Before the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

, the municipality of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

was headed by the

jurat The ''jurats'' () are lay people in Guernsey and Jersey who act as judges of fact rather than law, though they preside over land conveyances and liquor licensing. In Alderney, however, the jurats are judges of both fact and law (assisted by the ...

(french: Jurat). The first

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

of Bordeaux (french: maire de Bordeaux, links=no) was elected in 1794.

List

Chief-Jurats (1208–1244)

Pierre Lambert : Pierre Lambert (real name Pierre Boussel; June 9, 1920 – January 16, 2008) was a French Trotskyist leader, who for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste (CCI) which founded the Parti d ...

(1208) * Pierre Andron (1218) * Bernard d'Acra (1219) * Guillaume-Raimond Colom (1220) * Pierre Béguey (1222) * Amanieu Colom (1227) * Alexandre de Cambes (1228) * Guillaume Rostan (1229) * Raimond Monadey (1230) * Amanieu Lambert (1231) * Vigouroux Béguey (1232) * Gaucelm Colom (1233) * Raimond Monadey (1234) * Pierre Caillau, le Prud'homme (1235) * Vigouroux Béguey (1236) *

Rostand del Soler Rostan de Soler was a 13th-century Gascon knight and administrator who served as lieutenant of the Seneschal of Gascony in 1231 and then Seneschal of Gascony 1241–43. During his seneschalcy, King Henry III of England, who was also the heredita ...

le Prud'homme (mars 1238) *

Raimond Manadey Raimond is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Raimond Aumann (born 1963), German footballer * Raimond Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux (1508–1574), French soldier, politician ...

(décembre 1238) *

Bernard d'Ailhan Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

(1240) *

Martin Faure Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Aus ...

le Prud'homme (1241) *

, le Prud'homme (1241) * Pierre Béguey, fils de Pierre (1242) *

Guillaume Gondaumer Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War ...

(1243-1244)

Perpetual Mayors (1244–1790)

Mayors (1790–1796)

Amalgamation (1797–1801)

In 1797, the office of Mayor was divided in three

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

-mayors: the North (1st Arrondissement), the South (2nd Arrondissement) and the Center (3rd Arrondissement). The arrondissements' mayors were abolished in 1801, but the Mayor's office was re-introduced only in 1805, during the

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Mayors (1805–present)

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Bonapartist Bonapartism (french: Bonapartisme) is the political ideology supervening from Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers and successors. The term was used to refer to people who hoped to restore the House of Bonaparte and its style of government. In thi ...

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Royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of governm ...

, - ! style="background:; color:black", 8 , Jacques Barthélémy Gramont de Castéra , align=center , 21 March 1815 , align=center , 1816 , Nonpartisan , - ! style="background:; color:white", 9 , Joseph-Marie de Gourgue , align=center , 1816 , align=center , 1825 ,

Ultra-royalist The Ultra-royalists (french: ultraroyalistes, collectively Ultras) were a French political faction from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration. An Ultra was usually a member of the nobility of high society who strongly supported Roman Cath ...

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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 16 , Gustave Curé , align=center , 15 August 1848 , align=center , 19 March 1849 ,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 17 , Antoine Gautier , align=center , 20 March 1849 , align=center , 1860 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 18 , Pierre Castéja † , align=center , 1860 , align=center , 1863 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 19 , Guillaume-Henri Brochon , align=center , 31 December 1863 , align=center , 1867 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 20 , Alexandre de Bethmann , align=center , 1867 , align=center , 4 September 1870 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 21 , Émile Fourcand , align=center , 6 November 1870 , align=center , April 1874 ,

Moderate Moderate is an ideological category which designates a rejection of radical or extreme views, especially in regard to politics and religion. A moderate is considered someone occupying any mainstream position avoiding extreme views. In American ...

, - ! style="background:#1C39BB; color:white", 22 , Charles de Pelleport-Burète , align=center , April 1874 , align=center , 12 August 1876 ,

Moralist Moralism is any philosophy with the central focus of applying moral judgements. The term is commonly used as a pejorative to mean "being overly concerned with making moral judgments or being illiberal in the judgments one makes". Moralism has s ...

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, - ! style="background:; color:white", 23 , Albert Brandenburg , align=center , 22 January 1878 , align=center , 25 January 1884 , Radical , - ! style="background:; color:white", 24 , Alfred Daney , align=center , 26 January 1884 , align=center , 6 May 1888 ,

Opportunist Republican The Moderates or Moderate Republicans (french: Républicains modérés), pejoratively labeled Opportunist Republicans (), was a French political group active in the late 19th century during the Third French Republic. The leaders of the group in ...

, - ! style="background:; color:white", 25 , Adrien Bayssellance , align=center , 7 May 1888 , align=center , 8 May 1892 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white", (24) , Alfred Daney , align=center , 9 May 1892 , align=center , 16 May 1896 ,

, - ! style="background:#FF0000; color:white", 26 , Camille Cousteau , align=center , 17 May 1896 , align=center , 29 January 1900 , Independent Socialist , - ! style="background:; color:white", 27 , Paul-Louis Lande , align=center , 20 May 1900 , align=center , 14 May 1904 , Democratic Alliance , - ! style="background:; color:white", (24) , Alfred Daney , align=center , 15 May 1904 , align=center , 10 May 1908 , Democratic Alliance , - ! style="background:; color:white", 28 , Jean Bouche , align=center , 15 May 1908 , align=center , 19 May 1912 , Democratic Alliance , - ! style="background:; color:white", 29 , Charles Gruet , align=center , 20 May 1912 , align=center , 1 November 1919 , Democratic Alliance , - ! style="background:; color:white", 30 , Fernand Philippart , align=center , 23 November 1919 , align=center , 10 May 1925 , Democratic Alliance , - ! style="background:; color:white", 31 ,

Adrien Marquet Adrien Marquet (6 October 1884 – 3 February 1955) was a Socialism, socialist mayor of Bordeaux who turned to the far right. Career Marquet was born in Bordeaux and became its socialist mayor in 1925. In 1933, he was expelled from the French ...

, align=center , 23 November 1919 , align=center , 10 July 1940 ,

Socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

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Vichy France Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its te ...

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Liberation of France The liberation of France in the Second World War was accomplished through diplomacy, politics and the combined military efforts of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance. Nazi Germany inv ...

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, - ! style="background:; color:white", 33 , Jacques Chaban-Delmas , align=center , 19 October 1947 , align=center , 19 June 1995 ,

Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People (french: Rassemblement du Peuple Français, RPF) was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle. Foundation The RPF was founded by Charles de Gaulle in Strasbourg on 14 April 1947, one year after his resign ...

Union for the New Republic The Union for the New Republic (french: L'Union pour la nouvelle République, UNR), was a French political party founded on 1 October 1958 that supported Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle in the 1958 elections. History The UNR won 206 of 579 s ...

Union of Democrats for the Republic The Union for the Defence of the Republic (french: Union pour la défense de la République), after 1968 renamed Union of Democrats for the Republic (french: Union des Démocrates pour la République), commonly abbreviated UDR, was a Gaullist p ...

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Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans (France), The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced 1995 strikes ...

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Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

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Pierre Hurmic Pierre Hurmic (born 10 April 1955) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Bordeaux since 2020. A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), he was first elected to the municipal council of Bordeaux in 1995. In 2020, he defeated incumben ...

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Europe Ecology - The Greens Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entire ...

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