Editing Hemer (section)

===List of mayors ===
Until 1995 the [[mayor]] was an honorary post with only formal duties, while the actual head of administration was the ''Stadtdirektor''. This system was introduced in 1946 by the [[Control Commission for Germany - British Element|British military government]], and was abolished in 1999. However, when Reiner Hermann was forced to resign in 1994, shortly after the new system was adopted, Hemer became the first commune of North Rhine-Westphalia to get a professional mayor in 1995.
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* Christian Schweitzer ([[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]) - since 2020
* Michael Heilmann (UWG) - 2016–2020
* Michael Esken (CDU) - July 24, 2003 - 2015
* Heinz Öhmann (CDU) - March 30, 1995 till March 17, 2003
* Doris Ebbing (CDU) - 1994–1995
* Klaus Burda ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]) - 1987–1994
* Hans Meyer (CDU) - 1975–1987
* Werner Beckmann ([[Free Democratic Party of Germany|FDP]]) - 1975 (provisional)
* Hans Meyer (CDU) - 1969–1974
* Fredi Camminadi (SPD) - 1961–1969
* Karl Bode (FDP) - 1956–1961
* Josef Hesse ([[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrum]]) - 1952–1956
* Josef Kleffner (CDU) - 1949–1952
* Rudolf Maiworm (SPD) - 1948–1949
* Hermann Arendt (SPD) - 1946–1948
* Heinz Hoose (SPD) - 1945–1946
* Josef Kleffner (Zentrum) - 1945
* Wilhelm Langemann (independent, later [[NSDAP]]) - 1934–1945
* Rudolf Löbbecke (NSDAP) - 1933–1934
* Otto Renzig ([[German People's Party|DVP]]) - 1929–1933
* Fritz Clarfeld (DVP/[[German National People's Party|DNVP]]) - 1919–1929
* Heinrich Grünewald - 1912–1919
* Hermann Trump - 1910–1912
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*Reiner Hermann - 1990–1994
*Dieter Voss - 1966–1990
*Wolfgang Kreft - 1965–1966
*Heinz Hoose - 1946–1964
**deputized by Richard Ebeling 1949–1956
**deputized by Ernst Liene 1960–1964
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