Mayor of Zadar
Mayor of the City of Zadar
Coat of arms of Zadar
Incumbent
Šime Erlić
since 10 June 2025
AppointerDirect elections
(before 2007: Zadar City Council)
Term length4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Inaugural holderTrifun Pasquale[1]
Salary3089,67 Euros[2]
Websitegrad-zadar.hr/gradonacelnik

The Mayor of the City of Zadar (Croatian: Gradonačelnik Grada 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.[3] 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:[4]

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[5] 1811 1813

Austria-Hungary

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
4 Nikola Pappafava[6] 1770–1833 1813 1818
5 Francesco de Sanfermo[7] 1818 1830
6 Antonio Alesani[8] 1783–1845 1830 1832
7 Antonio Cernizza (Crnica)[9] 1832 1840
8 Giulio Parma 1840 1840
9 Antonio Rolli 1840 1841
10 Franjo Borelli Vranski[10] 1841 1844
11 Antonio Nekić 1844 1848
12 Marko Cernizza (Crnica)[11] d. 1862 1848 1858
13 Antonio Nekić 1858 1861
14 Kuzma Benja Posedarski[12] 1809–1885 1861 1874
15 Nikola Trigari 1827-1902 1874 1899
16 Luigi Ziliotto[13] 1863–1922 1900 1916
17 Matej Škarić 1916 1918
18 Alfons Borelli[14] 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[15] 1922 1922
21 Antonio Alesani 1830 1832
22 Vicko Fabiani 1922 1941
23 Mario Sani 1941 1941
24 Ivan Salghetti-Drioli 1941 1943

Nazi Germany

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
25 Karlo Höeberth 1943 1944

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

  League of Communists 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
26 Ivo Dražević 1945 1946 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
27 Krsto Gjergja 1946 1947 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
28 Drago Labar 1948 1950 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
29 Mladen Buljevac 1918–2012 1950 1950 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
30 Branko Modrić 1950 1950 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
31 Edvin Andrović[16] 1896–1973 1951 1951 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
32 Ante Maštrović Nino 1951 1952 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
33 Ante Sorić Golub 1952 1956 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
34 Albin Švorinić 1956 1960 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
35 Jovan Jokić 1960 1963 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
36 Drago Strenja 1963 1967 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
37 Božidar Papić 1985 1986 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
38 Kažimir Zanki[17] 1967 1972 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
39 Julian Padelin 1972 1974 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
40 Ivica Maštruko[18]
1979
1986 		League of Communists of Yugoslavia
41 Josip Vlahović
1986
1990 		League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Republic of Croatia

  Croatian Democratic Union

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office
—
Electoral
mandate 		Party Note
42 Ivo Livljanić[19] 1938–
1990
1992 		Croatian Democratic Union Formally known as President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar.
43 Duško Kučina[20] 1934–2017
1992
1994 		Croatian Democratic Union
44 Božidar Kalmeta[21]
1994
2004 		Croatian Democratic Union Only mayor between 1990 and 2017 who was born in Zadar.[22]
45 Ana Lovrin[23]
2004
2006 		Croatian Democratic Union First woman mayor.
46 Živko Kolega[24]
2006
2009 		Croatian Democratic Union
47 Zvonimir Vrančić[22]
2009
2013 		Croatian Democratic Union
48 Božidar Kalmeta
2013
2017 		Croatian Democratic Union Third term.
49 Branko Dukić
2017
2025 		Croatian Democratic Union
50 Šime Erlić
2025
Incumbent 		Croatian Democratic Union

See also

References

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  6. ^ "Nikola Pappafava | Zadarski list" (in Croatian). Zadarskilist.hr. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ^ "Schematismo Provinciale della Dalmazia". 1826.
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  12. ^ "Benja". Croatian encyclopedia. 2021. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  13. ^ L.Monzali, Italiani di Dalmazia. Dal Risorgimento alla Grande Guerra, Le Lettere, Firenze 2004
  14. ^ Hrvatski leksikon A-K, Naklada Leksikon d.o.o., Zagreb, 1996., p. 125
  15. ^ "ARHiNET - Općina Zadar".
  16. ^ Maštrović, Vjekoslav (1983). "Andrović, Edvin". Croatian Biographical Lexicon. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  17. ^ "Kažimir Zanki bio je najuspješniji hrvatski gradonačelnik - Kultura - 057info - Zadar". 057info.hr. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  18. ^ "MVEP • Maštruko, dr. Ivica". Mvep.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  19. ^ "Livljanić, Ive - Dani kršćanske kulture". Danikrscanskekulture.info. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  20. ^ "U vrijeme njegova mandata niti jedan prognanik nije bio gladan | Zadarski list" (in Croatian). Zadarskilist.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  21. ^ Foto: Filip Brala/PIXSELL. "Božidar Kalmeta - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  22. ^ a b "Od šest zadarskih gradonačelnika samo je jedan rođeni Zadranin | Zadarski list" (in Croatian). Zadarskilist.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  23. ^ Foto: Patrik Macek/PIXSELL. "Ana Lovrin - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  24. ^ "Dr. Živko Kolega novi gradonačelnik Zadra! - 14.06.2005. | Grad Zadar - Gradska uprava". Grad-zadar.hr. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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