title: List of mayors of Tartu
text: # List of mayors of Tartu
  
  The following is a list of mayors of Tartu, Estonia.
  
  | * | Office | Name | Political affiliation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1787–1788 | Georg Friedrich von Kymmel | | Mayor |
  | 2 | 1788 | Johann Major | | Mayor |
  | 3 | 1793–1796 | Gerhard Wilde | | Mayor |
  | 4 | 1877 | Carl Victor Kupffer | | Mayor |
  | 5 | 1878–1891 | Georg von Oettingen | | Mayor |
  | 6 | 1891–1898 | Wilhelm Bock | | Mayor |
  | 7 | 1898–1917 | Victor von Grewingk | | Mayor |
  | 8 | 1917 | Heinrich Luht | | Mayor |
  | 9 | 1917–1918 | Jaan Kriisa | | Mayor |
  | 10 | 1918 | Egmont Brock | | Mayor |
  | 11 | 1918–1919 | Jaan Kriisa | | Mayor |
  | 12 | 1919–1920 | Ants Simm | | Mayor |
  | 13 | 1920–1934 | Karl Luik | | Mayor |
  | 14 | 1934 | Hans Ainson | | Mayor |
  | 15 | 1934–1939 | Aleksander Tõnisson | | Mayor |
  | 16 | 1939–1940 | Robert Sinka | | Mayor |
  | 17 | 1940–1941 | Kristjan Jalak | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 18 | 1941 | Robert Sinka | | Mayor |
  | 19 | 1941–1942 | Voldemar Onton | | Deputy Mayor |
  | 20 | 1942–1944 | Karl Keerdoja | | Mayor |
  | 21 | 1944 | Joan Riismantel | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 22 | 1944–1945 | August Prink | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 23 | 1945–1949 | Bronislav Võrse | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 24 | 1949–1950 | Eduard Schmidt | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 25 | 1950–1953 | Ivan Rosental | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 26 | 1953 | Heinrich Tiido | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 27 | 1953 | Heinrich Ajo | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 28 | 1953–1957 | Kaarel Kotsar | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 29 | 1957–1961 | Martin Varik | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 30 | 1961–1964 | Heino Sisask | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 31 | 22 May 1964–1973 | Arnold Karu | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 32 | 29 June 1973–1979 | Roland Ilp | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 33 | 26 December 1979 – 30 June 1987 | Nikolai Preiman | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 34 | 30 June 1987 – 17 October 1991 | Toomas Mendelson | Communist Party | Chairman of Executive Committee |
  | 35 | 21 November 1991 – 11 November 1993 | Ants Veetõusme | Independent Royalist Party | Mayor |
  | 36 | 11 November 1993 – 31 October 1996 | Väino Kull | Reform Party | Mayor |
  | 37 | 31 October 1996 – 3 April 1997 | Tõnis Lukas | Pro Patria Union | Mayor |
  | 38 | 24 April 1997 – 10 September 1998 | Roman Mugur | | Mayor |
  | 39 | 10 September 1998 – 23 September 2004 | Andrus Ansip | Reform Party | Mayor |
  | 40 | 23 September 2004 – 2 April 2007 | Laine Jänes | Reform Party | Mayor |
  | 41 | 26 April 2007 – 26 March 2014 | Urmas Kruuse | Reform Party | Mayor |
  | 41 | 8 April 2014 – present | Urmas Klaas | Reform Party | Mayor |
  