List of mayors of Antwerp

This is a list of mayors of Antwerp throughout history. The names of acting mayors are written in italic.

1500

thumb|Coat of the House of Draeck

1500: Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem. and Gillis de Schermere
1501: Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem. 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

thumb|Jean-Baptiste della Faille

thumb|Vander Dilft

thumb|Blasivs de Bejar

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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

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 70%"

|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE;"

! Mayor !! Year of mayorship

| Charles Joseph della Faille||1730

| Charles Joseph della Faille,||1731

| John Auguste, Baron of Hove||1743

| John Auguste, Baron of Hove||1744

| Charles Joseph della Faille||1753

| Charles Joseph della Faille||1754

| Charles Joseph della Faille||1755

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1761

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1762

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1763

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1789

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1790

| Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck||1792

| John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet||1793

| John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet||1794

| Jacob Reynoud, Cornelis Reyns, Karel d'Or, Peeter Guedon, Steven Abbeltier, Hendrik Franck || 1797

| Jan Martinides, Frans Verbelen || 1798

| Frans Verbelen, Jan Gabriëls, Josef Georgerie || 1799

1800s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%"

|- style="background-color:#eeeeee"

! Mayor

! Office Entered

! Office Left

! Notes

| 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)

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%"

! style="width:10%;" | Name

! style="width:7%;" | Date of birth

! style="width:7%;" | Office entered

! style="width:7%;" | Office left

! style="width:7%;" | Date of death

! style="width:7%;" colspan="2" | Party

| Filip Vermoelen

| February 27, 1759

| May 2, 1814

| July 24, 1817

| February 15, 1825

| style="background-color:white" |

| None

| Florent Van Ertborn

| April 4, 1784

| July 25, 1817

| November, 1828

| August 20, 1840

| style="background-color:white" |

| None (Orangist)

| Willem Andreas de Caters

| November 30, 1773

| November, 1828

| October 26, 1830

| February 9, 1859

| style="background-color:white" |

| None

Belgium

1800s

{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%"

! style="width:10%;" | Name

! style="width:7%;" | Date of birth

! style="width:7%;" | Office entered

! style="width:7%;" | Office left

! style="width:7%;" | Date of death

! style="width:7%;" colspan="2" | Party

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Frans Verdussen

| May 10, 1783

| October 26, 1830

| October 28, 1830

| May 11, 1850

| style="background-color:white" |

| None (Cath. Unionist)

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Antoine Dhanis van Cannart

| January 26, 1792

| October 29, 1830

| December 11, 1830

| November 19, 1855

| style="background-color:white" |

| None (Cath. Unionist)

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Alexis Gleizes

| 1773

| December 9, 1830

| February 10, 1831

| February 29, 1832

| style="background-color:white" |

| None (Cath. Unionist)

| Gérard Le Grelle

:First mayor after the Belgian Revolution

| January 6, 1793

| February 14, 1831

| November 5, 1848

| October 28, 1871

| style="background-color:white" |

| None (Cath. Unionist)

| Jan Frans Loos

| November 12, 1799

| November 6, 1848

| March 30, 1863

| February 2, 1871

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Xavier Gheysens

| May 19, 1799

| March 31, 1863

| May 4, 1863

| March 5, 1883

| style="background-color:grey" |

| Meeting

| Jozef Cornelis Van Put

| June 15, 1811

| May 5, 1863

| September 1, 1872

| July 2, 1877

| style="background-color:grey" |

| Meeting

| Leopold De Wael

:Died in office

| July 14, 1823

| September 2, 1872

| August 17, 1892

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Georges Gits

| April 30, 1839

| August 17, 1892

| November 7, 1892

| March 27, 1923

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

| Jan Van Rijswijck

:Resigned office because of illness

| February 14, 1853

| November 7, 1892

| February 16, 1906

| September 23, 1906

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

1900s

{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%"

! style="width:10%;" | Name

! style="width:7%;" | Date of birth

! style="width:7%;" | Office entered

! style="width:7%;" | Office left

! style="width:7%;" | Date of death

! style="width:7%;" colspan="2" | Party

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Victor Desguin

| January 30, 1838

| February 16, 1906

| August 6, 1906

| July 8, 1919

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

| Alfons Hertogs

| February 6, 1843

| August 7, 1906

| October 17, 1908

| October 18, 1908

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Victor Desguin

| January 30, 1838

| October 18, 1908

| March 14, 1909

| July 8, 1919

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

| Jan De Vos

| February 7, 1844

| March 15, 1909

| July 21, 1921

| March 30, 1923

| style="background-color:blue" |

| LP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Hector Lebon

| November 22, 1863

| July 22, 1921

| November 5, 1921

| October 27, 1935

| style="background-color:orange" |

| KVB

| Frans Van Cauwelaert

| January 10, 1880

| November 5, 1921

| December 31, 1932

| May 17, 1961

| style="background-color:orange" |

| KVB

| Camille Huysmans

| May 26, 1871

| January 1, 1933

| August 2, 1946

| February 25, 1968

| style="background-color:red" |

| BWP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Leo Delwaide (acting)

| July 27, 1897

| December 7, 1940

| January 26, 1944

| June 13, 1978

| style="background-color:orange" |

| KB

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Jan Timmermans (acting)

| October 15, 1901

| January 27, 1944

| September 4, 1944

| April 5, 1962

| style="background-color:yellow" |

| VNV

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Emile Van Put (acting)

:Shortest-serving mayor of Antwerp

| September 4, 1944

| September 12, 1944

| style="background-color:orange" |

| KB

| Willem Eekelers (acting)

| May 18, 1883

| August 2, 1946

| April 11, 1947

| September 2, 1954

| style="background-color:red" |

| BSP

| Lode Craeybeckx

:Longest-serving mayor of Antwerp

| November 24, 1897

| January 1, 1947

| July 25, 1976

| style="background-color:red" |

| BSP

|- style="font-style:italic; font-size:90%"

| Leo Delwaide (acting)

| July 27, 1897

| July 26, 1976

| September 5, 1976

| June 13, 1978

| style="background-color:orange" |

| CVP

| Frans Detiège

:Former scabin for Social Affairs (1947-1976)

| December 22, 1909

| 6 September 1976

| 31 December 1976

| November 1, 1980

| style="background-color:red" |

| BSP

| Mathilde Schroyens

:First female mayor in more than 550 years

| December 28, 1912

| 1 January 1977

| 31 December 1983

| February 27, 1996

| style="background-color:red" |

| BSP/SP

| Bob Cools

| 1 January 1983

| 31 December 1994

| Alive

| style="background-color:red" |

| SP

| Leona Detiège

:Daughter of mayor Frans Detiège

| 1 January 1995

| 13 March 2003

| Alive

| style="background-color:red" |

| SP/sp.a

2000s

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

! Portrait

! Name

! Term in office

! colspan="2"| Party affiliation

| 120px

| Patrick Janssens (born 1956; aged 68)

| 10 July 2003 – 31 December 2012

| style="background: ;" |

| SP.A

| 120px

| Bart De Wever (born 1970; aged 54)

| 1 January 2013 – 3 February 2025

| style="background: ;" |

| N-VA

| 120px

|Els van Doesburg

(born 1989; aged 35)

|3 February 2025

–

Incumbent

| style="background: ;" |

|N-VA

References

Info from the Liberaal Archief (in Dutch)

1500

1600

1700s

1800s

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Belgium

1800s

1900s

2000s

See also

References