| Mayor of Surabaya | |
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| Wali Kota Surabaya | |
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| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Mr. A. Meijroos |
| Formation | 1916 |
| Website | www.surabaya.go.id |
The mayor of Surabaya is an elected politician who is responsible for governing the city of Surabaya in Java. The first mayor of Surabaya was Mr A. Meijroos, who governed the city during the Dutch colonisation period from 1916 to 1920. [1]
| No. | Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Vice Mayor | Term | Notes | |
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| Burgemeester of Soerabaja | |||||||||
| 1 |  | Mr. A. Meijroos | 21 August 1916 | 1920 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [Note. 1] | |
| 2 | Ir. G.J. Dijkerman | 1920 | 1926 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Mr. H.I. Bussemaker | 1926 | 1932 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Mr. G.J. ter Poorten | 1932 | 1936 | 4 | |||||
| 5 |  | Mr. W.H. van Helsdingen | 1936 | January 1942 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Mr. W.A.H. Fuchter | January 1942 | February 1942 | 6 | |||||
| — |  | Radjamin Nasution | February 1942 | September 1942 | Parindra | 7 | [Note. 2] [Note. 3] | ||
| Soerabaja under Japanese Occupation | |||||||||
| 1 | Takashi Ichiro | February 1942 | 17 August 1945 | N/A | Radjamin Nasution | 1 | [Note. 4] | ||
| Head of Surabaya | |||||||||
| 1 | | Radjamin Nasution | 17 August 1945 | 28 August 1945 | Parindra | N/A | 1 | ||
| Head of Haminte Surabaya | |||||||||
| — | Mr. C.J.G. Becht | 1945 | December 1945 | N/A | 8 | ||||
| Mayor of Surabaya | |||||||||
| 2 | Indrakoesoema | December 1945 | February 1946 | Independent | N/A | 2 | |||
| 3 | Soerjadi | February 1946 | 1950 | 3 | [Note. 5] | ||||
| 4 | Doel Arnowo | 1950 | 1952 | Indonesian National Party | 4 | ||||
| 5 |  | Moestadjab Soemowidagdo | 1952 | 1956 | Independent | 5 | |||
| 6 |  | Istadjab Tjokrokoesoemo | 1956 | 30 June 1958 | 6 | ||||
| 7 |  | Raden Satrio Sastrodiredjo | 30 June 1958 | 22 May 1963 | Communist Party of Indonesia | 7 | [Note. 6] | ||
| 8 |  | Moerachman | 13 December 1963 | 29 October 1965 | Independent | 8 | [Note. 7] | ||
| 9 |  | Raden Soekotjo Sastrodinoto | 29 October 1965 | 4 November 1969 | Military | 9 | |||
| 4 November 1969 | 23 January 1974 | 10 | |||||||
| 10 | Raden Soeparno | 23 January 1974 | 23 January 1979 | 11 | |||||
| 11 |  | Moehadji Widjaja | 27 January 1979 | 20 June 1984 | 12 | ||||
| 12 |  | Poernomo Kasidi | 20 June 1984 | 20 June 1989 | Soenarjo (1988–1992) | 13 (1984) | |||
| 20 June 1989 | 20 June 1994 | 14 (1989) | |||||||
| Istijono Soenarto (1992–1995) | |||||||||
| 13 | Soenarto Soemoprawiro | 20 June 1994 | 7 March 2000 | 15 (1994) | |||||
| Wardji (1995–2000) | |||||||||
| 7 March 2000 | 16 January 2002 | Bambang Dwi Hartono | 16 (2000) | ||||||
| 14 |  | Bambang Dwi Hartono | 10 June 2002 | 7 March 2005 | PDIP | Vacant | |||
| 31 Agustus 2005 | 31 Agustus 2010 | Arif Afandi | 17 (2005) | ||||||
| 15 |  | Tri Rismaharini | 28 September 2010 | 28 September 2015 | Bambang Dwi Hartono (2010–2013) | 18 (2010) | [Note. 8] | ||
| Whisnu Sakti Buana (2014–2020) | |||||||||
| 17 February 2016 | 23 December 2020 | 19 (2015) | [Note. 9] | ||||||
| 16 |  | Whisnu Sakti Buana | 11 February 2021 | 17 February 2021 | Vacant | [Note. 10] | |||
| 17 |  | Eri Cahyadi | 26 February 2021 | Incumbent | Armuji | 20 (2020) | |||
| 21 (2024) | |||||||||
In the case of government, a regional head who applies for leave or temporarily resigns from his position with the central government, then the Minister of Home Affairs prepares a replacement who is a bureaucrat in the regional government or even a deputy mayor, including when the mayor's position is in a transition period.
| No. | Potrait | Acting mayor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | The definitive mayor | |
| 1 |  | Bambang Dwi Hartono | 16 January 2002 | 10 June 2002 | 16 (2000) | Soenarto Soemoprawiro | |
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| 2 | Chusnul Arifien Damuri | 7 March 2005 | 31 August 2005 | Transition | |||
| 3 | Soekamto Hadi | 31 August 2010 | 28 September 2010 | ||||
| 4 |  | Nurwiyatno | 28 September 2015 | 17 February 2016 | |||
| 5 |  | Whisnu Sakti Buana | 24 December 2020 | 11 February 2021 | 19 (2015) | Tri Rismaharini | |
| 6 |  | Hendro Gunawan | 17 February 2021 | 26 February 2021 | Transition | ||
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