The Mayor of Johannesburg is the

chief executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of the City Council and the highest elected position in the city of

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

List of mayors

Johan Zulch de Villiers Johan Zulch de Villiers (12 July 1845 – 18 July 1910) was a South African politician and attorney. He was mayor of Johannesburg from 1897 to 1900. Life Johan Zulch de Villiers was born in 1845 in Paarl, Cape Colony. He was educated at the Paar ...

(1897–1900) Appointed by

South African Republic The South African Republic ( nl, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; af, Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer Republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it ...

Executive Committee * Walter Alfred John O'Meara (1900–1902) Appointed by British Military Administration * William St. John Carr (1902–1904) * George H. Goch (1904–1905) * John William Quinn (1905–1906) * William K. Tucker (1906–1907) * James Thompson (1907–1908) * Charles Chudleigh (1908–1909) * Harry Graumann (1909–1910) * Harry J. Hofmeyr (1910–1911) * J. D. Ellis (1911–1912) * William Richard Boustred (1912–1913) * Norman Anstey (1913–1915) * John Wesley O'Hara (1915–1917) * T. F. Allen (1917–1919) * G. B. Steer (1919–1920) * J. Christie (1920–1921) * S. Hancock (1921–1922) * L. Forsyth Allan (1922–1923) * M. J. Harris (1923–1924) * C. Walters (1924–1925) * E. O. Leake (1925–1926) * Alfred Law Palmer (1926–1927) * W. H. Port (1927–1928) * W. Fernhead (1928–1929) * D. Anderson (1929–1930) * George W. Nelson (1930–1931) * D. F. Corlett (1931–1932) * B. C. Vickers (1932–1933) * D. Penry Roberts (1933–1934) * Maurice Freeman (1934–1935) * Maldwyn Edmund (1935–1936) * Donald W. Mackay (1936–1937) * J. S. Fotheringham (1937–1938) * J. J. Page (1938–1939) * T. A. M. Huddle (1939–1940) * T. P. Gray (1940–1941) * A. R. Thorburn (1941–1942) * L. Leveson (1942–1943) * A. S. Holland (1943–1944) * A. Immink (1944–1945) * Jessie McPherson (1945–1946) * James Gray (1946–1947) * G. B. Gordon (1947–1948) * S. P. Lee (1948–1949) * J. Mincer (1949–1950) * C. F. Beckett (1950–1951) * I. E. B. Attwell (1951–1952) * Hyman Miller (1952–1953) * C. J. H. Patmore (1953–1954) * G. J. Beckett (1954–1955) * Leslie Hurd (1955–1956) * Max Goodman (1956–1957) * T. Glyn Morris (1957–1958) * Ian Maltz (1958–1959) * Alec Gorshel (1959–1960) * D. J. Marais (1960–1962) * Keith J. Fleming (1962–1963) * J. F. Oberholzer (1963–1964) * P. M. Ross (1964–1965) * Aleck Joffe (1965–1966) * Boyce D. Eagar (1966–1967) * C. J. Ross-Spencer (1967–1968) * I. Schlapobersky (1968–1969) * Patrick R. B. Lewis (1969–1970) * S. Moss (1970–1971) * Alf Widman (1971–1972) * J. C. Lemmer (1972–1973) * A. D. Bensusan (1973–1974) * Harold Frank Dennis (1974–1975) * Max Neppe (1975–1976) * Monty Sklaar (1976–1977) * Martin Powell (1977–1978) * J. S. Otto (1978–1979) * J. D. R. Opperman (1979–1980) * Carel Venter (1980–1981) * Cecil Long (1981–1982) * Danie van Zyl (1982–1983) * Alan Gadd (1983–1984) * Eddy Magid (1984–1985) * Ernie Fabel (1985–1986) * Harold Rudolph (1986–1987) * O. H. Fenn (1987–1988) * J. H. van Blerk (1988) * David J. Neppe (1988–1989) * Koos Roets (1989–1990) * William G. L. Janse van Rensburg (1990–1991) * Elliot Kretzmer (1991–1992) * J. S. Burger (1992–1993) * Les Dishy (1993–1994) * Dan Pretorius (1994) *

Isaac Mogase Isaac Mogase (25 January 1934 – 27 April 2021) was the first post-apartheid mayor of Johannesburg. An anti-apartheid activist, he joined the ANC Youth League in the 1950s and was one of the leaders of the Soweto Crisis Committee in the 1980 ...

(1995–2000) * Amos Masondo (2000–2011) *

Parks Tau Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau (born 1970) is a South African politician who has been a Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since March 2023 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023, repre ...

(2011–2016) *

Herman Mashaba Herman Samtseu Philip Mashaba (born August 26, 1959) is a South African politician, entrepreneur and the current president of ActionSA, a party he launched on 29 August 2020. He served as the Mayor of Johannesburg from 2016 to 2019. He is the fo ...

(2016–2019) *

Geoff Makhubo Moloantoa Geoffrey Makhubo (8 February 1968 – 9 July 2021) was a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Johannesburg from December 2019 until his death from COVID-19 in July 2021. He was a member of the African National Congress an ...

(2019–2021) * Eunice Mgcina (acting, 2021) *

Jolidee Matongo Jolidee Matongo (1974 – 18 September 2021) was a South African politician who served as the mayor of Johannesburg from 10 August 2021 until his death on 18 September 2021. Prior to his election as mayor, he served as the member of the mayoral c ...

(2021) *

Mpho Moerane Mpho Moerane (16 February 1969 – 18 May 2022) was a South African electrician, businessman and politician who was the mayor of Johannesburg between October and November 2021. A member of the African National Congress, he previously served as ...

(2021) *

Mpho Phalatse Mpho Phalatse (born 7 November 1977) is a South African medical doctor and politician who is the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she has served in the position since ...

(2021–present) *

Dada Morero Sello Enoch Dada Morero is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Johannesburg since 30 September 2022 until 25 October 2022. His term of office has been for 25 days. Morero is the regional chairperson of the African National Congre ...

(2022–2022)

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