The Mayor of the City of Zadar () is the highest official of the Croatian city of Zadar. From 1990 to 2007 the mayor was elected by the city assembly. Since 2007 Croatian mayors are elected directly by the citizens. The first such election in Zadar occurred in 2009.
List This is a list of the 50 people who have thus far served as Mayors of Zadar starting in 1805:
French Empire
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note 1 Trifun Pasquale 1805 1806 2 Petar Damijani od Vrgade 1806 1811 3 Andrija Borelli Vranski 1811 1813
Austria-Hungary
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note 4 Nikola Pappafava 1770–1833 1813 1818 5 Francesco de Sanfermo 1818 1830 6 Antonio Alesani 1783–1845 1830 1832 7 Antonio Cernizza (Crnica) 1832 1840 8 Giulio Parma 1840 1840 9 Antonio Rolli 1840 1841 10 Franjo Borelli Vranski 1841 1844 11 Antonio Nekić 1844 1848 12 Marko Cernizza (Crnica) d. 1862 1848 1858 13 Antonio Nekić 1858 1861 14 Kuzma Benja Posedarski 1809–1885 1861 1874 15 Nikola Trigari 1827-1902 1874 1899 16 Luigi ZiliottoL.Monzali, Italiani di Dalmazia. Dal Risorgimento alla Grande Guerra, Le Lettere, Firenze 2004 1863–1922 1900 1916 17 Matej Škarić 1916 1918 18 Alfons BorelliHrvatski leksikon A-K, Naklada Leksikon d.o.o., Zagreb, 1996., p. 125 1861–1934 1918 1918
Kingdom of Italy
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note 19 Luigi Ziliotto 1863–1922 1918 1922 Second term. 20 Ascania Persicalli 1922 1922 21 Antonio Alesani 1830 1832 22 Vicko Fabiani 1922 1941 23 Mario Sani 1941 1941 24 Ivan Salghetti-Drioli 1941 1943
Independent State of Croatia
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note 25 Karlo Höeberth 1943 1944
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Mayors in this period held title of President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar.
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note Ivo Dražević 1945 1946 Communist Party of Yugoslavia Krsto Gjergja 1946 1947 Communist Party of Yugoslavia Drago Labar 1948 1950 Communist Party of Yugoslavia Mladen Buljevac 1918–2012 1950 1950 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Branko Modrić 1950 1950 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Edvin Andrović 1896–1973 1951 1951 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Ante Maštrović Nino 1951 1952 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Ante Sorić Golub 1952 1956 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Albin Švorinić 1956 1960 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Jovan Jokić 1960 1963 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Drago Strenja 1963 1967 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Božidar Papić 1985 1986 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Kažimir Zanki 1967 1972 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Julian Padelin 1972 1974 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Ivica Maštruko 1979 1986 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Josip Vlahović 1986 1990 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Republic of Croatia
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office—Electoralmandate Party Note Ivo Livljanić1938– 1990 1992 Croatian Democratic Union Formally known as President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar. Duško Kučina1934–2017 1992 1994 Croatian Democratic Union Božidar Kalmeta 1994 2004 Croatian Democratic Union Only mayor between 1990 and 2017 who was born in Zadar. Ana Lovrin 2004 2006 Croatian Democratic Union First woman mayor. Živko Kolega 2006 2009 Croatian Democratic Union Zvonimir Vrančić 2009 2013 Croatian Democratic Union Božidar Kalmeta 2013 2017 Croatian Democratic Union Third term. Branko Dukić 2017 2025 Croatian Democratic Union Šime Erlić 2025 Incumbent Croatian Democratic Union
See also Zadar Dalmatia Zadar County Elections in Croatia
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