List of mayors of Sarajevo

This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo has had 40 different mayors in 41 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 August 1878, upon Austro-Hungarian occupation.

History The first mayor of Sarajevo Mustafa Fadilpašić was also the city's longest-served mayor, having remained in office for 14 years. The first non-Muslim mayor was Aristotel Petrović, who served from 1918 until 1920. The only mayor to serve more than once was Edhem Bičakčić, who was mayor from 1928 to 1929, and once again from 1935 to 1939. Fehim Čurčić, the city's fifth mayor, served during World War I. In 1941, Atih Hadžikadić was elected mayor, a position that was short-lived as he was hanged during World War II in August 1941. Semiha Borovac became Sarajevo's first female mayor in 2005.

The current, 41st mayor of the city is Samir Avdić, serving since 16 July 2025.

Mayors

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft office 1Mustafa Fadilpašić22 August 18786 December 1892 2 Mehmed Kapetanović1893April 1899 3 Nezir Škaljić189910 March 1905 4 Esad Kulović190514 November 1910 Progressive Muslim Party 5Fehim Čurčić29 December 19101915 6Aristotel Petrović2 December 1918November 1920 7Ljudevit Novat19201922 8Ibrahim Hadžiomerović19221927 9Edhem BičakčićOctober 19281929JMO 10Asim-beg Mutevelić19291935 11Ibrahim Šarić19351935 (9)Edhem Bičakčić1935JMO 12Muhamed Zlatar1941 13Atih Hadžikadić1941August 1941 14Hasan DemirovićAugust 1941May 1942 15Mustafa SoftićMay 19421945 16Husein Brkić19451947KP BiH 17Ferid Čengić19471948KP BiH 18Dane Olbina19481955KP BiHSK BiH 19Ljubo Kojo19551962SK BiH 20Lazo Materić19621963SK BiH 21Vaso Radić19631965SK BiH 22 Salko Lagumdžija196516 May 1967SK BiH 23Džemal Muminagić16 May 196710 March 1973SK BiH 24Dane Maljković10 March 19731975SK BiH 25Anto Sučić19751981SK BiH 26Emerik Blum19811983SK BiH 27Uglješa Uzelac19831985SK BiH 28Kemal Hanjalić19851987SK BiH 29Salko Selimović19871989SK BiH 30Juraj Martinović19891990SK BiH 31Muhamed KreševljakovićDecember 1990April 1994SDA 32Tarik KupusovićApril 1994February 1997SDA 33Rasim GačanovićFebruary 1997April 2000SDA 34Muhidin HamamdžićApril 200016 April 2005SDP BiH 35Semiha Borovac16 April 200528 January 2009SDA 36Alija Behmen28 January 200927 March 2013SDP BiH 37Ivo Komšić27 March 20136 February 2017SDU BiHUSD SDP BiH 38Abdulah Skaka6 February 20178 April 2021SDA 39Benjamina Karić8 April 202118 November 2024SDP BiH 40Predrag Puharić29 November 202416 July 2025SDP BiH 41Samir Avdić16 July 2025IncumbentNiP

See also History of Sarajevo Timeline of Sarajevo

References

External links

Grad Sarajevo - Sarajevski gradonačelnici 1878–2013