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{{Short description|Head of the executive branch of the Government of Paris}}
{{Infobox official post
| post            = Mayor
| body            = Paris
| native_name     = Maire de Paris
| insignia = File:Flag of the Mayor of Paris.svg
| insigniasize = 150px
| insigniacaption = [[Flag of Paris|Flag of the Mayor of Paris]]
| image           = Anne Hidalgo, février 2014 (3x4 cropped).jpg
| imagesize       = 150px
| incumbent       = [[Anne Hidalgo]]
| incumbentsince  = 5 April 2014
| residence       = {{Lang|fr|[[Hôtel de Ville, Paris|Hôtel de Ville]]|italic=no}}
| appointer       = Elected by the [[Council of Paris]]
| termlength      = 6 years, renewable indefinitely 
| formation       = 15 July 1789<br>20 March 1977
| inaugural       = [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]]
| salary          = [[Euro|€]]8,650 (monthly)
| website         = {{URL|https://www.paris.fr/pages/anne-hidalgo-2252|www.paris.fr}}
}}

The '''mayor of Paris''' ({{langx|fr|Maire de Paris}}, {{IPA|fr|mɛʁ d(ə) paʁi|}}) is the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of [[Paris]], the capital and largest city in [[France]].

The officeholder is responsible for the administration and management of the city, submits proposals and recommendations to the [[Council of Paris]], is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city officers, department commissioners or directors, as well as members of city boards and commissions. During meetings of the Council of Paris, the mayor serves as the presiding officer, as it is the case in any other [[Communes of France|commune]] in France. Since Paris doubles as a [[departments of France|department]] as well, the mayor also has the rank of a [[departmental council (France)|departmental council]] president.

Since 5 April 2014, [[Anne Hidalgo]] of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] has been Mayor of Paris.

==History==
When the [[French Revolution]] began after the [[storming of the Bastille]] on 14 July 1789, the city insurgents murdered the last [[Provost of Paris]] (Provost of the Merchants), [[Jacques de Flesselles]]. Because the Provost's office was abolished as one of the first moves with the dissolution of the ''[[Ancien Régime]]'', the insurgents established a revolutionary government called the "[[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|Commune of Paris]]", initially led by [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]], the first titled "Mayor of Paris". The mayor's office was very important during the critical phases of the Revolution, and during [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]]'s [[Reign of Terror]] (1793&ndash;1794) it was decisive in the discovery and execution of all suspected [[counter-revolutionaries]].
In July 1794, after the [[Thermidorian Reaction|9th Thermidor]], the [[coup d'état]] that deposed and executed Robespierre and his cronies, the office of Mayor was abolished since it was perceived to be too powerful.

After the [[February Revolution]] of 1848, the [[July Monarchy]] ended in favor of a [[French Second Republic|new Republic]], that restored the mayor's office. This renewal was however short, as the [[June Days uprising]] of the same year ended the possibility of creating a strong mayorship. The [[French Executive Commission (1848)|Executive Commission]]—charged to provisionally rule the country—preferred to transfer the mayor's powers to the [[Seine (department)|Seine]] [[Prefect (France)|Prefect]], appointed by [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Ministry of the Interior]].

In 1870, once again, the office of Mayor of Paris was re-established and again did not survive long. The occasion for the re-creation was the fall of the [[French Second Empire|Second Empire]] after the defeat in the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. The provisional [[Government of National Defense]] of [[Louis-Jules Trochu]] believed that a strong leadership in Paris would prevent sedition during the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Prussian siege]]. After the definitive conquest of Paris by Prussians, popular discontent erupted in a new insurrectionary [[Paris Commune|Commune]] which held [[socialist]] beliefs. Also, in case the Commune was finally suppressed, the [[Third French Republic|new national government]] preferred to divide Paris into several distinct mayorships (one for each [[Arrondissements of Paris|arrondissement]]) to prevent the city's total loss in the event of further revolts.

Thus, for all but 14 months from 1794 to 1977, Paris was the only [[Communes of France|commune]] of France without a mayor, and had less autonomy than even the smallest village. For most of the time from 1800 to 1977 (except briefly in 1848 and 1870–71), it was controlled directly by the departmental prefect (the prefect of the Seine before 1968 and prefect of Paris after 1968). In 1975 [[French Parliament|Parliament]] passed a bill re-establishing an elected mayor for Paris, beginning in 1977. The bill was signed by [[President of France|President]] [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] on 31 December 1975. In March 1977, after the first formal [[1977 French municipal elections|municipal election]], former Prime Minister [[Jacques Chirac]] was chosen as Mayor of Paris, a position he held until 1995, when was elected [[President of France]].

==List of officeholders==
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'''Notes'''
<nowiki>†</nowiki> ''Died in office''
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan=2 | Mayor
! colspan=2 | Term in office<hr/>Elections
! Previous office
! Party
! [[Deputy mayor|Deputy]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:#808080; color:white" | 1
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Jean-Laurent Mosnier - Portrait de Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), savant et homme politique , maire de Paris de 1789 à 1791 (P991) - P991 - Musée Carnavalet (3x4 cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]]'''<br /><small>1736&ndash;1793<br />(Aged 57)</small>
| 15 July 1789
| 18 November 1791
| rowspan=2 | [[List of presidents of the National Assembly of France|President of the<br/>National Assembly]]<br/><small>(1789)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Society of 1789|Patriotic]]
| rowspan=12 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office did not exist''
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1789]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Girondin}}; color:white" | 2
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Jérôme Petion, député de Chartres (3x4 cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve]]'''<br /><small>1756&ndash;1794<br />(Aged 38)</small>
| 18 November 1791
| 1 December 1792
| rowspan=2 | [[Estates General of 1789|Representative<br/>to Estates General]]<br/>for the [[Third Estate]]<br/><small>(1789)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Girondin]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1791]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Girondin}}; color:white" | 3
| rowspan=2 | [[File:France politic personality icon.svg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson]]'''<br /><small>1751&ndash;1808<br />(Aged 56)</small>
| 21 November 1792
| 8 December 1792
| rowspan=2 | [[Judiciary of France|Judge]] in the<br/>[[6th arrondissement of Paris|6th arrondissement]]<br/><small>(1790&ndash;1792)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Girondin]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1792 (November)]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Girondin}}; color:white" | 4
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Nicolas Chambon de Montaux (3x4 cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Nicolas Chambon]]'''<br /><small>1748&ndash;1826<br />(Aged 78)</small>
| 8 December 1792
| 14 February 1793
| rowspan=2 | [[Economy of Paris|Paris Financial Administrator]]<br/><small>(1790&ndash;1791)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Girondin]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1792 (December)]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}}; color:white" | 5
| rowspan=2 | [[File:AduC 122 Pache (J.N., 1746-1823).JPG|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jean-Nicolas Pache]]'''<br /><small>1746&ndash;1823<br />(Aged 77)</small>
| 14 February 1793
| 10 May 1794
| rowspan=2 | [[Minister of the Armed Forces (France)|Minister of War]]<br/><small>(1792&ndash;1793)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Jacobin]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1793]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Jacobin Club}}; color:white" | 6
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Jean-BaptisteFleuriot-Lescot.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot]]''' †<br /><small>1761&ndash;1794<br />(Aged 33)</small>
| 10 May 1794
| 27 July 1794
| rowspan=2 | [[Public Prosecutor]] of the<br/>[[Revolutionary Tribunal]]<br/><small>(1793&ndash;1794)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Jacobin]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|1794]]
|-
| colspan=8 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office abolished'' (1794&ndash;1848)
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Moderate Republicans (France)}}; color:white" | 7
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pages.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès|Louis Antoine Pagès]]'''<br /><small>1803&ndash;1878<br />(Aged 75)</small>
| 24 February 1848
| 9 March 1848
| rowspan=2 | [[National Assembly (France)|MP]] for [[Eure]]<br/><small>(1846&ndash;1848)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870)|Constitutionalist<br/>Republican]]
| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office did not exist''
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | N/A
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Moderate Republicans (France)}}; color:white" | 8
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Marrast, Armand.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Armand Marrast]]'''<br /><small>1801&ndash;1852<br />(Aged 50)</small>
| 9 March 1848
| 19 July 1848
| rowspan=2 | [[National Assembly (France)|MP]] for [[Haute-Garonne]]<br/><small>(1848&ndash;1849)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870)|Constitutionalist<br/>Republican]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | N/A
|-
| colspan=8 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office abolished'' (1848&ndash;1870)
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Union (France)}}; color:white" | 9
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Etienne Arago.jpeg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Étienne Arago]]'''<br /><small>1802&ndash;1892<br />(Aged 90)</small>
| 4 September 1870
| 15 November 1870
| rowspan=2 | [[National Assembly (France)|MP]] for [[Pyrénées-Orientales]]<br/><small>(1848&ndash;1851)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870)|Radical Republican]]
| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office did not exist''
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | N/A
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Opportunist Republicans}}; color:white" | 10
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Julesferry.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jules Ferry]]'''<br /><small>1832&ndash;1893<br />(Aged 60)</small>
| 15 November 1870
| 18 March 1871
| rowspan=2 | [[Corps législatif|MP]] for [[Seine (department)|Seine]]<br/><small>(1869&ndash;1870)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Opportunist Republicans|Moderate Republican]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | N/A
|-
| colspan=8 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | ''Office abolished'' (1871&ndash;1977)
|-
! rowspan=6 style="background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}}; color:white" | 11
| rowspan=6 | [[File:Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=6 | '''[[Jacques Chirac]]'''<br /><small>1932&ndash;2019<br />(Aged 86)</small>
| 20 March 1977
| 13 March 1983
| rowspan=6 | [[Prime Minister of France]]<br/><small>(1974&ndash;1976)</small>
| rowspan=6 | [[Rally for the Republic]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Christian de La Malène]] 
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[1977 French municipal elections|1977]]
|-
| 13 March 1983
| 19 March 1989
| rowspan=4 | [[Jean Tiberi]] 
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[1983 French municipal elections|1983]]
|-
| 19 March 1989
| 16 May 1995
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[1989 French municipal elections|1989]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Rally for the Republic}}; color:white" | 12
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Jean Tiberi 2007 06 06 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Jean Tiberi]]'''<br /><small>1935&ndash;2025<br />(Aged 90)</small>
| 22 May 1995
| 25 March 2001
| rowspan=2 | [[National Assembly (France)|MP]] for [[Paris]]<br/><small>(1976&ndash;2012)</small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Rally for the Republic]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Jacques Dominati]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[1995 French municipal elections|1995]]
|-
! rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}; color:white" | 13
| rowspan=4 | [[File:Bertrand Delanoë in 2010.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=4 | '''[[Bertrand Delanoë]]'''<br /><small>Born 1950</small>
| 25 March 2001
| 16 March 2008
| rowspan=4 | [[Senate (France)|Senator]] for [[Paris]]<br/><small>(1995&ndash;2001)</small>
| rowspan=4 | [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Anne Hidalgo]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[2001 French municipal elections|2001]]
|-
| 16 March 2008
| 5 April 2014
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[2008 Paris municipal election|2008]]
|-
! rowspan=6 style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}; color:white" | 14
| rowspan=6 | [[File:Anne Hidalgo, février 2014 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=6 | '''[[Anne Hidalgo]]'''<br /><small>Born 1959</small>
| 5 April 2014
| 3 July 2020
| rowspan=6 | [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]] of [[Paris]]<br/><small>(2001&ndash;2014)</small>
| rowspan=6 | [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Bruno Julliard]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[2014 Paris municipal election|2014]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Emmanuel Grégoire]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3 July 2020
| rowspan="2" | ''Incumbent''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Patrick Bloche]]
|- 
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=2 colspan=2 class=nowrap | [[2020 Paris municipal election|2020]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Administration of Paris]]

== References ==
*A list of provosts of the merchants (deleted from this article in 2017) is found in ''[[La Grande Encyclopédie]]'', volume 25, page 1063, published in 1899. See [http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/catalog.php?Mod=i&Titre=grande+encyclop%E9die scan] of the full text at [[Gallica]].
*The list of mayors since 1789 comes from Paris city hall's website. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20090710152458/http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=96&document_type_id=5&document_id=7999&portlet_id=10575 Historique des maires de Paris].

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