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The '''mayoralty Mayor of Pensacola''' is the symbolic head of government of the [[City of Pensacola]]. In its current form, the mayoralty confers very little power, authority, or responsibility; the mayor is the presiding member of the [[Pensacola City Council]] but serves otherwise in a largely ceremonial capacity. The mayoralty is a position that has fluctuated throughout the city's history. The first recorded mayor, under Spanish rule, was [[Jose Noriega]] (1820-1821). During the Civil War the city government went into exile in Greenville, Alabama, until it was restored in 1866. Other changes occurred in 1885, when Florida governor [[E.A. Perry]] tried to replace the city charter with a state-appointed commission, and in 1916, when the city changed to a council-manager form of government and the position was appointed by the [[Pensacola City Council|city council]]. It was changed again to an elected position in 2001 under [[John Fogg]], who remains the incumbent.