The city of

Orlando, Florida Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...

, was incorporated in 1875. The first

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William Jackson Brack William Jackson Brack (June 17, 1837 – April 30, 1901) was the first mayor of Orlando, Florida from 1875 to 1877. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County, Florida, Brevard County from 1885 to 1887. He was born to ...

, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a

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election. The current mayor is

Buddy Dyer John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who has served as the Mayor of Orlando since 2003. A member of the Florida Democratic Party, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He previously served as a representative ...

, who was first elected in a

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in February 2003. Dyer was elected to his first full term in

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, and after a brief suspension for six weeks in 2005, has subsequently been re-elected in

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, and

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* City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed city commissioners

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. Sutherland served for about four weeks until a special election was held. Former mayor

James LeRoy Giles James LeRoy Giles (June 16, 1863 – May 3, 1946) was the twenty-second, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth Mayor of Orlando, serving non-consecutively from 1916 to 1920, 1924 to 1926, and 1929 to 1932. He also served as an alternate delegate t ...

won the special election and served out the remainder of the term. *

Ernest Page Ernest Page (born circa 1942) is a former member of the Orlando, Florida, City Council who served as Orlando's interim mayor in March and April 2005 while the elected mayor, Buddy Dyer, was facing charges of electoral fraud. After the charges agai ...

was appointed interim mayor for about six weeks in March–April 2005 while

was under investigation for election fraud stemming from the 2004 election. The charges against Dyer were dismissed, and Dyer was reinstated as mayor on April 20, 2005.

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World Statesman - Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W (Orlando)City of Orlando Election Results

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– Describes the city's exhibit of memorabilia from past mayors. {{Orlando, Florida

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Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

List of mayors

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