List of mayors of Prague

The office of Mayor of Prague was established in 1784. In that year, under Joseph II, the four previously independent neighbouring communities of Malá Strana, Nové Město, Staré Město, and Hradčany were merged into a single entity.

New City Hall

Since 1945, the mayor resides and presides in the New City Hall (on Mariánské Square), completed in 1911.

Burgomasters of the Royal City of Prague (1784–1882)

#	Portrait	Name	Time of office		Terms	Political Party		Appointer(s)
1		Bernard Zahořanský	30 May 1784	1788	1		Nonpartisan	Elected by City Assembly Confirmed by Bohemian Crown
2		Ondřej Steiner	1788	1799	1		Nonpartisan
3		Jan Neuber	June 1800	1804	1		Nonpartisan
4		Ondřej Steiner (Died in office)	1804	4 July 1810	1		Nonpartisan
5		Jan Karl (Died in office)	1811	20 October 1819	1		Nonpartisan
6		Josef Kirpal (Died in office)	20 May 1820	22 February 1823	1		Nonpartisan
7		Peter von Sporschill (Died in office)	29 June 1825	31 July 1838	1		Nonpartisan
8		Josef Müller of Jiřetín	17 April 1839	March 1848	1		Nonpartisan
9		Antonín Strobach	9 April 1848	18 May 1848	1⁄2		Old Czech
10		Tomáš Pštross	18 May 1848	31 May 1848	1⁄2		Old Czech
11		Václav Vaňka	31 May 1848	11 April 1861	3		Nonpartisan
12		František Václav Pštross (Died in office)	11 April 1861	12 June 1863	1⁄2		Old Czech
13		Václav Bělský	12 June 1863	4 November 1867	1⁄2		Old Czech
14		Karel Klaudy	7 January 1868	23 September 1869	1⁄2		Old Czech
15		František Dittrich	28 February 1870	9 April 1873	1⁄2		Old Czech
16		Josef Huleš	9 April 1873	May 1876	1⁄2		Old Czech
17		Emilián Skramlík	12 July 1876	31 August 1882	1 1⁄2		Old Czech

Mayors of the Royal City of Prague (1882–1918)

#	Portrait	Name	Time of office		Terms	Political Party		Appointer(s)
1		Tomáš Černý	1 September 1882	1885	1		Old Czech	Elected by City Assembly Confirmed by Bohemian Crown
2		Ferdinand Vališ (Died in office)	1885	19 September 1887	1⁄2		Old Czech
3		Jindřich Šolc	19 September 1887	17 November 1893	2		Old Czech
4		Čeněk Gregor	17 November 1893	12 December 1896	1		Old Czech
5		Jan Podlipný	2 January 1897	18 January 1900	1		Young Czech
6		Vladimír Srb	5 February 1900	10 February 1906	2		Old Czech
7		Karel Groš	15 February 1906	31 October 1918	4 1⁄2		Young Czech

Mayors of Prague (1918–present)

#	Portrait	Name	Time of office		Terms	Political Party		Appointer(s)
1		Přemysl Šámal [cs]	13 November 1918	15 June 1919	1⁄3		National Democracy	Elected by City Assembly (1919–1948)
2		Karel Baxa	15 June 1919	5 April 1937	3 1⁄2		National Social
3		Petr Zenkl	6 April 1937	24 February 1939	1⁄2		National Social
4		Otakar Klapka [cs]	24 February 1939	9 July 1940	1⁄2		National Social
5		Alois Říha [cs]	17 July 1940	5 May 1945	1		National Partnership (Collaborationist)
6		Václav Vacek	8 May 1945	7 August 1945	Prov.		Communist
7		Petr Zenkl	27 August 1945	1 July 1946	1⁄5		National Social
8		Václav Vacek	1 July 1946	21 May 1954	2		Communist	Elected by City Committee of the KSČ (1948–1990)
9		Adolf Svoboda [cs]	21 May 1954	29 June 1964	1		Communist
10		Ludvík Černý	29 June 1964	10 September 1970	1		Communist
11		Zdeněk Zuska [cs]	10 September 1970	22 June 1981	1		Communist
12		František Štafa	22 June 1981	4 July 1988	1		Communist
13		Zdeněk Horčík	4 July 1988	8 December 1989	1		Communist
14		Josef Hájek	8 December 1989	23 January 1990	1		Communist
15		Jaroslav Kořán	1 February 1990	13 September 1991	Prov.		Civic Forum	Elected by City Assembly (1990–present)
16		Milan Kondr [cs]	28 September 1991	13 May 1993	2⁄4		Civic Democratic
17		Jan Koukal	13 May 1993	26 November 1998	1 1⁄4		Civic Democratic
18		Jan Kasl	26 November 1998	28 May 2002	3⁄4		Civic Democratic
19		Igor Němec [cs]	28 May 2002	28 November 2002	1⁄4		Civic Democratic
20		Pavel Bém	28 November 2002	30 November 2010	2		Civic Democratic
21		Bohuslav Svoboda	30 November 2010	23 May 2013	3⁄4		Civic Democratic
22		Tomáš Hudeček	20 June 2013	26 November 2014	1⁄4		TOP 09
23		Adriana Krnáčová	26 November 2014	15 November 2018	1		ANO 2011
24		Zdeněk Hřib	15 November 2018	16 February 2023	1		Pirates
25		Bohuslav Svoboda	16 February 2023	Incumbent			Civic Democratic