List of mayors of Heerlen

• 1805–1818: Jan Gerard Kemmerling
• 1818–1820: Albert Schultze
• 1820–1843: Johan Willem Lintjens
• 1843–1853: Jan Joseph Jaegers
• 1853–1855: Leonard Leopold Stassen
• 1856–1862: Jan Peter de Hessele
• 1869–1894: Mathias Jozef Savelberg
• 1894–1913: M.J. de Hesselle he also was the town's Pharmacist
• 1913–1926: Marius Alphonse Marie Waszink, later became Minister of Education
• 1926–1961: Marcel van Grunsven
• 1962–1964: Charles van Rooy
• 1964–1976: Frans Gijzels
• 1976–1986: Jan Reijnen
• 1986–1992: Piet van Zeil
• 1992–2000: Jef Pleumeekers
• 2000–2004: Alexander Sakkers
• 2004–2010: Toine Gresel
• 2010–2015: Paul Depla
• 2015–2015: Frans Weekers '
• 2015–2019: Ralf Krewinkel '
• 2018–2020: Emile Roemer
• 2020-present: Roel Wever