| Mayor of the City of Brussels | |
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| French: Bourgmestre de Bruxelles Dutch: Burgemeester van Brussel | |
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since 20 July 2017 | |
| Residence | Brussels Town Hall |
| Term length | Six years |
| Website | Website in English |
This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels .
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term (Election) | Term of office | Political Party | ||
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| 1 |  | Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1769–1838) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 22 October 1830 | 3 August 1838 (Died in office) | Independent | |
| 2 |  | Guillaume-Hippolyte van Volxem (1791–1868) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 13 September 1838 | 13 April 1841 | Independent | |
| 3 |  | François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (1779–1857) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 14 April 1841 | 4 October 1848 | Independent | |
| 4 |  | Charles de Brouckère (1796–1860) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 5 October 1848 | 20 April 1860 (Died in office) | Liberal Party | |
| 5 |  | André-Napoléon Fontainas (1807–1863) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 21 April 1860 | 19 July 1863 (Died in office) | Liberal Party | |
| 6 |  | Jules Anspach (1829–1879) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 15 October 1863 | 19 May 1879 (Died in office) | Liberal Party | |
| 7 |  | Felix Vanderstraeten (1823–1884) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 20 May 1879 | 21 January 1881 | Liberal Party | |
| 8 |  | Charles Buls (1837–1914) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 17 December 1881 | 16 December 1899 | Liberal Party | |
| 9 |  | Emile De Mot (1835–1909) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 16 December 1899 | 6 December 1909 | Liberal Party | |
| 10 |  | Adolphe Max (1869–1939) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 6 December 1909 | 6 November 1939 (Died in office) | Liberal Party | |
| 11 |  | Joseph Van De Meulebroeck (1876–1958) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 28 November 1939 | 13 February 1956 | Liberal Party | |
| 12 |  | Lucien Cooremans (1889–1985) | • (Appointed by Monarch) | 14 February 1956 | 29 August 1975 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 13 |  | Pierre Van Halteren (1911–2009) | • (1976) | 30 August 1975 | 4 March 1983 | Party for Freedom and Progress | |
| 14 | | Hervé Brouhon (1924–1993) | • (1982) | 4 March 1983 | 10 April 1993 (Died in office) | Socialist Party | |
| 15 | | Michel Demaret (1940–2000) | • (Appointed by City Council) | 20 July 1993 | 24 March 1994 | Humanist Democratic Centre | |
| 16 |  | Freddy Thielemans (1944–2022) | 1st (1994) | 28 April 1994 | 9 January 1995 | Socialist Party | |
| 17 |  | François-Xavier de Donnea (born in 1941) | • (Appointed by City Council) | 21 May 1995 | 18 October 2000 | Reformist Movement | |
| 18 | | Freddy Thielemans (1944–2022) | 2nd (2000) | 16 January 2001 | 13 December 2013 | Socialist Party | |
| 3rd (2006) | |||||||
| 19 |  | Yvan Mayeur (born in 1960) | • (2012) | 13 December 2013 | 8 June 2017 | Socialist Party | |
| 20 |  | Philippe Close (born in 1971) | • (2018) | 9 June 2017 | Incumbent | Socialist Party | |
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„De kunstenaar kan in tijden van maatschappelijke benauwenis weinig positiefs doen om rampen af te wenden, maar wel kan hij door mede te helpen nationale uitingen op het eigenaardigst naar voren te brengen het gemeenschapsbesef versterken. Wanneer de belangstelling van het publiek uitgaat naar deze manifestatie, die in zulk een omvang in Holland nog niet gezien is, dan zal menige kunstenaar zich op zijn beurt gesterkt voelen".
"The artist can do little positive in times of social distress to avert disasters, but he can, by helping to bring out national expressions in the most idiosyncratic way, strengthen the sense of community. When the public is interested in this event, which has not yet been seen to such an extent in Holland, many artists will feel strengthened in turn."