List of Mayors of the City of Windhoek

Coat of arms of the city of Windhoek

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This is a list of the mayors of Windhoek since the city was founded in 1890 by Curt von François . The Mayor of Windhoek has had his seat in the Windhoek Municipality , the town hall, since 1964 . He is the chairman of the city administration and has been elected by the city council for 12 months since Namibia's independence.

Windhoek

German South West Africa

• 1890–1909: no representative
• 1909–1910: Max Fritzsche (?)
• 1910–1911: Gustav Voigts (1866–1934)
• 1911–1915 (1916?): Peter Müller (1873–1934)

South West Africa

• 1915 (1916?): Louis Botha (1862–1919)
• 1916–1920: Johann Robert Schmalz (1871–1940)
• 1920–1922: Peter Müller (1873–1934)
• 1924–1925: Julius Hebenstreit
• 1925-1926: A. Menmuir
• 1926: Hofmeyer (?)
• 1926–1927: Julius Hebenstreit
• 1927–1929: Joseph Wood (1876–?)
• 1929–1938: John Meinert (1886–1946)
• ? - ?: John Dermot Lardner Burke (1889–?)
• 1938–1941: Edgar Sander (1895 – after 1951)
• 1941-1946: Marie Elizabeth May Bell
• 1941-1946: G. van Schalkwyk
• 1949–1951: Edgar Sander (1895 – after 1951)
• 1951–1952: Hermanus Johannes Steyn (1890–?)
• 1952–1953: Simon Frank (1913–?)
• 1953–1954: Peter Falk (1886–1974)
• 1954–1955: Willem Hendrik Immelman (1904–?)
• 1955–1957: Hermanus Johannes Steyn (1890–?)
• 1957–1958: Peter Falk (1886–1974)
• 1958–1961: Jacobus van Deventer Snyman (Jaap Snyman) (1919–?)
• 1961–1963: Stefanus Johannes Spies (* 1922)
• 1963–1965: Jack Louis Levinson (1916–1989?)
• 196? - ?: Sam Davis
• 1969–1971: Joachim Bernhard Hermann von Prittwitz and Gaffron (Pix von Prittwitz) (1929–2013)
• 1974–1976: Ernst Guenter Erich Kaschik (1932–2000)
• ?: Eugene Joubert
• ?: Vivienne Graig-McLaren
• 1988–1990: Abraham Bernard May (1912–1993)

Namibia

• 1990–1991: Abraham Bernard May (1912–1993)
• 1992: Petra Hammann
• 1993– ?: Matheus Shikongo (* 1950)
• 1995–1998: Björn von Finckenstein (* 1958)
• 1999–2000: Immanuel Ngatjizeko (* 1952)
• 2000–2010: Matheus Shikongo (* 1950)
• January 17, 2011–26. November 2012: Elaine Trepper (* 1955)
• November 26, 2012–1. December 2014: Agnes Kafula (* 1955)
• December 1, 2014 - December 2019: Muesee Kazapua (* 1980)
• Since December 2019: Fransina Kahungu (* 1970)

Little Windhoek

• 1890–1909:?
• 1909– ?: Amandus Fritzsche (1877–1939)
• around 1913: Heinrich Gathemann (* before 1889)

literature

• Brenda Bravenboer: Windhoek - Capital of Namibia . Gamsberg-Macmillan-Verlag, Windhoek 2004.
• Klaus Dierks : List of the biographies of Namibian personalities ( available online )

Web links

• City administration of Windhoek (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Victor L. Tonchi, William A. Lindeke, John J. Grotpeter: Historical Dictionary of Namibia , Scarecrow Press, United Kingdom 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-5398-0 , p. 495.
2. ↑ FRITZSCHE Amandus 1877-1939. eGGSA Library. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
3. ↑ Erkrath-Gatheman-Crown Prince Facades. Namibian.org.Retrieved October 5, 2014.