 1, 1811 | May 1, 1814 | Youngest mayor Antwerp ever had (24) |
Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party | |
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Filip Vermoelen | February 27, 1759 | May 2, 1814 | July 24, 1817 | February 15, 1825 | None | |
Florent Van Ertborn | April 4, 1784 | July 25, 1817 | November, 1828 | August 20, 1840 | None (Orangist) | |
Willem Andreas de Caters | November 30, 1773 | November, 1828 | October 26, 1830 | February 9, 1859 | None |
1800s
[edit]Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party | |
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Frans Verdussen | May 10, 1783 | October 26, 1830 | October 28, 1830 | May 11, 1850 | None (Cath. Unionist) | |
Antoine Dhanis van Cannart | January 26, 1792 | October 29, 1830 | December 11, 1830 | November 19, 1855 | None (Cath. Unionist) | |
Alexis Gleizes | 1773 | December 9, 1830 | February 10, 1831 | February 29, 1832 | None (Cath. Unionist) | |
Gérard Le Grelle
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January 6, 1793 | February 14, 1831 | November 5, 1848 | October 28, 1871 | None (Cath. Unionist) | |
Jan Frans Loos | November 12, 1799 | November 6, 1848 | March 30, 1863 | February 2, 1871 | LP | |
Xavier Gheysens | May 19, 1799 | March 31, 1863 | May 4, 1863 | March 5, 1883 | Meeting | |
Jozef Cornelis Van Put | June 15, 1811 | May 5, 1863 | September 1, 1872 | July 2, 1877 | Meeting | |
Leopold De Wael
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July 14, 1823 | September 2, 1872 | August 17, 1892 | August 17, 1892 | LP | |
Georges Gits | April 30, 1839 | August 17, 1892 | November 7, 1892 | March 27, 1923 | LP | |
Jan Van Rijswijck
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February 14, 1853 | November 7, 1892 | February 16, 1906 | September 23, 1906 | LP |
1900s
[edit]Name | Date of birth | Office Entered | Office Left | Date of death | Party | |
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Victor Desguin | January 30, 1838 | February 16, 1906 | August 6, 1906 | July 8, 1919 | LP | |
Alfons Hertogs | February 6, 1843 | August 7, 1906 | October 17, 1908 | October 18, 1908 | LP | |
Victor Desguin | January 30, 1838 | October 18, 1908 | March 14, 1909 | July 8, 1919 | LP | |
Jan De Vos | February 7, 1844 | March 15, 1909 | July 21, 1921 | March 30, 1923 | LP | |
Hector Lebon | November 22, 1863 | July 22, 1921 | November 5, 1921 | October 27, 1935 | KVB | |
Frans Van Cauwelaert | January 10, 1880 | November 5, 1921 | December 31, 1932 | May 17, 1961 | KVB | |
Camille Huysmans | May 26, 1871 | January 1, 1933 | August 2, 1946 | February 25, 1968 | BWP | |
Leo Delwaide (acting) | July 27, 1897 | December 7, 1940 | January 26, 1944 | June 13, 1978 | KB | |
Jan Timmermans (acting) | October 15, 1901 | January 27, 1944 | September 4, 1944 | April 5, 1962 | VNV | |
Emile Van Put (acting)
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September 4, 1944 | September 12, 1944 | KB | |||
Willem Eekelers (acting) | May 18, 1883 | August 2, 1946 | April 11, 1947 | September 2, 1954 | BSP | |
Lode Craeybeckx
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November 24, 1897 | January 1, 1947 | July 25, 1976 | July 25, 1976 | BSP | |
Leo Delwaide (acting) | July 27, 1897 | July 26, 1976 | September 5, 1976 | June 13, 1978 | CVP | |
Frans Detiège
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December 22, 1909 | 6 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | November 1, 1980 | BSP | |
Mathilde Schroyens
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December 28, 1912 | 1 January 1977 | 31 December 1983 | February 27, 1996 | BSP/SP | |
Bob Cools | April 27, 1934 | 1 January 1983 | 31 December 1994 | Alive | SP | |
Leona Detiège
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November 26, 1942 | 1 January 1995 | 13 March 2003 | Alive | SP/sp.a |
2000s
[edit]Portrait | Name | Term in office | Party affiliation | |
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Patrick Janssens (born 1965; aged 65) |
10 July 2003 – 31 December 2012 |
SP.A | |
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Bart De Wever (born 1970; aged 50) |
1 January 2013 – Incumbent |
N-VA |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Info from the Liberaal Archief (in Dutch)