List of mayors of Aarau

This is a list of mayors of the city of Aarau, Switzerland. The Stadtammann chairs the Stadtrat, the executive of Aarau. Since 1 January 2014, the function is called Stadtpräsident.

Coat of arms of Aarau

List of mayors:[1]

Mayor (Stadtammann) of Aarau
TermMayorLifespanPartyNotes
1803–1808 David Frey (1751–1827)
1809–1818 Friedrich Frey (1748–1818)
1818–1827 Heinrich Reift (1749–1833)
1828–1831 Johann Georg Hunziker (1774–1850)
1832–1843 Daniel Frey (1778–1856)
1844–1851 Friedrich Schmuziger (1802–1866)
1852–1854 David Zimmerli (1792–1875) first term
1854–1855 Theodor Schmidlin (1810–1894) first term
1855–1856 David Zimmerli (1792–1875) second term
1857–1865 Rudolf Weiersmüller (1813–1875)
1866–1875 Theodor Schmidlin (1810–1894) second term
1875–1889 Erwin Tanner (1838–1903)
1890–1906 Max Schmidt (1862–1951)FDP
1907–1932 Hans Hässig (1860–1936)FDP
1932–1938 Hermann Rauber (1888–1938)FDP
1938–1947 Fridolin Laager (1883–1975)BGB
1947–1961 Erich Zimmerlin (1909–1999)FDP
1962–1973 Willy Urech (1912–1986)FDP
1974–1987 Markus Meyer (1934–2015)FDP
1987–2013 Marcel Guignard (born 1949)FDP
2014–2017 Jolanda Urech (born 1953)SPS
2018– Hanspeter Hilfiker (born 1965)FDP

References

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  1. ^ Erismann, Paul (1961), Die Aarauer Stadtammänner und Stadtschreiber von 1803 bis 1961 (in German), Aarau: Aargauer Tagblatt