List of mayors of Antwerp

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This is a list of mayors of Antwerp, Belgium:

Contents 1 From 1700 2 From 1800 3 From 1900 4 From 2000 5 References

[edit] From 1700

Mayor	Year of mayorship	Notes
Jacob Reynoud, Cornelis Reyns, Karel d'Or, Peeter Guedon, Steven Abbeltier, Hendrik Franck	1797
Jan Martinides, Frans Verbelen	1798
Frans Verbelen, Jan Gabriëls, Josef Georgerie	1799

[edit] From 1800

Mayor	Office Entered	Office Left	Notes
Josef Georgerie, Peeter Raeymaekers	January 1, 1800	December 31, 1801
Jan Steven Werbrouck	January 29, 1801	July 27, 1811
Jan Baptist de Cornelissen	October 1, 1811	May 1, 1814	Youngest mayor Antwerp ever had (24)
Filip Jozef Vermoelen	May 2, 1814	July 24, 1817
Florent Van Ertborn	July 25, 1817	November, 1828
Willem De Caters	November, 1828	October 26, 1830	Last mayor under Dutch rule
Frans Verdussen	October 26, 1830	October 28, 1830
Antoon Dhanis van Cannart	October 29, 1830	December 11, 1830
Alexis Gleizes	December 9, 1830	February 10, 1831
Gerard Legrelle	February 14, 1831	November 5, 1848	First mayor after the Belgian Revolution
Jan Frans Loos	November 6, 1848	March 30, 1863	Last mayor who was born in the 18th century
Xavier Gheysens	March 31, 1863	May 4, 1863
Jozef Cornelis Van Put	May 5, 1863	September 1, 1872
Leopold De Wael	September 2, 1872	August 16, 1892
Georges Gits	August 17, 1892	November 7, 1892
Jan Van Rijswijck	November 7, 1892	February 16, 1906	Resigned office because of illness

[edit] From 1900

Mayor	Office Entered	Office Left	Notes
Victor Desguin	February 16, 1906	August 6, 1906
Peter Alfons Hertogs	August 7, 1906	October 17, 1908
Victor Desguin (2nd time)	October 18, 1908	March 14, 1909
Jan De Vos	March 15, 1909	July 21, 1921
Hector Lebon	July 22, 1921	November 5, 1921
Frans Van Cauwelaert	November 5, 1921	December 31, 1932
Camille Huysmans	January 1, 1933	December 6, 1940
Leo Delwaide	December 7, 1940	January 26, 1944
Jan Timmermans	January 27, 1944	September 4, 1944
Emile Van Put	September 4, 1944	September 12, 1944	Shortest serving mayor of Antwerp
Camille Huysmans (2nd time)	January 1, 1933	August 2, 1946
Willem Eekelers	August 2, 1946	April 11, 1947
Lode Craeybeckx	January 1, 1947	July 25, 1976	Longest serving mayor of Antwerp
Leo Delwaide (2nd time)	July 26, 1976	September 5, 1976
Frans Detiège	September 6, 1976	December 31, 1976
Mathilde Schroyens	January 1, 1977	December 31, 1983	First female mayor in more than 550 years
Bob Cools	January 1, 1983	December 31, 1994
Leona Detiège	January 1, 1995	March 13, 2003	Daughter of mayor Frans Detiège

[edit] From 2000

Mayor	Office Entered	Office Left	Notes
Patrick Janssens	July 10, 2003

[edit] References

• Info from the Liberaal Archief (in Dutch)