List of mayors of Kerkrade

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This is a list of mayors of Kerkrade, Netherlands.

In 1982 the municipality of Eygelshoven merged into Kerkrade.

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Mayors of Dutch municipalities are appointed by the cabinet in the name of the monarch, with advice of the city council.

Mayors of Kerkrade

PeriodName of MayorPartyNotes
?? - ?? Jan Jacob Reinckens
1800 - ?? Augustinus Goswinus Poyck
1807 - 1830 Jan Francis Xavier Willebror Lodewijk de Danner
1830 - 1836 Jean Joseph François Marie Hubert Cornéli
1836 - 1850 Willem Vaessen
1850 - 1866 Jacques Herry
1866 - 1870 J. Henri Jan Savelberg
1870 - 1880 Winand L.J. Franssen
1880 - 1901 Karl Ignats Jozef Daelen
1901 - 1909 Dominique J.M. Savelberg
1910 - 1915M.F. Hendricks
1916 - 1941 Gerardus Hubertus Alphonse Habets
1941 - 1943 A.M.P Thomassen NSB
1943 - 1944 T.A.A.M Copray NSB
1944 - 1948 Gerardus Hubertus Alphonse Habets
1948 - 1951 Albertus Petrus Johannes Marie Lempers
1951 - 1957 Cornelus Johannes Gerardus Becht
1958 - 1969 Theo Gijsen
1970 - 1989 Jo Smeets KVP / CDA
1989 - 1994 Jan Mans PvdA
1994 - 2000 Thijs Wöltgens PvdA
2000–present Jos Som CDA

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