San Antonio has a Council-Manager form of government with a ten-member City Council. Councilmembers are elected by District, while the Mayor is elected at-large. The term of office for the Mayor and all members of the City are two-year terms, for not more than four (4) full terms of office.
From 2001 to 2005, he served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Elected at the age of 32, he is the youngest person to become mayor of San Antonio and only the second person of Hispanic descent to hold the office since the election of Henry Cisneros in 1981.
Council members from all ten districts and the mayoral office are up for election during each of these municipal elections. Since 2008, council members and mayors are limited to a total of four two-year terms.
Nirenberg was elected mayor in 2017, defeating incumbent Ivy Taylor, and was sworn in as the mayor of San Antonio on June 21, 2017. He was narrowly re-elected in 2019 facing Greg Brockhouse, a city councilman critical of his policies.
District 1 Sub-menu. Sukh Kaur. Staff Directory. District 2 Sub-menu. Jalen McKee-Rodriguez. Staff Directory. District 3 Sub-menu. Phyllis Viagran. District 4 Sub-menu. Dr. District 5 Sub-menu. Teri Castillo. District 6 Sub-menu. Melissa Cabello Havrda. District 7 Sub-menu. Marina Alderete Gavito. District 8 Sub-menu. Manny Pelaez.
Mayors of San Antonio, Texas Years of ServiceMayor 1840–41 John W. Smith (2nd) 1841–42 Juan Seguín (2nd) 1841 Francis Guilbeau (Pro Tem) 1842–44 John W. Smith (3rd)74 more rows
Juan fought in the Texas Revolution, escaping death at the Alamo when he was sent out as a courier shortly before the fall of the citadel. Seguín was elected to the Republic of Texas Senate in 1837--the only Mexican Texan to serve in that body--but resigned in 1840 and was then elected mayor of San Antonio.
Mayors of San Antonio, Texas Years of ServiceMayor 1838–39 Antonio Menchaca (Pro Tem) 1839–40 Samuel Maverick 1840–41 John W. Smith (2nd) 1841–42 Juan Seguín (2nd)74 more rows