The Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina is Democrat Marikay Abuzuaiter who took office in December 2025 after the 2025 mayoral election.
Greensboro operates with council-manager government, under which the mayor is elected separately from Greensboro City Council.
Greensboro mayors serve four year terms with no term limits. Elections are held as non-partisan.
List of mayors # Mayor Term start Term end1Charles G. Yates185718612Alexander P. Eckel186118633Richard Sterling186418654William L. Scott186518695R. M. Sloan187018736Cyrus P. Mendenhall187418767S. C. Dodson187718838R. R. King Sr.188318859J. A. Barringer1887188810James W. Forbis1889189111J. R. Mendenhall1892189312John A. Barrninger1893189413James E. Boyd1894189514J. J. Nelson1895189815Z. V. Taylor1899190016William H. Osborne1901190317T. J. Murphy1905190718L. J. Brandt1907190919E. J. Stafford1909191120T.J. Murphy1911191721E. J. Stafford (2 terms)1917 192122Claude Kiser1921192323E. B. Jeffress1925192724R. R. King Jr.1927192925Paul C. Lindley1931193326Roger W. Harrison (resigned)1933193727Ralph L. Lewis (resigned)1939194028Huger King1940194129W. H. Sullivan1942194330C. M. Vanstory Jr.1945194731Fielding L. Fry1947194932Benjamin Cone1949195133Robert H. Frazier1951195334R. Boyd Morris (resigned)1955195635J. Archie Cannon Jr.1956195736George H. Roach1957196137David Schenck1961196538W. L. Trotter Jr.1965196739Carson Bain1967196940H. J. Elam III1969197141Jim Melvin (5 terms)1971198142John W. Forbis (3 terms)1981198743Vic Nussbaum Jr. (3 terms)1987199344Carolyn S. Allen (3 terms)1993199945Keith Holliday (4 terms)1999200746Yvonne Johnson2007200947William H. Knight2009201148Robbie Perkins2011201349Nancy Vaughan (3 terms)2013202550Marikay Abuzuaiter2025present
See also Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina
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