List of mayors of Paris
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Before the French Revolution
, the municipality of Paris
was headed by the provost of the merchants
(prévôt des marchands). On 14 July 1789, at the end of the afternoon, following the storming of the Bastille
, the provost of the merchants of Paris, Jacques de Flesselles
, was shot by the crowd on the steps of Paris city hall
. The next day, the first mayor
of Paris (French: maire de Paris) was elected.
1848—overthrow of Louis-Philippe
1870—overthrow of Napoleon III
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, the municipality of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
was headed by the provost of the merchants
Provost (civil)
A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...
(prévôt des marchands). On 14 July 1789, at the end of the afternoon, following the storming of the Bastille
Storming of the Bastille
The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming, its fall was the flashpoint...
, the provost of the merchants of Paris, Jacques de Flesselles
Jacques de Flesselles
Jacques de Flesselles was a French public servant and one of the first victims of the French Revolution.On 21 April 1789, after serving as Intendant of Lyon , he became the last provost of the merchants of Paris, a post roughly equivalent to mayor...
, was shot by the crowd on the steps of Paris city hall
Hôtel de Ville, Paris
The Hôtel de Ville |City Hall]]) in :Paris, France, is the building housing the City of Paris's administration. Standing on the place de l'Hôtel de Ville in the city's IVe arrondissement, it has been the location of the municipality of Paris since 1357...
. The next day, the first mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Paris (French: maire de Paris) was elected.
List of provosts of the merchants
- Évreux de Valenciennes: 1263
- Jean Augier: 1268
- Guillaume PisdoéGuillaume PisdoéGuillaume Pisdoé, also known as Jacky de Piedoue or Pizdoue was the third Mayor of Paris in 1297 and again in 1304 under Philip IV of France. His son Jacky II Pisdoé was the First Equerry of the King , in charge of carrying the Royal Sword of Philip V of France.-Pisdoé Family :The Pisdoé family...
: 1276 - Guillaume Bourdon: 1280
- Jean Popin: 1289
- Jean Arrode: 1291
- Jean Popin: 1293
- Jean Popin: 1296, died on 18 July
- Guillaume Bourdon: 1296
- Étienne Barbette: 1298–1304
- Guillaume Pisdoé: 1304
- Guillaume Pisdoé: 1305
- Étienne Barbette: 1312
- Jean Gentien: 1321
- Jean Pisdoé: 1342
- Hugues Le Coq: 1345–1354
- Étienne MarcelÉtienne MarcelEtienne Marcel was provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II, called John the Good .Etienne Marcel was born into the wealthy Parisian bourgeoisie, being the son of the clothier Simon Marcel and his wife Isabelle Barbou...
: 1354–31 July 1358 - Gencian Tristan: 1358
- Jean Desmarets: 1359
- Jean Fleury: 1371
- Guillaume Bourdon: 1381
- Andouin Chauveron: 27 January 1383
- Jean de Folleville: 1389
- Jean Jouvenel des Ursins: 27 January 1389–1392
- Charles Culdoé: 1404
- Pierre Gentien: 20 January 1411
- Audry d'Espernon: 16 March 1412
- Pierre Gentien: 9 September 1413
- Philippe de Brébant: 10 October 1415
- Étienne de Bonpuis: 7 September 1417
- Guillaume Ciriasse: 12 September 1417
- Noël Marchant: 6 June 1418–1419
- Hugues Le Coq: 1420
- Garnier de Saintyon: 1422
- Guillaume Sanguin: 1429–1430
- Hugues Rapioult: 1431–1433
- Hugues Le Coq: July 1434
- Michel de Lallier: 13 February 1436–1437
- Pierre des Landes: 23 July 1438–1443
- Jean Baillet: 1444–1449
- Jean BureauJean BureauJean Bureau was the Master Gunner of the French artillery under Charles VII during the final years of the Hundred Year's War. Bureau was born in Champagne, but later moved to Paris, where he worked for the English government during the occupation. In 1439 Charles VII made Bureau master of...
: 17 August 1450 - Dreux Budé: 19 August 1452–1455
- Mathieu de Nanterre: 16 August 1456–1459
- Henri de Livres: 16 August 1460–1465
- Michel de La Grange: 1466–1467
- Nicolas de Louviers: 1468–1469
- Denis Hesselin: 1470–1472
- Guillaume Le Comte: 1474–1475
- Henri de Livres: 1476–1483
- Guillaume de La Haye: 1484–1485
- Jean du Drac: 1486–1489
- Pierre Poignant: 1490–1491
- Jacques Piédefer: 1492–1493
- Nicolas Viole: 1494–1495
- Jean de Montmirel: 1496–1497
- Jacques Piédefer: 1498–1499
- Nicolas Potier: October 1499–1501
- Germain de Marle: 1502–1503
- Eustache Luillier: 1504–1505
- Dreux Raguier: 1506–1507
- Pierre Le Gendre: 16 August 1508–1509
- Robert Turquain (AKA Robert Turquant): 16 August 1510–1511
- Roger Barme: 1512–1513
- Jean Brulart: 16 August 1514–1515
- Pierre Cleutin: 16 August 1516–1517
- Pierre Lescot (father of the famous architect Pierre LescotPierre LescotPierre Lescot was a French architect active during the French Renaissance, "the man who was first responsible for the implantation of pure and correct classical architecture in France." He was born in Paris....
): 16 August 1518–1519 - Antoine Le Viste: 16 August 1520–1521
- Guillaume BudéGuillaume BudéGuillaume Budé was a French scholar.-Life:Budé was born in Paris. He went to the University of Orléans to study law, but for several years, being possessed of ample means, he led an idle and dissipated life...
: 16 August 1522–1523 - Jean Morin: 16 August 1524–1525
- Germain de Marle: 16 August 1526–1527
- Gaillard Spifame: 16 August 1528–1529
- Jean Luillier: 16 August 1530–1531
- Pierre Viole: 16 August 1532–1533
- Jean Tronson: 16 August 1534–1537
- Augustin de Thou: 1538–1539
- Étienne de Montmirel: 1540–1541
- André Guillard: 1542–1543
- Jean Morin: 1544–1545
- Louis Gayant: 1546–1547
- Claude Guyot: 1548–1551
- Christophe de ThouChristophe de ThouChristophe de Thou was an eminent French advocate, and the First President of the Parliament of Paris.De Thou became Président in 1554, and Premier Président on 14 December 1562, of the Parlement de Paris...
: 1552–1553 - Nicolas de Livres: 1554–1555
- Nicolas Perrot: 1556–1557
- Martin de Bragelongue: 1558–1559
- Guillaume de Marle: 1560–1563
- Guillaume Guyot: 1564–1565
- Nicolas Le Gendre: 1566–1569
- Claude MarcelClaude MarcelClaude Victor André Marcel Knight, Leg Hon was a French applied linguist who served in Cork as an official representative of the French government between 1816 and c...
: 1570–1571 - Jean Le Charron: 1572–1575
- Nicolas Luillier: 1576–1577
- Claude Daubray: 1578–1579
- Augustin de Thou: 1580–1581
- Étienne de Nully: 1582–1586
- Nicolas-Hector de Perreuse: 1586–14 May 1588
- Michel Marteau: 20 May 1588–1590
- Charles Boucher: 18 October 1590–1591
- Jean Luillier: 9 November 1592–1594
- Martin Langlois: 1594–17 August 1598
- Jacques Danès: 1598–1599
- Antoine Guyot: 1600–1602
- Martin de Bragelongue: 1602–1604
- François Miron: 1604–1606
- Jacques Sanguin: 1606–1612
- Gaston de Grieu: 1612–1614
- Robert Miron: 1614–1616
- Antoine Bouchet: 1616–1618
- Henri de Mesmes: 1618–1622
- Nicolas de Bailleul: 1622–1628
- Christophe Sanguin: 1628–1632
- Michel Moreau: 1632–October 1637
- Oudart Le Féron: 26 October 1637–February 1641
- Christophe Perrot: 25 February 1641–22 April 1641
- Macé Le Boulanger: 22 April 1641–1644
- Jean Scarron (relative of French writer Paul ScarronPaul ScarronPaul Scarron was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. His precise birthdate is unknown, but he was baptized on July 4, 1610...
): 1644–1646 - Jérôme Le Féron: 26 February 1646–1650
- Antoine Le Febvre (father of New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
's governor Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La BarreJoseph-Antoine de La BarreJoseph-Antoine le Fèbvre de LaBarre was the Governor of New France from 1682 to 1685. He had previously been Governor of Auvergne and of the French Antilles ....
): 1650–5 July 1652 - Pierre BrousselPierre BrousselPierre Broussel was a councillor in the Parlement of Paris under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, and was eventually its president. He was a popular politician, in part due to his opposition to tax plans proposed by Cardinal Mazarin and his support for other legal reforms...
: 6 July 1652–24 September 1652 - Antoine Le Febvre: 14 October 1652–17 August 1654
- Alexandre de Sève: 17 August 1654–1662
- Daniel Voisin: 1662–1668
- Claude Le Peletier: 1668–1676
- Auguste-Robert de Pommereu: 1676–1684
- Henri de Fourcy: 1684–1692
- Claude Bosc: 1692–1700
- Charles Boucher d'Orsay: 1700–1708
- Jérôme Bignon: 1708–1716
- Charles Trudaine: 1716–4 July 1720
- Pierre-Antoine de Castagnère: 4 July 1720–25 August 1725
- Nicolas Lambert: 27 August 1725–10 July 1729
- Michel-Étienne TurgotMichel-Étienne TurgotMichel-Étienne Turgot was prévôt des marchands de Paris from 1729 to 1740...
(father of French statesman TurgotAnne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de LauneAnne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , often referred to as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Turgot was a student of Francois Quesnay and as such belonged to the Physiocratic school of economic thought...
): 14 July 1729–1740 - Félix Aubery: 1740–20 July 1743
- Louis-Basile de Bernage: 26 July 1743–1758
- Jean-Baptiste-Élie Camus de Pontcarré de Viarmes: 1758–1764
- Armand-Jérôme BignonArmand-Jérôme BignonArmand-Jérôme Bignon was a French lawyer, royal librarian and conseiller d'État.-Life:The lord of Île Belle and Hardricourt, he was made avocat général to the Grand Conseil in 1729, maître des requêtes for Soissons in 1737 and president of the Grand Conseil in 1738.In 1743, on his brother's death...
: 1764–8 March 1772 - Jean-Baptiste de la Michodière: 17 March 1772–1778
- Antoine-Louis Le Febvre de Caumartin: 1778–1784
- Louis Le Peletier: 1784–28 April 1789
- Jacques de FlessellesJacques de FlessellesJacques de Flesselles was a French public servant and one of the first victims of the French Revolution.On 21 April 1789, after serving as Intendant of Lyon , he became the last provost of the merchants of Paris, a post roughly equivalent to mayor...
: 28 April 1789–14 July 1789
List of mayors
- Jean Sylvain Bailly: 15 July 1789–18 November 1791
- Jérôme Pétion de VilleneuveJérôme Pétion de VilleneuveJérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was a French writer and politician.Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was the son of a at Chartres. Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion’s early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution...
: 18 November 1791–15 October 1792 - Philibert Borie: 7 July 1792–13 July 1792 (temporary mayor)
- René Boucher: 15 October 1792–2 December 1792 (temporary mayor)
- Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson: 21 November 1792 declines
- Nicolas Chambon: 1 December 1792–4 February 1793
- Jean-Nicolas PacheJean-Nicolas PacheJean-Nicolas Pache was a French politician.-Biography:Pache was born in Verdun, but grew up in Paris, of Swiss parentage, the son of the concièrge of the hotel of Marshal de Castries...
: 14 February 1793–10 May 1794 - Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-LescotJean-Baptiste Fleuriot-LescotJean-Baptiste Edmond Fleuriot-Lescot or Lescot-Fleuriot was a Belgian architect, sculptor and a revolutionary...
: 10 May–17 July 1794
- Office of Mayor abolished. There was no mayor of Paris until 1848
1848—overthrow of Louis-Philippe
Louis-Philippe of France
Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the...
- Louis-Antoine Garnier-PagèsLouis-Antoine Garnier-PagèsLouis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès , French politician, fought on the barricades during the revolution of July....
: 24 February–5 March 1848 - Armand MarrastArmand MarrastArmand Marrast was a French politician and mayor of Paris.- See also :* List of Presidents of the French National Assembly* List of mayors of Paris...
: 9 March–19 July 1848
- Office of Mayor abolished. There was no mayor of Paris until 1870
1870—overthrow of Napoleon III
Napoleon III of France
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...
- Étienne AragoÉtienne AragoÉtienne Arago was a French writer and politician, and co-founder of the newspaper Le Figaro.-Early life:Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers...
: 4 September–15 November 1870 - Jules FerryJules FerryJules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.- Early life :Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to...
: 15 November 1870–5 June 1871
- Office of Mayor abolished. There was no mayor of Paris until 1977
- Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
(RPRRally for the RepublicThe Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...
): 20 March 1977–16 May 1995 - Jean TiberiJean TiberiJean Tiberi is a French politician who was mayor of Paris from May 22, 1995 to March 24, 2001. , he is mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris and deputy to the French National Assembly from the second district of Paris....
(RPRRally for the RepublicThe Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...
): 22 May 1995–24 March 2001 - Bertrand DelanoëBertrand DelanoëBertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother...
(PS): since 25 March 2001. elected again in 2008 Current term ends in 2014