Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

The mayor of Miami Beach is the nonpartisan chief executive of the municipal government of Miami Beach, Florida, and the presiding member of its seven-member City Commission. Modern-day mayors are elected to two-year terms and are term-limited to no more than 3 terms, which can be consecutive or non-consecutive. The mayor and other members of the City Commission appoint a city manager to administer the day-to-day affairs and operations of City Hall and its various departments. City Hall is located at 1700 Convention Center Drive; the mayor's office is located on the fourth floor.

Mayor of the City of Miami Beach
Seal of the City of Miami Beach
Incumbent
Dan Gelber
since November 13, 2017
Term lengthTwo years
Inaugural holderJohn Newton Lummus, Sr.
Formation1915
Salary$10,000 (as of 2015)
WebsiteMayor's official website

The current mayor is Dan Gelber, who was elected on November 7, 2017, and assumed office on November 13, 2017. He was reelected on September 6, 2019, and, on November 2, 2021, to his third and final term.[1][2][3] He is the son of the 33rd mayor, Seymour Gelber. The younger Gelber is the third son to follow in his father's footsteps and hold the office. Other father-son combinations who served as mayors include the John Lummuses (Jr. and Sr.) and the Dermers (Jay and David).

Mayors (1915–present)
No. Portrait Name Term in office Terms Approximate

length of service

 Notes
1 John Newton Lummus, Sr.

1871-1961

 March 26, 1915

–

October 28, 1918

 2 3 years,

7 months

 Father of 5th mayor, J. N. Lummus, Jr.
2 Thomas Jessup Pancoast

1865-1941

 October 28, 1918

–

October 25, 1920

 1 2 years [4]
3 Thomas E. James October 25, 1920

–

October 23, 1922

 1 2 years
4 Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar

1890-1951

 October 23, 1922

–

December 21, 1926

 1st and 2nd of 4 terms 4 years,

2 months

 Longest-serving mayor (8 years, 8 months over 4 terms)[5]
5 John Newton Lummus, Jr.

1899-1983

 December 21, 1926

–

December 18, 1928

 1 2 years Son of 1st mayor, J. N. Lummus, Sr.
6 Louis Fielding Snedigar

1890-1951

 December 18, 1928

–

December 16, 1930

 3rd of 4 terms 2 years [5]
7 Val C. Cleary

1882-1966

 December 16, 1930

–

December 20, 1932

 1st of 2 terms 2 years [6]
8 Arthur Frank Katzentine

1902-1960

 December 20, 1932

–

December 18, 1934

 1 2 years
9 Louis Fielding Snedigar

1890-1951

 December 18, 1934

–

June 1, 1937

 4th of 4 terms 2 years,

6 1⁄2 months

 [5]
10 John Hale Levi

1875?-1948

 June 1, 1937

–

June 3, 1941

 2 4 years [7][8][9][10][11]
11 Val C. Cleary

1882-1966

 June 3, 1941

–

June 1, 1943

 2nd of 2 terms 2 years [6]
12 Mitchell Wolfson

1900-1983

 June 1, 1943

–

June 5, 1944

 1 1 year
13 John Hale Levi

1875?-1948

 June 5, 1944

–

June 5, 1945

 1 1 year [7][8][9][10][11]
14 Herbert A. Frink June 5, 1945

–

June 3, 1947

 1 2 years
15 Marcie Lieberman

1896-1966

 June 3, 1947

–

June 7, 1949

 1 2 years [12]
16 Harold Turk

1915?-1988

 June 7, 1949

–

June 5, 1951

 1 2 years [13]
17 D. Lee Powell

1908-1983

 June 5, 1951

–

June 2, 1953

 1st of 3 terms 2 years [14]
18 Harold Shapiro

1906?-1981

 June 2, 1953

–

June 7, 1955

 1 2 years Born in Russia, emigrated to U.S. at age 4[15]
19 D. Lee Powell

1908-1983

 June 7, 1955

–

June 4, 1957

 2nd of 3 terms 2 years [14]
20 Kenneth Oka

1916-1987

 June 4, 1957

–

June 2, 1959

 1st of 2 terms 2 years [16][17]
21 D. Lee Powell June 2, 1959

–

June 6, 1961

 3rd of 3 terms 2 years [14]
22 Kenneth Oka

1916-1987

 June 6, 1961

–

June 4, 1963

 2nd of 2 terms 2 years [16][17]
23 Melvin J. Richard

1911?-2001

 June 4, 1963

–

June 1, 1965

 1 2 years [18][19][20]
24 Elliott Roosevelt

1910-1990

 June 1, 1965

–

June 6, 1967

 1 2 years Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt[21][22][23][24][25]
25 Jay Dermer

1929?-1988

 June 6, 1967

–

November 2, 1971

 2 4 years,

5 months

 Father of 35th mayor, David Dermer[26][25]
26 Chuck Hall

1918?-1974

 November 2, 1971

–

August 10, 1974

(died in office)

 2 2 years,

9 months

 Previously served as the first mayor of Miami-Dade County, 1964-1970[27][28][29]
Acting Harold Rosen

1925-2018

 August 10, 1974

–

November 4, 1975

 1 year,

3 months 

 Appointed to fill office upon Chuck Hall's death; later elected in his own right[30][31][32][33][34]
27 November 4, 1975

–

November 1, 1977

 1  2 years
28 Leonard Haber

1933-2015

 November 1, 1977

–

November 6, 1979

 1 2 years [35]
29 Murray Selbert Meyerson

1931?-

 November 6, 1979

–

November 3, 1981

 1 2 years [36][37][38]
30 Norman Ciment

1936-

 November 3, 1981

–

November 1, 1983

 1 2 years [39][40]
31 Malcolm Hubert Fromberg

1935-2016

 November 1, 1983

–

November 5, 1985

 1 2 years [41][42][43]
32 Alex Daoud

1943-

 November 5, 1985

–

October 31, 1991

(suspended from office)

 3 6 years Suspended by Gov. Lawton Chiles following federal indictment[44][45][46]
Acting Stanley Arkin

1932-2015

 October 31, 1991

–

November 20, 1991

 3 weeks Vice mayor at time of Alex Daoud's suspension[47][48]
33 Seymour Gelber

1919-2019

 November 20, 1991

–

November 4, 1997

 3 6 years Father of 38th mayor, Dan Gelber[49][50]

[51][52][53]

34 Neisen Kasdin

1954-

 November 4, 1997

–

November 13, 2001

 2 4 years [54]
35 David Dermer

1963-

 November 13, 2001

–

November 21, 2007

 3 6 years Son of 25th mayor, Jay Dermer[25][55][56]
36 Matti Herrera Bower

1939-

 November 21, 2007

–

November 25, 2013

 3 6 years First woman and Hispanic to serve as mayor[57][58]
37 Philip Levine

1962-

 November 25, 2013

–

November 13, 2017

 2 4 years [59][60]
38 Dan Gelber

1960-

 November 13, 2017

–

Incumbent

 1 Son of 33rd mayor, Seymour Gelber[51][53]

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