List of mayors of Boston

The Mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor-council system of government. The Mayor’s Office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center. There was no Mayor of Boston until 1822 because up to that point Boston was still incorporated as a town. The current mayor is Thomas Menino.

Since 1952, the mayoral term has been four years. There are no term limits.

Candidates for mayor do not run as members of any political parties. The two candidates with the highest number of votes in the preliminary election run against each other on the general election ballot.

This is a list of the mayors of Boston, Massachusetts. "A" denotes an acting mayor:

Living former mayors
Currently, there is only one living former Mayor of Boston, Raymond Flynn. The most recent mayor to die was Kevin H. White, on January 27, 2012.