The office of the Mayor of Nantes is a directly elected position. Since 1947 there have been five mayors; the term of office is for a period of six years. The current mayor is Johanna Rolland (PS).
List of mayors
| Period |
Name |
Party |
Other position held
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| 1565-1566 |
Geoffroy Drouet |
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| 1566-1568 |
Yves Rocas |
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| 1568-1569 |
Matthieu André |
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| 1569-1571 |
Pierre Cornulier |
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| 1571-1572 |
Jean Morin |
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| 1572-1573 |
Guillaume Harrouys |
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| 1573-1574 |
Michel Le Lou |
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| 1574-1575 |
Jacques Grignon |
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| 1575-1576 |
Jean Boutin |
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| 1576-1577 |
Robert Poullain |
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| 1577-1578 |
Michel Loriot |
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| 1578-1580 |
François Myron |
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| 1580-1581 |
Antoine de Brezenay |
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| 1581-1583 |
Bonaventure de Compluto |
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| 1583-1584 |
Claude Brossard |
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| 1584-1585 |
Antoine Gravoil |
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| 1585-1586 |
Jacques de Marquès |
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| 1586-1588 |
Jean Fruneau |
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| 1588-1590 |
Charles de Harouys |
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| 1590-1592 |
Pierre André |
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| 1592-1595 |
Jean Laubier |
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| 1595-1597 |
Guillaume Dubot |
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| 1597-1598 |
Jean Fourché |
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| 1598-1599 |
Charles de Harouys |
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| 1599-1601 |
Gabriel Hux |
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| 1601-1603 |
Julien Laurens |
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| 1603-1605 |
Yves Le Lou |
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| 1605-1607 |
Claude Cornulier |
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| 1607-1609 |
Michel Loriot |
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| 1609-1611 |
René Charette |
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| 1611-1613 |
Jean Blanchard |
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| 1613-1615 |
Louis Charette |
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| 1615-1617 |
Pierre Bernard |
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| 1617-1619 |
André Morin |
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| 1619-1621 |
Alexandre Charette |
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| 1621-1623 |
Jacques Raoul |
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| 1623-1625 |
Louis de Harouys |
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| 1625-1627 |
Jean de Harouys |
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| 1627-1629 |
René Ménardeau |
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| 1629-1631 |
René de la Tullaye |
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| 1631-1633 |
Guillaume Blanchard |
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| 1633-1634 |
René Bernard |
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| 1634-1636 |
André Jubot |
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| 1636-1637 |
René Charette |
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| 1637-1639 |
François Bourgogne |
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| 1639-1642 |
Pierre Poullain |
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| 1642-1644 |
Christophe Juchault |
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| 1644-1647 |
Yves Monti |
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| 1647-1648 |
Jacques de Bourges |
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| 1648-1650 |
Mathurin Boux |
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| 1650-1652 |
Jean Charette |
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| 1652-1654 |
Claude Bidé |
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| 1654-1657 |
Jean Fournier |
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| 1657-1659 |
René de Pontual |
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| 1659-1661 |
Jacques Huteau |
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| 1661-1662 |
Jean Poullain |
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| 1662-1664 |
Louis Macé |
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| 1664-1666 |
Mathurin Giraud |
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| 1666-1668 |
François Lorido |
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| 1668-1671 |
Jacques Charette |
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| 1671-1673 |
Gratien Libault |
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| 1673-1675 |
Jean Regnier |
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| 1675-1676 |
Louis Charette |
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| 1676-1679 |
Charles César Chevalier |
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| 1679-1682 |
Jacques Fremon |
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| 1682-1684 |
Louis Mesnard |
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| 1684-1685 |
Claude Bidé |
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| 1685-1688 |
Paul Cassard |
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| 1688-1690 |
Pierre Noblet |
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| 1690-1716 |
Julien Proust |
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| 1716-1720 |
André Boussineau |
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| 1720-1730 |
Gérard Mellier |
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| 1730-1732 |
René Le Ray |
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| 1732-1735 |
Jean François Vedier |
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| 1735-1736 |
René Darquistade |
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| 1736-1738 |
Claude Petit |
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| 1738-1740 |
François Moricaud |
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| 1740-1747 |
René Darquistade |
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| 1747-1748 |
François Pierre Durocher |
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| 1748-1754 |
Mathurin Bellabre |
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| 1754-1762 |
Jean-Baptiste Gellée de Prémion |
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| 1762-1766 |
Léonard Joubert |
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| 1766-1770 |
François Libault |
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| 1770-1772 |
Philippe-Vincent Royer |
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| 1772-1776 |
Pierre de la Ville de Chambardet |
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| 1776-1782 |
Jean-Baptiste Gellée de Prémion |
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| 1782-1786 |
Jean-Jacques Berrouette |
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| 1786-1787 |
Georges Guérin de Beaumont |
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| 1787-1789 |
Pierre Richard |
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| 1789-1791 |
Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan |
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| 1791-1792 |
Pierre-Guillaume Giraud du Plessis |
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| 1792-1793 |
René Gaston Baco de la Chapelle |
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| 9 Oct 1793 - 6 Dec 1794 |
Jean-Louis Renard |
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| 12 Jan 1795 - 19 Nov 1795 |
Pierre-Guillume Giraud du Plessis |
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| 19 Nov 1795 - 3 May 1797 |
Gilbert Beaufranchet |
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| 4 May 1797 - 22 Sep 1797 |
Christophe-Clair Danyel de Kervégan |
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| 22 Sep 1797 - 25 Nov 1798 |
Julien-François Douillard |
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| 25 Nov 1798 - 19 Jul 1800 |
Louis-Maris Saget |
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| 19 Jul 1800 - 31 Mar 1801 |
François Fellonneau |
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| 2 Jun 1801 - 14 Jun 1803 |
Claude-Sylvain Paris |
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| 15 Jun 1803 - 17 Apr 1805 |
Augustin-Louis de Loynes |
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| 1805-1813 |
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand-Geslin |
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| 1813-1815 |
François-Maire de Fou |
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| 1815 |
Jean-Baptiste Bertrand-Geslin |
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| 1815 |
Maurice Etiennez |
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| 1815-1816 |
François-Marie du Fou |
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| 1816-1819 |
Louis Rousseau de Saint-Aignan |
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| 1819-1830 |
Louis-Hyacinthe Lévesque |
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| 1830 |
Maurice Etiennez |
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| 1830-1832 |
Philippe-René Soubzmain |
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| 1832-1848 |
Ferdinand Favre |
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| 1848-1852 |
Evariste Colombel |
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| 1852-1866 |
Ferdinand Favre |
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| 1866-1870 |
Antoine Dufour |
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| 1870-1871 |
René Waldeck-Rousseau |
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| 1871-1872 |
Arsène Leloup |
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| 1872-1874 |
René Waldeck-Rousseau |
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| 1874-1881 |
Julien Charles Marie Claudius Lechat |
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| 1881 |
Mathurin Brissonneau (interim) |
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| 1881-1885 |
Georges Évariste Eugène Colombel |
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| 1885-1888 |
Édouard Normand |
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| 1888-1892 |
Ernest François James Guibourd de Luzinais |
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| 1892-1896 |
Alfred Joseph Riom |
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| 1896-1899 |
Hippolyte Étienne Étiennez |
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| 1899-1908 |
Paul-Émile Sarradin |
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| 1908 |
N. Canal (interim) |
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| 17 May 1908 - 16 Dec 1910 |
Gabriel Guist'hau |
ARD
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| 16 Dec 1910 - 2 May 1928 |
Paul Bellamy |
PRS
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| 2 May 1928 - 1 Jun 1928 |
Gaston Veil |
SFIO
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| 1928-1929 |
Adolphe Moitié |
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| 1929-1935 |
Léopold Cassegrain |
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| 1935-1940 |
Auguste Pageot |
SFIO
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| 24 Dec 1940 - 4 May 1941 |
Edmond Prieur |
SFIO
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| 4 May 1941 - 10 Oct 1942 |
Gaëtan Rondeau |
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| 10 Oct 1942 - 31 Aug 1944 |
Henry Orrion |
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| 31 Aug 1944 - 19 May 1945 |
Clovis Constant |
SFIO
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| 19 May 1945 - 31 Oct 1947 |
Jean Philippot |
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| 31 Oct 1947 - 26 Mar 1965 |
Henry Orrion |
RPF
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| 1965-1977 |
André Morice |
CR |
Senator
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| 1977-1983 |
Alain Chénard |
PS |
Deputy
|
| 1983-1989 |
Michel Chauty |
RPR |
Senator
|
| 20 Mar 1989-21 Jun 2012 |
Jean-Marc Ayrault |
PS |
Deputy
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| 21 Jun 2012-04 Apr 2014 |
Patrick Rimbert |
PS |
Deputy
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| 04 Apr 2014- |
Johanna Rolland |
PS |
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See also
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