Mayor of Zadar
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AppointerDirect elections
(before 2007: Zadar City Council)
(before 2007: Zadar City Council)
Term length4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Inaugural holderTrifun Pasquale[1]
| Mayor of the City of Zadar | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Zadar | |
since 10 June 2025 | |
| Appointer | Direct elections (before 2007: Zadar City Council) |
| Term length | 4 years, unlimited number of renewals |
| Inaugural holder | Trifun Pasquale[1] |
| Salary | 3089,67 Euros[2] |
| Website | grad-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.
French Empire
This is a list of the 50 people who have thus far served as Mayors of Zadar starting in 1805:[4]
See also: Illyrian Provinces
| 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
See also: Kingdom of Dalmatia
| 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
See also: Province of Zara
| 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 | |||
Independent State of Croatia
See also: Independent State of Croatia
| No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | |
Karlo Höeberth | 1943 | 1944 | |||
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
See also: Socialist Republic of Croatia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Mayors in this period held title of President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar.
Republic of Croatia
| 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
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