List of mayors of Fairbanks, Alaska

was mayor from 2016 to 2022. Matherly is shown while campaigning for the office at a street fair in downtown Fairbanks in 2016. The city mayor was originally elected from amongst the council. Later the system changed to elect the mayor directly for a two-year term, but with few responsibilities, as the city was administered by a manager. The mayor began serving as the chief administrator of city government, serving a three-year term, in 1992. ==Mayors of Fairbanks North Star Borough==

and current mayor Karl Kassel on the grandstand of the Fairbanks Labor Day parade in 2008. They are flanked by David Guttenberg, Ethan Berkowitz and Scott Kawasaki. The borough mayor's position was originally titled chairman, rather than mayor, until the mid-1970s, given the structure which the legislature had originally established for organized boroughs. The term of office had changed from two years to three years at around the same time. The position is non-partisan. ==References==