Which McDonald’s character was created as the mayor of McDonaldland?

Mayor McCheese was created as the mayor of McDonaldland.

The character had a large cheeseburger for a head and wore formal civic clothing, including a mayoral sash. His exaggerated design fit McDonald’s 1970s fantasy advertising, where familiar food items were turned into talking citizens and officials.

Mayor McCheese appeared in commercials and promotional material alongside Ronald McDonald and other McDonaldland characters. His role helped give the fictional setting a recognizable government figure and added another layer to its playful story world.

Mayor McCheese is sometimes confused with Officer Big Mac, who served as a law-enforcement character in the same fictional setting. Their names both use McDonald’s food branding, but Mayor McCheese represented the town’s civic leadership, while Officer Big Mac had an official policing role.