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List of mayors of Winterthur

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Stadthaus Winterthur
Coat of arms of Winterthur

This is a list of mayors of Winterthur, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The mayor of Winterthur (Stadtpräsident von Winterthur) presides over the city council (Stadtrat).

Mayor of Winterthur
TermMayorLifespanPartyNotes
1805–1821 Johann Heinrich Steiner (1747–1827)
 
1824–1851 Anton Künzli (1771–1852)
 
1858–1873 Johann Jakob Sulzer (1821–1897)DP
 
1879–1911 Rudolf Geilinger[1] (1848–1911)DP
1911–1930 Hans Sträuli (1862–1938)DP
1930–1939 Hans Widmer (mayor) (1889–1939)DP
1939–1966 Hans Rüegg (1902–1972)DP
1966–1990 Urs Widmer (mayor) (1927–2018)DP
1990–2002 Martin Haas (born 1935)FDP/PRD
2002–2012 Ernst Wohlwend (born 1947)SPS/PSS
2012-present Michael Künzle (born 1965)'the middle' / CVP

References

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  1. ^ Claudio Bacciagaluppi (9 January 2017). Artistic Disobedience: Music and Confession in Switzerland, 1648–1762. Brill. p. 49. ISBN 978-9-00-433075-7.