Mayor and Governor of Laitstadt

Mayor and Governor of Laitstadt
Bürgermeister und Landespräsident von Laitstadt
Flag of Laitstadt
Incumbent Tanja Balzer-Künert since 22 July 2022
Member of	Government of Laitstadt
Nominator	Political parties
Term length	five years (no term limit)
Formation	1923 (current form)

The Mayor and Governor of Laitstadt (Besmenian: Bürgermeister und Landespräsdent von Laitstadt) is the head of government of the state of Laitstadt and also mayor of Laitstadt. Since Laitstadt, as an independent city, has the status of a Besmenian state, the office of mayor and governor of Laitstadt is comparable to the governors of the other Besmenian states.

The mayor and governor of Laitstadt chairs the Government of Laitstadt, determines the guidelines of government policy, monitors compliance and represents Laitstadt. The current mayor and governor of Laitstadt is Tanja Balzer-Künert (GPB), who has been in office since 22 July 2022. Balzer-Künert is the first woman to hold this office. She has governed in a green-red-red coalition since the 2022 election.

List

See also: List of mayors of Laitstadt

Mayor and governor of Laitstadt (1923-present)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party	Cabinet
	File:Ulrich Tannenbaum.jpg	Ulrich Tannenbaum (1869–1945)	16 August 1920	3 November 1930	10 years, 79 days	Social Democratic Union	Tannenbaum I (1920-1925) Tannenbaum II (1925-1930)
	File:Egon Lochmann.jpg	Egon Lochmann (1903–1963)	9 November 1959	23 April 1963 †	3 years, 165 days	Besmenian People's Party	Lochmann (1959-1963)
		Robert Gleitzmann (1915–1999)	23 April 1963	4 September 1972	9 years, 134 days	Besmenian People's Party	Gleitzmann I (1963-1964) Gleitzmann II (1964-1969) Gleitzmann III (1969-1972)
	File:Rainer Fischer.jpg	Rainer Fischer (1923–2002)	4 September 1972	26 November 1979	7 years, 83 days	Besmenian People's Party	Fischer I (1972-1974) Fischer II (1974-1979)
	File:Wilfried Kuschke.jpg	Wilfried Kuschke (1937–)	25 March 1983	13 July 1992	9 years, 110 days	Social Democratic Union	1984 1989
	File:Fred Meulenbeck.jpg	Fred Meulenbeck (1941–2016)	13 July 1992	14 December 2009	17 years, 154 days	Social Democratic Union	1992 1997 2002 2007
		Andreas Schmidt (1965–)	14 December 2009	10 July 2017	7 years, 208 days	Social Democratic Union	2012
		Michael Faustmann (1957–)	10 July 2017	22 July 2022	5 years, 12 days	Social Democratic Union	2017
		Tanja Balzer-Künert (1973–)	22 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 149 days	Green Party of Besmenia	2022