BURGOMASTERS OF BRUSSELS

1830-Present

Nicolas-Jean Rouppe 1830-1838

Guillaume Van Volxen 1838-1841

Jean-François Wyns de Raucour 1841-1848

Charles de Brouckère 1848-1860

André-Napoléon Fontainas 1860-1863

Jules Victor Anspach 1863-1879

Félix Vanderstraeten 1879-1881

Charles Buls 1881-1899

Émile De Mot 1899-1909

Adolphe Max 1909-1939

Frédéric-Joseph Van de Meulebroeck* 1939-1956

Lucien Georges Cooremans 1956-1975

Pierre Van Halteren 1975-1983

Hervé Brouhon2 1983-1993

Michel Demaret 1993-1994

Freddy Thielemans 1994

François-Xavier de Donnéa 1995-2000

Marion Lemesre 2000-2001

Freddy Thielemans 2001-

*Van de Meulebroeck was dismissed from office by the German occupying authorities on 1 July 1941. He was replaced by Jules Coelst. On the establishment of a "Greater Brussels" (Gross Brüssel), encompassing the 19 communes, on 24 September 1942, Jan Grauls was appointed burgomaster (28 September). Greater Brussels was abolished and Van de Meulebroeck returned to his post on 4 September 1944. 2Hervé Brouhon died on 19 April 1 993. André Gobert completed the term of Brouhon.