The Mayor of Samarinda (Indonesian: Wali Kota Samarinda) is the executive head of the Indonesiancity of Samarinda, as well as Government of Samarinda City (Indonesian: Pemerintah Kota Samarinda). The current officeholder is Andi Harun, a member of Gerindra Party, since 26 February 2021.
The longest-serving mayor has been Kadrie Oening [id] (1967–1980) who was in office for nearly thirteen years (two successive five-year terms), with the interval from 1972 to 1975 served as acting mayor for approximately three years.[10] The next longest-serving mayors have been Abdul Waris Husain [id] (1985–1995) and Achmad Amins [id] (2000–2010) whom was in office uninterrupted for ten years (two consecutive five-year terms), and Syaharie Jaang [id] (2010–2015 and 2016–2021) who was in office for a total of ten years (two successive five-year terms). The shortest terms in office since 1960 has been Sugeng Chairuddin served as daily acting mayor for one week (from 18 to 25 February 2021). Meanwhile, the shortest-serving mayor has been Iswanto Rukin [id] who was in office for under one month (from 11 February to 7 March 1985) due to passing away shortly after taking office.[10]
Overall, Samarinda has been governed by ten mayors and five vice mayors, with three acting mayors. Out of ten mayors, Kadrie Oening was the first and only mayor known to have been born in Samarinda. Extensively, out of three acting mayor, Meiliana is the only acting mayor born in the city.[11] Additionally, Syaharie Jaang (born in 1964) is the first mayor born after the city government's inception in 1960.[12]
^The township status was passed on 26 June 1959, and enacted on 4 July 1959.[5] However, the official ceremony was just held on 21 January 1960 to commemorate the arrival of Bugis people from Wajo in an area now called Samarinda Seberang [id] on 21 January 1668.[4][6] The event took place with the signing of the official handover document from Sultan Parikesit of Kutai to Cpt. Soedjono, who became the first mayor of Samarinda Township, which signified the formation of the Government of Samarinda City.[4]