Mayor thumb|350px|Results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election The incumbent Lord Mayor of Cologne is Henriette Reker. She received 52.66% of the vote at the municipal election on 17 October 2015, running as an independent with the support of the CDU, FDP, and Greens. She took office on 15 December 2015. Reker was re-elected to a second term in a runoff election on 27 September 2020, in which she received 59.27% of the vote.
mayor thumb|350px|results of the second round of the 2020 mayoral election the incumbent lord mayor of cologne is henriette reker she received 5266% of the vote at the municipal election on 17 october 2015 running as an independent with the support of the cdu fdp and greens she took office on 15 december 2015 reker was re-elected to a second term in a runoff election on 27 september 2020 in which she received 5927% of the vote