The mayor of Surabaya is an elected politician who is responsible for governing the city of Surabaya in Java.

The first mayor of Surabaya was Mr A. Meijroos, who governed the city during the Dutch colonisation period from 1916 to 1920.

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In the case of government, a regional head who applies for leave or temporarily resigns from his position with the central government, then the Governor of East Java prepares a replacement who is a bureaucrat in the regional government or even a deputy mayor, including when the mayor's position is in a transition period.