Hans Weilhammer (first name also spelled Hanns, last name also spelled Weilheimer; Slovenized as ''Janez'' or ''Janž Weilhammer'') was a sixteenth-century

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

when the country was under the

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. Weilhammer may have come to Ljubljana from

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. He became mayor of

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

in 1536 and was the first mayor to serve a term of eight years, double the previous longest term. He was succeeded by

Volk Gebhardt Volk Gebhardt was a 16th-century politician in Slovenia when the country was under the Holy Roman Empire. He became mayor of Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the count ...

in 1544.

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Mayors of places in the Holy Roman Empire Mayors of Ljubljana Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Slovenian people {{Slovenia-mayor-stub