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== Politics ==
=== Mayor and city council ===
The most recent mayoral election was held on 26 May 2024, and the results were as follows:
{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Peter Kleine
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/Weimarwerk)
| 21,808
| 72.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| Stefan Markus Giebel
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
| 3,057
| 10.2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| Andreas Leps
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
| 2,923
| 9.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| André Störr
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
| 2,192
| 7.3
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 29,980
! 97.6
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 745
! 2.4
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 30,725
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 50,968
! 60.3
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=LR&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=055&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen]
|}

The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2024, and the results were as follows:
{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Lead candidate
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| align=left| Jörg Geibert
| 17,581
| 19.9
| {{increase}} 2.4
| 8
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| 
| align=left| Weimarwerk Citizens' Alliance
| align=left| Wolfgang Hölzer
| 15,558
| 17.6
| {{decrease}} 0.3
| 7
| {{steady}} 0
|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| align=left| Andreas Leps
| 13,579
| 15.4
| {{decrease}} 3.1
| 6
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| align=left| Thomas Hartung
| 12,520
| 14.2
| {{increase}} 1.0
| 6
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (Die Linke)
| align=left| Hubert Krüger
| 12,227
| 13.8
| {{decrease}} 2.4
| 6
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| align=left| Karl-Heinz Stöpel
| 12,099
| 13.7
| {{increase}} 2.7
| 6
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| align=left| Angelika Hampicke
| 2,414
| 2.7
| {{decrease}} 0.9
| 1
| {{steady}} 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany|Pirate Party]]/[[Party of Humanists|Humanists]] (Piraten/PdH)
| align=left| Oliver Kröning
| 1,195
| 1.4
| New
| 1
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| align=left| Uwe Schnetter
| 1,200
| 1.4
| New
| 1
| New
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 88,373
! 100.0
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid ballots
! 1,123
! 3.6
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Total ballots
! 30,776
! 96.4
! 
! 42
! ±0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 50,968
! 60.4
! {{decrease}} 1.1
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=8| Source: [https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/WAHL.asp?wahlart=KW&wJahr=2024&zeigeErg=WK&auswertung=1&wknr=055&gemnr=&terrKrs=&gemteil=000&buchstabe=&Langname=&wahlvorschlag=&sort=&druck=&XLS=&anzahlH=0&Nicht_existierende=&x_vollbildDatenteil=&optik=&aktual=&ShowLand=&ShowWK=&ShowPart= Wahlen in Thüringen]
|}

===Lord Mayor===
List of mayors and lord mayors (since 1793)

The years behind the names indicate the years of office, whereby the year of office did not correspond to the calendar year.

Since 1838, the city has had a lord mayor.<ref>[https://stadt.weimar.de/ueber-weimar/stadtgeschichte/oberbuergermeister/ ''Weimars Stadtoberhäupter seit 1793.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820103710/https://stadt.weimar.de/ueber-weimar/stadtgeschichte/oberbuergermeister/ |date=20 August 2022 }} In: ''stadt.weimar.de,'' retrieved 24 April 2019</ref>

*1793–1797: Johann Heinrich Siegmund Rentsch
*1798–1811: {{interlanguage link|Carl Adolph Schultze|de}}
*1811–1813: Daniel Wilhelm Brunnquell
*1813: {{interlanguage link|Carl Christian August Paulssen|de}}
*1814–1820: Bernhard Friedrich Rudolph Kuhn
*1820–1838: {{interlanguage link|Carl Leberecht Schwabe|de}}
*1838–1850: Carl Georg Hase
*1851–1866: {{interlanguage link|Wilhelm Christian Friedrich Bock|de}}
*1867–1873: Otto Schäffer
*1873–1875: {{interlanguage link|Leo Fürbringer|de}} (conservative)
*1875–1910: [[Karl Pabst]] (liberal)
*1910–1920: {{interlanguage link|Martin Donndorf|de}} (non-party)
*1920–1937: {{interlanguage link|Walther Felix Mueller|de}} (non-party)
*1937–1945: {{interlanguage link|Otto Koch|de|Otto Koch (Bürgermeister)}} ([[Nazi Party|NSDAP]])
*15–30 April 1945: {{interlanguage link|Erich Kloss|de|Erich Kloss (Jurist)}} (non-party)
*1 April–5 November 1945: {{interlanguage link|Fritz Behr|de}} (SPD)
*1945–1946: {{interlanguage link|Otto Faust|de}} (SPD/[[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]])
*1946–1948: Gerhard Hempel ([[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|LDP]])
*1948–1953: {{interlanguage link|Hermann Buchterkirchen|de}} (CDU)
*1953–1959: {{interlanguage link|Hans Wiedemann (politician)|de|Hans Wiedemann (Politiker)}} (CDU)
*1960–1969: [[Luitpold Steidle]] (CDU)
*1969–1970: {{interlanguage link|Paul Ullmann|de}} (CDU)
*1970–1982: {{interlanguage link|Franz Kirchner|de}} (CDU)
*1982–1989: [[Gerhard Baumgärtel]] (CDU)
*1989–1990: {{interlanguage link|Volkhardt Germer|de}} (acting) (SED)
*6–2 June. July 1990: Wolfgang Hentzschel (CDU)
*27 July 1990 – 1994: Klaus Büttner (CDU)
*1994–2006: Volkhardt Germer (non-party)
*2006–2018: {{interlanguage link|Stefan Wolf (politician)|de|Stefan Wolf (Politiker)|lt=Stefan Wolf}} (SPD)
*since 1 July 2018: Peter Kleine (independent, for CDU and Weimarwerk Civic Alliance)