Mayor of Bulawayo
| Mayor of Bulawayo | |
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 Coat of arms of Bulawayo
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| Style | His Worship |
| Inaugural holder | Isidore Hirschler |
| Formation | 25 November 1897 |
The Executive Mayor of Bulawayo is the executive of the government of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Mayor is a member of the Bulawayo City Council, and is assisted by a deputy mayor. The Mayor uses the style "His Worship". The current mayor is David Coltart since 11 September 2023.
History
Bulawayo's first mayor, Isidore Hirschler, took office on 25 November 1897. In 1981, following Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom, Bulawayo's first black mayor, Naison Ndlovu, took office.
List of mayors
The following is a list of past mayors of Bulawayo.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isidore Hirschler | 25 November 1897 | 2 August 1898 | |||
| Charles Theodore Holland | 2 August 1898 | 1899 | |||
| Henry Frederick White | 1899 | 1900 | |||
| William H. Haddon | 27 September 1900 | 1901 | |||
| John Kerr | 1901 | 1902 | |||
| J. E. Scott | 1902 | 1904 | |||
| Walter Baxendale | 1904 | 1906 | |||
| E. F. Philip | 1906 | 1907 | |||
| Emanuel Basch | 1907 | 1911 | |||
| Alex Fraser | 1911 | 1912 | |||
| Walter Baxendale | 1912 | 1913 | |||
| Alex Fraser | 1913 | 1914 | |||
| W. B. Bucknall | 1914 | 1915 | |||
| W. J. Atterbury | 1915 | 1917 | |||
| George Stewart | 1917 | 1918 | |||
| W. J. Atterbury | 1918 | 1919 | |||
| James Cowden | 1919 | 1923 | RGA | ||
| J. H. Bookless | 1923 | 1924 | |||
| Henry Robert Barbour | 1924 | 1927 | Rhodesia Party | ||
| H. B. Ellenbogen | 1927 | 1929 | |||
| W. H. Peard | 1929 | 1932 | |||
| William Maver | 1932 | 1933 | |||
| Theodore Holdengarde | 1933 | 1934 | United Party | ||
| Cessy Harris | 1934 | 1936 | |||
| Donald Macintyre | 1936 | 1938 | Labour Party | ||
| Theodore Holdengarde | 1938 | 1940 | Liberal Party | ||
| D. W. Young | 1940 | 1942 | |||
| Edward Jonathan Davies | 1942 | 1944 | Labour Party | ||
| Donald Macintyre | 1944 | 1947 | Labour Party | ||
| Henry Alfred Holmes | 1947 | 1949 | United Party | ||
| J. H. Butcher | 1949 | 1951 | |||
| C. M. Newman | 1951 | 1953 | |||
| John Morrison MacDonald | 1953 | 1955 | Liberal Party | ||
| John William Phillips | 1955 | 1957 | |||
| M. M. McNellie | 1957 | 1959 | |||
| Sydney Henderson Millar | 1959 | 1960 | |||
| Margot Brett | 1960 | 1961 | |||
| Jack Graham Pain | 1961 | 1962 | Dominion Party | ||
| Sydney Henderson Millar | 1962 | 1963 | Rhodesian Front | ||
| Aubrey M. Butcher | 1963 | 1964 | |||
| A. C. Dold | 1964 | 1964 | |||
| Abraham Menashe | 1965 | 1967 | Independent | ||
| William Kinleyside | 1967 | 1968 | |||
| Jurick Goldwasser | 1968 | 1969 | |||
| Max Logan | 1969 | 1970 | |||
| T. H. Doyle | 1970 | 1971 | |||
| H. Coronel | 1971 | 1972 | |||
| Ralph S. Harris | 1972 | 1973 | |||
| Eugene D. Gordon | 1973 | 1974 | |||
| Charles McKenzie Scott | 1974 | 1975 | Rhodesian Front | ||
| Len Sexon | 1975 | 1976 | |||
| Eric Hoyle | 1976 | 1977 | |||
| Joanna Sharland | 1977 | 1978 | |||
| D. J. Rowland | 1978 | 1979 | |||
| Mike Constandinos | 1979 | 1981 | |||
| Naison Ndlovu | 1981 | 1983 | PF–ZAPU | ||
| Enos Mdlongwa | 1983 | 1985 | PF–ZAPU | ||
| Nicholas Mabodoko | 1985 | 1988 | PF–ZAPU | ||
| J. M. Ndlovu | 1988 | 1989 | ZANU–PF | ||
| A. L. Ncube | 1989 | 1990 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Dennis Ndlovu | 1990 | 1991 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Nelson Sidanile | 1991 | 1992 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Israel Gadhlula | 1992 | 1993 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Joshua Malinga | 1993 | 1995 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Abel Siwela | 1996 | 2000 | ZANU–PF | ||
| Japhet Ndabeni Ncube | 2001 | 2008 | MDC (before 2005) | ||
| MDC–M (after 2005) | |||||
| Patrick Thaba-Moyo | 2008 | 2013 | MDC–T | ||
| Martin Moyo | 2013 | 2018 | MDC–T | ||
| Solomon Mguni | 7 September 2018 | 2023 | MDC Alliance | ||
| David Coltart | 11 September 2023 | CCC |