This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of Guangzhou since the mid-Warlord era.
| # | Name | Office |
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| 1 | Sun Fo | 15 February 1921 — July 1922 |
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| 2 | Wu Fei | July 1922 — December 1922 |
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| 3 | Jin Zhang (金章) | December 1922 — 8 February 1923 |
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| 4 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | 8 February 1923 — 26 February 1923 |
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| 5 | Sun Fo | 26 February 1923 — September 1924 |
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| 6 | Li Fulin (李福林) | September 1924 — July 1925 |
| City Council Chairperson |
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| 1 | Wu Chaoshu | July 1925 — June 1926 |
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| 2 | Sun Fo | June 1926 — May 1927 |
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| 3 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | May 1927 — November 1927 |
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| 4 | Kan Nai-kuang (甘乃光) | November 1927 — May 1928 |
| Mayor |
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| 7 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | May 1928 — June 1931 |
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| 8 | Cheng Tiangu (程天固) | June 1931 — March 1932 |
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| 9 | Liu Jiwen (刘纪文) | March 1932 — August 1936 |
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| 10 | Zeng Yangfu (曾养甫) | August 1936 — 21 October 1938 |
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| (11) | Peng Dongyuan (彭东原) | 21 October 1938 — October 1941 |
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| (12) | Zhou Huaren | October 1941 — June 1942 |
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| (13) | Chen Yaozu (陈耀祖) | June 1942 — 1942 |
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| (14) | Zhou Yingxiang (周应湘) | 1942 — February 1943 |
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| (15) | Wang Qi (汪屺) | February 1943 — 1944 |
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| (16) | Cheung Cheuk Kwan (張焯堃) | 1944 — September 1945 |
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| 11 | Chan Chak (陈策) | September 1945 — June 1946 |
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| 12 | Ouyang Ju (欧阳驹) | June 1946 — 6 October 1949 |
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| 13 | Li Yangjing (李扬敬) | 6 October 1949 — 28 October 1949 |
| # | Name | Office |
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| 1 | Ye Jianying | 28 October 1949 — December 1952 |
| 2 | He Wei (何伟) | December 1952 — November 1956 |
| 3 | Zhu Guang (朱光) | November 1956 — November 1960 |
| 4 | Zeng Sheng (曾生) | November 1960 — 15 March 1967 |
| Chairman of Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee |
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| 5(1) | Huang Ronghai (黄荣海) | 15 March 1967 — December 1972 |
| 6(2) | Jiao Linyi (焦林义) | December 1972 — March 1979 |
| 7(3) | Yang Shangkun | March 1979 — September 1981 |
| Mayor |
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| 8 | Liang Lingguang (梁灵光) | September 1981 — July 1983 |
| 9 | Ye Xuanping | July 1983 — August 1985 |
| 10 | Zhu Senlin | August 1985 — June 1988 |
| 11 | Yang Ziyuan (杨资元) | June 1988 — 7 June 1989 |
| 12 | Li Ziliu | 7 June 1989 — 1996 |
| 13 | Lin Shusen | 1996 — April 2003 |
| 14 | Zhang Guangning | April 2003 — 16 April 2010 |
| 15 | Wan Qingliang | 16 April 2010 — 20 December 2011 |
| 16 | Chen Jianhua | 20 December 2011 — 26 January 2016 |
| 17 | Wen Guohui | 26 January 2016 - present |