Klaus von Dohnanyi

Klaus von Dohnanyi
von Dohnanyi in 2018
First Mayor of Hamburg
In office
24 June 1981  8 June 1988
PresidentKarl Carstens
Richard von Weizsäcker
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Helmut Kohl
Preceded byHans-Ulrich Klose
Succeeded byHenning Voscherau
Personal details
Born (1928-06-23) 23 June 1928
Hamburg, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany

Klaus Karl Anton von Dohnanyi (German pronunciation: [ˈklaʊs fɔn doˈnaːni]; born 23 June 1928) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as mayor of Hamburg between 1981 and 1988. As of 2025, he is the oldest living former head of a german state government.