List of mayors of Sarajevo

Mayor of Sarajevo
Gradonačelnik Sarajeva
The Coat of arms of Sarajevo
since 29 November 2024
SeatVijećnica
AppointerSarajevo City Council
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderMustafa Fadilpašić
Formation22 August 1878
Salary1,510 EUR per month[1]
WebsiteCity of Sarajevo website

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 39 different mayors in 40 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.[2] The first non-Muslim mayor was Aristotel Petrović, who served from 1918 until 1920.[3] 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.[4] 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, 40th mayor of the city is Predrag Puharić, serving since 29 November 2024.[5]

Mayors

  Yugoslav Muslim Organization   League of Communists   Party of Democratic Action   Social Democratic Party   Social Democratic Union

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
1 Mustafa Fadilpašić
(1830–1892) 		22 August 1878 6 December 1892
2 Mehmed Kapetanović
(1839–1902) 		1893 April 1899
3 Nezir Škaljić
(1844–1905) 		1899 10 March 1905
4 Esad Kulović
(1854–1917) 		1905 14 November 1910[6] Progressive Muslim Party
5 Fehim Čurčić
(1866–1916) 		29 December 1910 1915
6 Aristotel Petrović
(1881–1920) 		2 December 1918 November 1920
7 Ljudevit Novat
(1871–?) 		1920 1922
8 Ibrahim Hadžiomerović
(1886–?) 		1922 1927
9 Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941) 		October 1928 1929 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
10 Asim-beg Mutevelić
(1883–1956) 		1929 1935
11 Ibrahim Šarić
(1882–1939) 		1935 1935
(9) Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941) 		1935 c. March 1939 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
12 Muhamed Zlatar
(1890–1943) 		c. March 1939 1941
13 Atih Hadžikadić
(1884–1941) 		1941 August 1941
14 Hasan Demirović
(1897–1976) 		August 1941 May 1942
15 Mustafa Softić
(1898–1990) 		May 1942 1945
16 Husein Brkić
(1889–1961) 		1945 1947 KP BiH
17 Ferid Čengić
(1910–1986) 		1947 1948 KP BiH
18 Dane Olbina
(1919–2011) 		1948 1955 KP BiH
renamed in 1952 to

SK BiH
19 Ljubo Kojo
(1920–1993) 		1955 1962 SK BiH
20 Lazo Materić
(1920–1999) 		1962 1963 SK BiH
21 Vaso Radić
(1923–2011)[7] 		1963 1965 SK BiH
22 Salko Lagumdžija
(1921–1973) 		1965 16 May 1967 SK BiH
23 Džemal Muminagić
(1920–2003) 		16 May 1967 10 March 1973 SK BiH
24 Dane Maljković
(1927–2016)[8] 		10 March 1973 1975 SK BiH
25 Anto Sučić
(1929–1985) 		1975 1981 SK BiH
26 Emerik Blum
(1911–1984) 		1981 1983 SK BiH
27 Uglješa Uzelac
(1938–1997) 		1983 1985 SK BiH
28 Kemal Hanjalić
(b. 1939) 		1985 1987 SK BiH
29 Salko Selimović
(1935–2017)[9] 		1987 1989 SK BiH
30 Juraj Martinović
(1936–2021) 		1989 1990 SK BiH
31 Muhamed Kreševljaković
(1939–2001) 		December 1990 April 1994 SDA
32 Tarik Kupusović
(b. 1952) 		April 1994 March 1996 SDA
33 Rasim Gačanović
(b. 1950) 		January 1998 April 2000 SDA
34 Muhidin Hamamdžić
(b. 1936) 		April 2000 16 April 2005 SDP BiH
35 Semiha Borovac
(b. 1955) 		16 April 2005 28 January 2009 SDA
36 Alija Behmen
(1940–2018) 		28 January 2009 27 March 2013 SDP BiH
37 Ivo Komšić
(b. 1948) 		27 March 2013 6 February 2017 SDU BiH
(until 2013)
USD
(2013–2014)
SDP BiH
(from 2014)
38 Abdulah Skaka
(b. 1983) 		6 February 2017 8 April 2021 SDA
39 Benjamina Karić
(b. 1991) 		8 April 2021 18 November 2024 SDP BiH
40 Predrag Puharić
(b. 1977) 		29 November 2024 Incumbent SDP BiH

See also

References

  1. ^ "Veća plata gradonačelnicima Banje Luke i Zadra, nego Sarajeva i Zagreba". etto.ba (in Bosnian). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Mustaj-beg Fadilpašić, prvi gradonačelnik Sarajeva". RadioSarajevo. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography; page 142. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472115570. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ^ Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography; pages 150-151. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472115570. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ^ V.K. (29 November 2024). "Predrag Puharić (SDP) je novi gradonačelnik Sarajeva, dobio podršku Gradskog vijeća" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ^ Kreševljaković, Hamdija (1969). "Sarajevo za vrijeme austrougarske uprave (1878-1918).". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Godišnjica smrti Vase Radića". Historija. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Komšić se u ime Grada Sarajeva i građana oprostio od Daneta Maljkovića". Faktor. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Oslobođenje - Umro nekadašnji gradonačelnik Sarajeva Salko Selimović". 15 September 2017.
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