List of mayors of Barcelona

Mayor of Barcelona
Alcalde de Barcelona
since 17 June 2023
SeatBarcelona City Hall
AppointerCity Council of Barcelona
Term length4 years, renewable
Constituting instrumentOrganic Law 5/1985
Inaugural holderJosep Marià de Cabanes i d'Escofet
Formation1835
Websitehttps://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/alcaldessa/es

This is a list of mayors of Barcelona since 1835. The Mayor of Barcelona is the highest political authority of the Barcelona City Council. In accordance with Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime (currently in force), the mayor or mayoress is elected by the municipal corporation of councilors, who in turn are elected by universal suffrage by the citizens of Barcelona with the right to vote, through municipal elections held every four years. The candidate who obtains the absolute majority of the votes is proclaimed elected. If none of them obtains said majority, the councilor who heads the most voted list is proclaimed mayor.[1]

History

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Barcelona City Council has had a total of 118 mayors since it was founded in 1835.[2] The first mayor of the city was José Mariano de Cabanes, who held office for six months, between November 1835 and April 1836. Among the mayors who have especially gone down in history, can be noted Francisco de Paula Rius i Taulet (promoting and holding the mayoralty at the Universal Exposition of 1888, during the Bourbon Restoration), Carles Pi i Sunyer (first mayor elected by universal suffrage, during the Second Republic), José María de Porcioles (mayor who held office the longest, during the Franco dictatorship), Narcís Serra (first mayor elected in the current democratic system), Pasqual Maragall (mayor who held office the longest in democracy as well as for promoting and holding the mayoralty in the 1992 Olympic Games) or Ada Colau (the first female mayor in the history of the city).

List of mayors

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# Name Portrait Term in office Party affiliation
1 Josep Marià de Cabanes i d'Escofet
1835 1836 Progressive Party
2 Marià Vehils
1836 1836 Moderate Party
3 Marià Borrell
1836 1837 Progressive Party
4 Guillem Oliver i Salvà
1837 1839
5 Francesc Coll i Jové
1839 1839 Moderate Party
6 Jacint Feliu Domènech i Sastre 1839 1840 Progressive Party
7 Josep Maluquer i Montardit
1840 1841
8 Ramon Ferrer i Garcés 1841 1841
9 Tomàs Maria de Quintana i Badia
1841 1842
10 Josep Maria de Freixes i de Borràs
1842 1843
11 Josep Maluquer i Montardit
1843 1843
12 Josep Bertran i Ros
1843 1844 Moderate Party
13 Josep Parladé i Llucià
1844 1846
14 Erasme de Janer i de Gònima
1846 1846
15 Tomàs Metzger i Milans
1846 1847[3]
16 Pere Bardají i Balanzat
1847 1848
17 Domingo Portefaix y Páez
1848 1849
18 Sebastià Garcia i Pego
1849 1849
19 Joan Pérez i Calvo
1849 1851
20 Ramon de Paternó
1851 1851
21 Santiago Lluís Dupuy de Lôme
1851 1852
22 Josep Bertran i Ros
1852 1854
23 Antoni Aherán
1854 1854
24 Ramon Ferrer i Garcés 1854 1854 Progressive Party
25 Antoni Viadera i Surreu
1854 1855
26 Josep Molins i Negre
1855 1856
27 Francesc Permanyer i Tuyets 1856 1856 Unión Liberal
28 Ramon Figueras
1856 1858 Moderate Party
29 Josep Santa-Maria i Gelbert
1858 1863 Unión Liberal
30 Joan Baptista Madremany
1863 1863 Moderate Party
31 Valentí Cabello
1863 1865
32 Antoni de Quevedo i Donis
1865 1866
33 Ramon de Mazón
1866 1866 Unión Liberal
34 Emili M. de Ortega
1866 1866 Moderate Party
35 Lluís Rodríguez i Tréllez
1866 1867
36 Joan López de Bustamante
1867 1868
37 Salvador Maluquer i Aytés
1868 1869 Progressive Party
38 Francesc Sunyer i Capdevila 1869 1869 Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal
39 Santiago Soler i Pla 1869 1869
40 Francesc Soler i Matas
1869 1872 Progressive Party
41 Francesc Rius i Taulet 1872 1873 Constitutional Party
42 Narcís Buxó i Prats
1873 1873 Partit Republicà Democràtic Federal
43 Miquel González i Sugranyes
1873 1874
44 Francesc Rius i Taulet 1874 1874 Constitutional Party
45 Ot Ferrer i Nin
1874 1875
46 Ramon Maria de Sentmenat i Despujol
1875 1876 Conservative Party
47 Manuel Girona i Agrafel 1876 1877
48 Albert Faura i Aranyó
1877 1879
49 Enric de Duran i de Duran
1879 1881
50 Francesc Rius i Taulet 1881 1884 Liberal Party
51 Albert Faura i Aranyó
1884 1884 Conservative Party
52 Joan Coll i Pujol 1884 1885
53 Francesc Rius i Taulet 1885 1890 Liberal Party
54 Fèlix Maciá i Bonaplata 1890 1890
55 Joan Coll i Pujol 1890 1891 Conservative Party
56 Manuel Porcar i Tió
1891 1892 Liberal Party
57 Domènec Martí i Gofau
1892 1893 Conservative Party
58 Camil Fabra i Fontanills 1893 1893 Liberal Party
59 Manuel Henrich i Girona
1893 1894
60 Josep Collaso i Gil 1894 1895
61 Josep Maria Rius i Badia
1895 1896 Conservative Party
62 Josep Maria de Nadal i Vilardaga 1896 1897
63 Joan Coll i Pujol 1897 1897
64 Josep Collaso i Gil 1897 1898 Liberal Party
65 Josep Griera i Dulcet
1898 1899 Conservative Party
66 Bartomeu Robert i Yarzábal 1899 1899
67 Josep Milà i Pi 1899 1900 Liberal Party
68 Joan Coll i Pujol 1900 1901 Conservative Party
69 Joan Amat i Sormaní
1901 1902 Liberal Party
70 Josep Monegal i Nogués 1902 1903 Conservative Party
71 Guillem de Boladeres i Romà 1903 1904
72 Gabriel Lluch i Anfruns 1904 1905 Liberal Party
73 Ròmul Bosch i Alsina 1905 1905
74 Salvador de Samà i Torrents 1905 1906
75 Domènec Sanllehy i Alrich 1906 1908 Conservative Party
76 Albert Bastardas i Sampere 1908 1909 Partit Republicà Autonomista
77 Joan Coll i Pujol 1909 1909 Conservative Party
78 Josep Collaso i Gil 1909 1910 Liberal Party
79 Josep Roig i Bergadà 1910 1910
80 Salvador de Samà i Torrents 1910 1911
81 Joaquim Sostres i Rey 1911 1913
82 Josep Collaso i Gil 1913 1913
83 Joaquim Sagnier i Villavecchia
1913 1914 Conservative Party
84 Guillem de Boladeres i Romà 1914 1915
85 Antoni Martínez i Domingo
1915 1916
86 Manuel Rius i Rius
1916 1917 Centre Nacionalista Republicà
87 Antonio Martínez Domingo (2)
1917 1917 Partido Conservador
88 Lluís Duran i Ventosa 1917 1917 Lliga Regionalista
89 Juan José Rocha García
1917 1918 PRR
90 Manuel Morales Pareja 1918 1919
91 Antonio Martínez Domingo (3)
1919 1922 Lliga Regionalista
92 Fernando Fabra i Puig 1922 1923 Partido Liberal
93 Josep Banqué i Feliu
1923 1923 Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
94 Fernando Álvarez de la Campa
1923 1924
95 Darío Rumeu i Freixa 1924 1930
96 Juan Antonio Güell i López
1930 1931 Lliga Regionalista
97 Jaume Aiguader
1931 1934 ERC
98 Carles Pi i Sunyer (1)
1934 1934
99 José Martínez Herrera
1934 1935 Military
100 Juan Pich y Pon
1935 1935 PRR
101 Francisco Jaumar de Bofarull
1935 1935 CEDA / APC
102 Ramon Coll i Rodés
1935 1936 Lliga Catalana
103 Carles Pi i Sunyer (2)
1936 1937 ERC
104 Hilari Salvadó i Castell
1937 1939
105 Miquel Mateu i Pla
1939 1945 FET y de las JONS
106 Josep M. Albert i Despujol
1945 1951
107 Antoni M. Simarro i Puig
1951 1957
108 Josep Maria de Porcioles i Colomer
1957 1973
109 Enric Massó i Vázquez
1973 1975

Spanish transition to democracy

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# Name Portrait Birth and death Term in office Council election Party affiliation
Started Ended
110 Joaquim Viola i Sauret [es]
26 June 1913
Cebreros

25 January 1978
Barcelona
(aged 64)
18 September 1975 6 December 1976 Not held FET y de las JONS
111 Josep Maria Socías i Humbert
23 August 1937
Barcelona

3 November 2008
Barcelona
(aged 71)
6 December 1976 2 January 1979
(2 years, 27 days)
112 Manuel Font i Altaba [es] (Interim)
1922
Barcelona

2005
Barcelona
(aged 83)
2 January 1979 19 April 1979
(107 days)
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113 Narcís Serra
30 May 1943
Barcelona
19 April 1979 2 December 1982
(3 years, 227 days)
1979 Socialists' Party of Catalonia
114 Pasqual Maragall 13 January 1941
Barcelona
2 December 1982 26 September 1997
(14 years, 298 days)
1983
1987
1991
1995
115 Joan Clos
29 June 1949
Parets del Vallès
26 September 1997 8 September 2006
(8 years, 347 days)
1999
2003
116 Jordi Hereu
14 June 1965
Barcelona
8 September 2006 2 July 2011
(4 years, 297 days)
2007
117 Xavier Trias
5 August 1946
Barcelona
2 July 2011 13 June 2015
(3 years, 346 days)
2011 Democratic Convergence of Catalonia
118 Ada Colau
3 May 1974
Barcelona
13 June 2015 17 June 2023
(8 years, 4 days)
2015
2019
Barcelona En Comú
119 Jaume Collboni
5 September 1969
Barcelona
17 June 2023 Incumbent
(1 year, 157 days)
2023 Socialists' Party of Catalonia

Timeline from 1979

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Jaume CollboniAda ColauXavier TriasJordi HereuJoan ClosPasqual MaragallNarcís Serra

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BOE-A-1985-11672 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  2. ^ "Els Alcaldes de Barcelona des de 1835". ajuntament.barcelona.cat. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. ^ Soler, Jordi (2009). "Els Milans de Canet, un llinatge de la burgesia canetenca de metges, comerciants i músics". El Sot de l'Aubó. Vol. 30. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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