List of mayors of Leuven

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This is a list of the mayors of Leuven.

Mayor of Leuven
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Incumbent
Mohamed Ridouani  [ nl ]
since January 2019

French First Republic (1794 — 1804)

Dyle department was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands was officially annexed by the French Republic, with Leuven located on its territory. [1]

Contents

NameDate of birth — date of deathTerm
Michel Thielens17 November 1756 — 23 March 18221794 — 1797
Félix Tonnelier26 August 1768 — 14 December 18011797 — 1798
Michel Claes31 December 1759 — 6 February 18181798 — 1800
Joseph de Bériot  [ nl ]17 July 1764 — 20 October 18191800 — 1804

First French Empire (1804 — 1814)

During First French Empire, Leuven continued to be a part of Dyle department.

NameDate of birth — date of deathTerm
Joseph de Bériot  [ nl ]17 July 1764 — 20 October 18191804 — 1808
Gérard d'Onyn de Chastre  [ nl ]13 April 1757 — 27 January 18371808 — 1811
Jan Baptist Plasschaert  [ nl ]21 May 1769 — 19 May 18211811 — 1814

United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815 — 1830)

Dyle department was disestablished in 1815 and replaced with South Brabant (Zuid-Brabant) province. The South Brabant province was then renamed simply "The Province of Brabant" in 1830 and became the central province of Belgium. [2]

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NameDate of birth — date of deathTerm
Antoine-Joseph d'Elderen  [ nl ]7 August 1761 — 28 December 18271814 — 1817
Gérard d'Onyn de Chastre  [ nl ]13 April 1757 — 27 January 18371817 — 1830

Kingdom of Belgium (1830 — present day)

In 1995 Province of Brabant was split into three parts, one of which was Flemish Brabant, where Leuven is now located. [3]

PhotoNamePartyDate of birth — date of deathTerm
Burgemeester Jean de Neeff (1830-1833).jpg Jean De Néeff  [ nl ] Unionism 25 February 1773 — 6 April 18331830 — 1833
Burgemeester Guillaume Van Bockel (1833-1842).jpg Guillaume Van Bockel  [ nl ]24 April 1789 — 10 March 18631833 — 1842
Burgemeester Ferdinand d'Udekem (1842-1852).jpg Ferdinand d'Udekem  [ nl ] Liberal Party 25 September 1798 — 28 March 18531842 — 1952
Charles de Luesemans, burgemeester, by Lambert Mathieu, 1858 - Museum M - Leuven, Belgium - DSC05281.JPG Charles de Luesemans  [ nl ]20 April 1808 — 26 March 18821852 — 1863
Burgemeester Henri Peemans (1864-1869).jpg Henri Peemans  [ nl ]21 February 1810 — 22 January 18801864 — 1869
Burgemeester Theodore Smolders (1869-1872).jpg Théodore Smolders  [ nl ] Catholic Party 26 July 1809 — 7 August 18991869 — 1872
Guillaume Van Strydonck - Portrait of Leopold Vander Kelen, Mayor of Leuven (1872-1895).jpg Leopold Vander Kelen  [ nl ] Liberal Party 6 June 1813 — 3 April 18951872 — 1895
Portret Frederik Lints.jpg Frederik Lints  [ nl ]24 May 1833 — 26 September 19001896 — 1900
Portret Vital Decoster.jpg Vital Decoster  [ nl ]22 Oktober 1850 — 16 December 19041901 — 1904
Burgemeester Leon Colins.jpg Leo Colins  [ nl ]4 January 1851 — 29 January 19381905 — 1914
Alfred Nerincx  [ nl ]
(acting during WWI)
Catholic Party 30 March 1872 — 11 October 19431914 — 1918
Burgemeester Leon Colins.jpg Leo Colins  [ nl ] Liberal Party 4 January 1851 — 29 January 19381918 — 1921
Ferdinand Smolders.jpg Ferdinand Smolders  [ nl ] Catholic Party 18 April 1858 — 29 June 19271921 — 1927
Remi Van der Vaeren  [ nl ]26 February 1882 — 13 December 19561927 — 1932
Raoul Claes  [ nl ] Liberal Party 2 Oktober 1864 — 2 July 19411933 — 1938
Remi Van der Vaeren  [ nl ] Catholic Party 26 February 1882 — 13 December 19561939 — 1941
Richard Bruynoghe  [ nl ]
(acting during WWII)
4 November 1881 — 26 March 19571941 — 1944
Remi Van der Vaeren  [ nl ]26 February 1882 — 13 December 19561944 — 1947
Alfons Smets  [ nl ] Christian People's Party 25 July 1908 — 11 February 19791947 — 1952
François Tielemans  [ nl ] Socialist Party 8 December 1906 — 21 December 19621952 — 1958
Alfons Smets  [ nl ] Christian People's Party 25 July 1908 — 11 February 19791958 — 1976
Alfred Vansina  [ nl ]9 July 1926 – 3 April 20181977 — 1994
Louis Tobback - Filip Naudts.jpg Louis Tobback SP.A 3 May 19381 January 1995 — 31 December 2018
Mohamed-ridouani-1355480345.jpg Mohamed Ridouani  [ nl ] Vooruit 24 June 1979January 2019 [4] incumbent

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