This is a list of mayors of Brig, Switzerland. Brig is a former municipality of the canton of Valais. It merged in 1973 with Glis and Brigerbad to form Brig-Glis.
Term | Mayor | Lifespan | Party | Notes |
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1900–1904 | Othmar Kluser | (1868–1923) | ||
1905–1910 | Hermann Seiler | (1876–1961) | KVP | |
1913–1920 | Alfred Clausen | (1877–1957) | KVP | |
1921–1925 | Oskar Walpen | (1883–1931) | KVP | |
1925–1928 | Anton Meyenberg | (1866–1951) | KVP | |
1929–1944 | Leo Guntern | (1894–1981) | CSP | |
1945–1967 | Moritz Kämpfen | (1907–1967) | KVP | |
1967–1972 | Werner Perrig | (born 1927) | KVP | last mayor of Brig, later mayor of Brig-Glis (1973–1984) |
For later mayors, see:
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