List of mayors of Ghent

This is a list of mayors of Ghent, Belgium:

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Office Entered	Office Left	Party
Joseph Van Crombrugghe	22 September 1770	10 March 1842	1825	1836	Liberal
Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth	2 September 1796	17 February 1851	1837	1840	Liberal
Joseph Van Crombrugghe (2)	22 September 1770	10 March 1842	1840	1842	Liberal
Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem	31 December 1790	12 July 1865	1842	1854	Liberal
Josse Joseph de Lehaye	28 May 1800	22 September 1888	1854	1857	Liberal
Joseph Sébastien della Faille d'Assenede	1756	1830	1804	1808
Philippe Louis Vilain XIIII	1778	1856	1808	1808
Pierre Joseph Pycke de Ten Aerde	1771	1820	1808	1811
Josse vander Haeghen			1811
Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem	1819	1882	1857	1882	Liberal
Hippolyte Lippens	16 October 1847	31 December 1906	1882	1895	Liberal
Emile Braun	2 December 1849	30 August 1927	1895	1921	Liberal

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Office Entered	Office Left	Party
Edward Anseele sr acting mayor	26 July 1856	18 February 1938	1918	1918	Belgian Labour Party
Alfred Vanderstegen	26 January 1869	7 January 1959	1921	1946	Liberal
Hendrik Elias effective mayor (Not mentioned on official list.)	12 June 1902	2 February 1973	1941	1944	VNV
Edward Anseele, Jr. acting mayor	21 March 1902	28 June 1981	1944	1946	PSB-BSP
Emile Claeys	12 April 1894	24 February 1984	1946	1952	PSC-CVP
Laurent Merchiers	9 June 1904	5 February 1986	1952	1958	Liberal
Emile Claeys (2)	12 April 1894	24 February 1984	1959	1970	CVP
Geeraard Van den Daele	21 July 1908	1 October 1984	1971	1976	CVP
Neile van Davise	3 August 1919		1976	1976	CVP
Placide De Paepe	2 November 1913	12 January 1989	1976	1982	CVP
Jacques Monsaert	9 September 1934	28 July 2002	1983	1988	CVP
Gilbert Temmerman	25 February 1928	19 January 2012	1989	1994	SP
Frank Beke	5 August 1946		1995	2006	SP

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Office Entered	Office Left	Party
Daniël Termont	19 May 1953		2007	2018	SP.A
Mathias De Clercq	26 December 1981		2018		Open VLD

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