State or region
Governing Mayor
- German: Regierender Bürgermeister
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Berlin House of Representatives
- Exact method
- Elected by the Berlin House of Representatives (state parliament) by majority vote; the state constitution sets the exact procedure. Not elected directly by voters.
- Chosen by
- Berlin House of Representatives
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Kai Wegner CDU since April 2023
Report Source: berlin.de,
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Sources
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q1721361 (head of government P6, start date, party P102), read 2026-10-12: office exists; election by the Landtag per general German state constitutional practice, English Wikipedia. Fallback: Wikidata, because official state government pages were not consulted for this check; cross-checked against English Wikipedia. For: Governing Mayor
- berlin.de · checked Senatskanzlei Berlin home page and parlament-berlin.de, read 2026-10-12: Kai Wegner is Governing Mayor, not described as caretaker; the parliament site still shows the 19th-term President, and no constituent session of the House elected on 20 September 2026 is reported. Capacity interim removed until the new House convenes. For: Kai Wegner, current term
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q1721361 (head of government P6, start date, party P102), read 2026-10-12: current head of government, start date. Fallback: Wikidata, because official state government pages were not consulted for this check; cross-checked against English Wikipedia. Caretaker status from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Berlin_state_election. For: Kai Wegner, current term
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