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List of mayors of Antwerp

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This is a list of mayors of Antwerp throughout history. Names of acting mayors are written in italic. {{TOC right}}

1500

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  • 1500 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem.Geschiedenis van Antwerpen, sedert de stichting der stad tot onze ..., Volume 8/p. 232. and Gillis de Schermere
  • 1501 : Willem Draeck, Lord of Merksem.Geschiedenis van Antwerpen, sedert de stichting der stad tot onze ..., Volume 8/p. 232. 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

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! Mayor !! Year of mayorship

Charles Joseph della Faille1730
Charles Joseph della Faille,1731
John Auguste, Baron of Hove1743
John Auguste, Baron of Hove1744
Charles Joseph della Faille1753
Charles Joseph della Faille1754
Charles Joseph della Faille1755
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1761
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1762
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1763
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1789
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1790
Peter Frans of Schorel, Lord of Wilryck1792
John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet1793
John-Baptiste, Count of Baillet1794
Jacob Reynoud, Cornelis Reyns, Karel d'Or,
Peeter Guedon, Steven Abbeltier, Hendrik Franck		1797
Jan Martinides, Frans Verbelen1798
Frans Verbelen, Jan Gabriëls, Josef Georgerie1799

1800s

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! 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]]

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! 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

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Filip Vermoelen

| February 27, 1759

| May 2, 1814

| July 24, 1817

| February 15, 1825

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| None

Florent Van Ertborn

| April 4, 1784

| July 25, 1817

| November, 1828

| August 20, 1840

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| None (Orangist)

Willem Andreas de Caters

| November 30, 1773

| November, 1828

| October 26, 1830

| February 9, 1859

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| None

[[Belgium]]

=1800s=

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! 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

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| Frans Verdussen

| May 10, 1783

| October 26, 1830

| October 28, 1830

| May 11, 1850

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| None (Cath. Unionist)

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| Antoine Dhanis van Cannart

| January 26, 1792

| October 29, 1830

| December 11, 1830

| November 19, 1855

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| None (Cath. Unionist)

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| Alexis Gleizes

| 1773

| December 9, 1830

| February 10, 1831

| February 29, 1832

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| None (Cath. Unionist)

Gérard Le Grelle

:First mayor after the Belgian Revolution

| January 6, 1793

| February 14, 1831

| November 5, 1848

| October 28, 1871

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| None (Cath. Unionist)

Jan Frans Loos

| November 12, 1799

| November 6, 1848

| March 30, 1863

| February 2, 1871

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| LP

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| Xavier Gheysens

| May 19, 1799

| March 31, 1863

| May 4, 1863

| March 5, 1883

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| Meeting

Jozef Cornelis Van Put

| June 15, 1811

| May 5, 1863

| September 1, 1872

| July 2, 1877

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| Meeting

Leopold De Wael

:Died in office

| July 14, 1823

| September 2, 1872

| August 17, 1892

| August 17, 1892

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| LP

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| Georges Gits

| April 30, 1839

| August 17, 1892

| November 7, 1892

| March 27, 1923

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| LP

Jan Van Rijswijck

:Resigned office because of illness

| February 14, 1853

| November 7, 1892

| February 16, 1906

| September 23, 1906

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| LP

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! 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

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| Victor Desguin

| January 30, 1838

| February 16, 1906

| August 6, 1906

| July 8, 1919

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| LP

Alfons Hertogs

| February 6, 1843

| August 7, 1906

| October 17, 1908

| October 18, 1908

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| LP

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| Victor Desguin

| January 30, 1838

| October 18, 1908

| March 14, 1909

| July 8, 1919

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| LP

Jan De Vos

| February 7, 1844

| March 15, 1909

| July 21, 1921

| March 30, 1923

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| LP

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| Hector Lebon

| November 22, 1863

| July 22, 1921

| November 5, 1921

| October 27, 1935

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| KVB

Frans Van Cauwelaert

| January 10, 1880

| November 5, 1921

| December 31, 1932

| May 17, 1961

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| KVB

Camille Huysmans

| May 26, 1871

| January 1, 1933

| August 2, 1946

| February 25, 1968

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| BWP

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| Leo Delwaide (acting)

| July 27, 1897

| December 7, 1940

| January 26, 1944

| June 13, 1978

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| KB

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| Jan Timmermans (acting)

| October 15, 1901

| January 27, 1944

| September 4, 1944

| April 5, 1962

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| VNV

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| Emile Van Put
(acting)

:Shortest-serving mayor of Antwerp

|

| September 4, 1944

| September 12, 1944

|

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| KB

Willem Eekelers (acting)

| May 18, 1883

| August 2, 1946

| April 11, 1947

| September 2, 1954

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| BSP

Lode Craeybeckx

:Longest-serving mayor of Antwerp

| November 24, 1897

| January 1, 1947

| July 25, 1976

| July 25, 1976

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| BSP

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| Leo Delwaide (acting)

| July 27, 1897

| July 26, 1976

| September 5, 1976

| June 13, 1978

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| 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

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| BSP/SP

Bob Cools

| {{birth date and age|1934|4|27}}

| 1 January 1983

| 31 December 1994

| Alive

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| SP

Leona Detiège

:Daughter of mayor Frans Detiège

| {{birth date and age|1942|11|26}}

| 1 January 1995

| 13 March 2003

| Alive

| style="background-color:red" |

| SP/sp.a

=2000s=

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! Name

! Term in office

! colspan="2"| Party affiliation

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| Patrick Janssens
(born 1956; aged 68)

| 10 July 2003
–
31 December 2012

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| SP.A

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| Bart De Wever
(born 1970; aged 54)

| 1 January 2013
–
3 February 2025

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| N-VA

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|Els van Doesburg

(born 1989; aged 35)

|3 February 2025

–

Incumbent

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|N-VA

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://www.liberaalarchief.be/vraagbaak_antwoord6.html Info from the Liberaal Archief] (in Dutch)

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