The office of the Mayor of Tulle is a directly elected position. Since 1947 there have been eight mayors; the term of office is for a period of six years. Since 2008, the mayor is Bernard Combes (PS).
List of mayors Period Name Party Other position held 1795–1808 François Duval 1808–1811 Pierre Ludière 1812–1815 Antoine Melon 1815–1816 Jean Pierre Lacombe 1816–1825 Guy Joseph Rémi de Saint-Priest de Saint-Mur 1825–1830 Antoine de Valon 1830–1837 Lacoste-Dumont 1837–1846 Martial Soleilhet 1846–1848 François Favars 1848–1849 M.Sage 1849–1851 Louis Joseph Hugo 1851–1857 François Favars 1857–1863 Henri Brugère 1863–1871 Guy Joseph Rémi Lafond de Saint-Mur 1871–1871 Louis Joseph Parrical de Chammard 1871–1872 M.Floucaud-Pénardille 1872–1873 Dominique Boudrie 1873–1874 Jean Emile Téreygeol 1874–1875 M.Paris 1876–1878 Conchard de Vermeil 1878–1883 Edouard Charain 1883–1884 Léon Borie 1884–1887 Ernest Brugère 1887–1891 Jules Vergne 1891–1892 Joseph Saugon 1892–1912 Jean-Baptiste Tavé 1912–1919 Alfred Parrical de Chammard 1919–1922 Gustave Maschat 1922–1925 François Malimont 1925–1943 Jacques de Chammard 1943–1944 Gabriel Bouty 1944–1947 Jules Lafue 1947–1949 Clément Chausson Communist 1949–1959 Jean Massoulier 1959–1971 Jean Montalat SFIO, Socialist 1971–1977 Georges Mouly Rally for the Republic 1977–1995 Jean Combasteil Communist 1995–2001 Raymond-Max Aubert Rally for the Republic 2001–2008 François Hollande Socialist Socialist nominee for 2012 presidential election, President of France, 2012–2017 Since 2008 Bernard Combes Socialist
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