List of mayors of Hamburg

First Mayor of Hamburg
Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (German)
Coat of arms of Hamburg
Incumbent Peter Tschentscher since 28 March 2018
Type	Lord Mayor Head of government
Member of	Senate of Hamburg
Appointer	Hamburg Parliament
Term length	Pending resignation or the election of a successor
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Hamburg
Formation	1293
Deputy	Second Mayor

Politics of Hamburg
Constitution Constitution of Germany Constitution of Hamburg
Legislature Hamburg Parliament President of the parliament Carola Veit
Judiciary Constitutional Court Hamburgisches Verfassungsgericht Administrative courts Hamburgisches Oberverwaltungsgericht Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg Courts of Justice Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Landgericht Hamburg 8 Amtsgerichte Fiscal Court Finanzgericht Hamburg Labor courts Landesarbeitsgericht Hamburg Arbeitsgericht Hamburg Social court Landessozialgericht Hamburg Sozialgericht Hamburg
Executive First Mayor Peter Tschentscher Senate / Cabinet
Divisions Boroughs and quarters
Elections Elections Political parties in Germany
Relations Politics of Germany States of Germany Bundesrat of Germany Federal council European Union politics Diplomatic missions in Hamburg
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The following is a chronological list of mayors of Hamburg, a city-state in Germany. The mayors are the head of the city-state, part of the government of Hamburg. Since 1861, according to the constitution of 28 September 1860, the state has been governed by the ten-member Senate, which had previously been called the council (in the German language of that time: Rath). It is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) as the President of the Senate. The deputy is the Second Mayor.

For much of its history, Hamburg was a free imperial city and later a sovereign state; the position of First Mayor historically was equivalent to that of a sovereign head of state. In the 1871–1918 German Empire, the Hamburg First Mayor was equivalent to the federal princes of the 23 German monarchies (4 of whom held the title of King and the others holding titles such as Grand Duke, Duke or Sovereign Prince). Since 1918, the position is equivalent to that of the ministers-president of the (West) German states.

Prior to World War I, the two mayors were elected for one-year terms. Until 1997, the First Mayor was primus inter pares among, and was elected by, the members of the Senate. Since then, the Hamburg Parliament (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) has elected the First Mayor; the First Mayor is able to appoint and dismiss other senators.