The mayor of the Central District is Nasry Asfura (PNH) who is serving his second term (2018–2022) after being reelected in 2017. He is the eighth person to serve as mayor of the Central District since local elections were restored in 1986 (prior to 1986, the Central District local government, known as ''Consejo Metropolitano'' (Metropolitan Council), was appointed by the President); and this is the ninth elected mayoral term since then and the fourth consecutive elected mayor from the National Party.