Mayors of Hanover

Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013, he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017, he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.

Belit Nejat Onay (born 15 January 1981) is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.

Arthur Mengeh (known as Arthur Menge in German; April 2, 1884 – May 16, 1965) was a German politician who was the mayor of Hanover from 1925 to 1937.

Hauke Jagau (born 1961 in Hanover, Germany) is a German politician (SPD).

Stefan Schostok (born 12 May 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and has been Mayor of Hanover since 6 October 2013. From 2008 to January 2013 he served as a member of the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly. During that time, he was elected chairman of the SPD group in the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly (Landtag) in 2010, a position which he vacated in 2013.