The Mayor of Tshwane is the head of the local government of

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

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; currently that government takes the form of the

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...

. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role. On 30 October 2020, Randall Williams of the Democratic Alliance was elected mayor.

List of mayors of Tshwane

Historic office

Transvaal Republic - District of Pretoria (1857-1900)

British Transvaal Colony - Pretoria (1902 - 1910)

Union of South Africa - Pretoria (1910 - 1931)

Union of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1931-1961)

(''Pretoria is declared a city on 14 October 1931'') Hilgard Muller (1964)

Republic of South Africa - City of Pretoria (1961-1994)

(''The Union is dissolved into an independent republic on 31 May 1961'')

References

{{Mayors of Pretoria and Tshwane Mayors of Pretoria City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality