List of mayors of Tallinn

The following is a list of mayors of Tallinn (before 1918 Reval), Estonia.

* Office Name Political affiliation Notes
1 April 1786 – November 1796 Wilhelm Hetling Mayor, first mayor of Tallinn
November 1796 – December 1877 Magistracy of Reval was restored for 81 years
2 22 December 1877 – 6 April 1878 Oscar Arthur von Riesemann Mayor
3 April 1878 – June 1883 Alexander Rudolf Karl von Uexküll Mayor, baron
4 June 1883 – August 1885 Wilhelm Greiffenhagen Mayor
August – December 1885 Viktor von Maydell Deputy Mayor, baron
5 December 1885 – July 1894 Viktor von Maydell Mayor
6 July 1894 – April 1895 Eduard Ernst Bätke Deputy Mayor
7 April 1895 – February 1905 Karl Johann von Hueck Mayor
8 February – December 1905 Erast Hiatsintov Mayor
9 December 1905 – May 1906 Eugen Edmund Eduard Erbe Deputy Mayor
10 May 1906 – August 1913 Voldemar Lender Mayor, first Estonian mayor
11 August 1913 – April 1917 Jaan Poska Mayor
12 April – September 1917 Gavriil Beljagin Deputy Mayor
13 September 1917 – March 1918 Voldemar Vöölmann Chairman of City Government
14 March – 13 November 1918 Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio Lord Mayor (Oberbürgermeister)
March – 13 November 1918 Alexander Riesenkampff Second Mayor
15 13–25 November 1918 Aleksander Pallas temporary Deputy Mayor
16 25 November 1918 – May 1919 Aleksander Hellat Mayor
17 May – June 1919 Anton Uesson Deputy Mayor
18 June – July 1919 Gottlieb Ast Mayor
19 July 1919 – April 1934 Anton Uesson Mayor
20 April 1934 – December 1939 Jaan Soots Mayor, from 1 May 1938 Lord Mayor
21 December 1939 – July 1940 Aleksander Tõnisson Lord Mayor
22 July 1940 – January 1941 Aleksander Kiidelmaa Mayor
23 January – 24 August 1941 Kristjan Seaver Communist Party Chairman of Executive Committee
24 24–29 August 1941 Artur Terras Mayor
29 August – 6 December 1941 Artur Terras Lord Mayor
6 December 1941 – September 1944 Artur Terras First Mayor (Erster Bürgermeister)
Chairman of Executive Committee
25 September 1944 – February 1945 Aleksander Kiidelmaa Communist Party
26 February – September 1945 Ado Kurvits Communist Party
27 September 1945 – March 1961 Aleksander Hendrikson Communist Party
28 March 1961 – June 1971 Johannes Undusk Communist Party
29 June 1971 – July 1979 Ivar Kallion Communist Party
30 July 1979 – December 1984 Albert Norak Communist Party
31 December 1984 – January 1990 Harri Lumi Communist Party
Mayor
32 16 January 1990 – April 1992 Hardo Aasmäe Popular Front
33 April 1992 – 31 October 1996 Jaak Tamm Coalition Party
34 31 October – 14 November 1996 Priit Vilba Reform Party
35 14 November 1996 – 5 May 1997 Robert Lepikson Coalition Party
36 8 May 1997 – 26 March 1999 Ivi Eenmaa Coalition Party
37 26 March 1999 – 17 October 1999 Peeter Lepp Centre Party
38 4 November 1999 – 31 May 2001 Jüri Mõis Pro Patria
39 5 June 2001 – 13 December 2001 Tõnis Palts Pro Patria
40 13 December 2001 – 14 October 2004 Edgar Savisaar Centre Party
41 14 October 2004 – 15 November 2005 Tõnis Palts Res Publica
42 15 November 2005 – 5 April 2007 Jüri Ratas Centre Party
43 9 April 2007 – 9 November 2017 Edgar Savisaar Centre Party suspended by court order since 30 September 2015
44 9 November 2017 – 4 April 2019 Taavi Aas Centre Party
45 11 April 2019 – 26 March 2024 Mihhail Kõlvart Centre Party
46 14 April 2024 – present Jevgeni Ossinovski Social Democrat

See also