Which McDonaldland character had a cheeseburger for a head and served as its mayor?

Mayor McCheese was the McDonaldland character with a cheeseburger for a head who served as mayor.

The character appeared in McDonald's McDonaldland advertising as a humorous civic leader. His oversized cheeseburger head, formal clothing, and mayoral role made him one of the most visually distinctive members of the fictional cast.

Mayor McCheese is sometimes confused with Officer Big Mac because both characters were authority figures in McDonaldland. Their names also connected them to McDonald's menu imagery, but Mayor McCheese was specifically the town's mayor and had a cheeseburger head.

The character belonged to the period when McDonald's used an interconnected group of mascots to build a fantasy setting around its restaurants. Although the company later reduced the prominence of many McDonaldland characters, Mayor McCheese remains a notable example of the brand's early character-driven advertising.