Mayor of Belgrade

The Mayor of Belgrade (Serbian: Градоначелник Београда / Gradonačelnik Beograda) is the head of the City of Belgrade (the capital and largest city of Serbia). The Mayor acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executive function in the City of Belgrade.[1] The position is important as the city is the most important hub of economy, culture and science in Serbia. The current Mayor of Belgrade is Zoran Radojičić (Independent[lower-alpha 1]). He was elected by the City Assembly on 7 June 2018, following the 2018 City Assembly election.[2]

Mayor of Belgrade
Градоначелник Београда
Gradonačelnik Beograda
Incumbent
Zoran Radojičić
since 7 June 2018
StyleMayor
Member ofCity Council
Reports toCity Assembly
ResidenceNo official residence
SeatOld Palace
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderIlija Čarapić
Formation7 May 1839 (1839-05-07)
DeputyGoran Vesić

Office
The City Hall (Old Palace) – Office of the mayor. Built in 1884 according to the project of architect Aleksandar Bugarski.

According to the current legislation, the Mayor is elected along with members of the City Assembly at the direct secret ballot for the period of four years. The Mayor may not be a councilor of the City Assembly.[1]

The Mayor has a Deputy who replaces him/her in case of an extended absence and/or due to any other reasons that prevent the Mayor to perform the duties. The Mayor appoints and dismisses the Deputy Mayor based on the approval of the City Assembly.[1]

The Mayor is concurrently the Chairman of the City Council with the right to vote.[1]

Authorities (competences) of the Mayor of Belgrade
  • Immediate execution and/or looking after carrying out of the decisions and/or other documents of the City Assembly;
  • Proposing of draft decisions and/or other documents to be made by the City Assembly, as well as the manner of resolving the issues to be decided by the City Assembly;
  • Looking after carrying out of the entrusted duties within the scope of rights and responsibilities of the Republic;
  • Directing and coordinating of operations of the City Administration;
  • Proposing of the appointment and/or dismissal of the Head and Deputy Head of the City Administration;
  • Deciding on granting the right to use or lease the property, as well as on terminating the contracts on granting the right to use or lease such property, and charging the mortgage over the property used by the City and/or City Administration under the approval of the Property Directorate of the Republic of Serbia;
  • The Mayor is the executive authority in charge of the budget implementation;
  • Making of individual documents he is authorized to present under the current legislation, Charter or decision of the City Assembly;
  • Establishing of the expert working bodies in charge of their respective terms of references, and
  • Performing of any duties as provided for by the Charter, and/or other bylaws of the City.

List of mayors of Belgrade
  Denotes Acting Mayor

Principality of Serbia
  • Ilija Čarapić (7 May 1839 – 27 May 1840)
  • Miloš Bogićević (28 May 1840 – 24 September 1840)
  • Mladen Žujović (25 September 1840 – till end of 1841)
  • Stojan Delimirković (1855)
  • Marko Stojković (1861 – 1862)
  • Jovan Smiljanić (1865 – 1866)
  • Gligorije Jovanović (1866)
  • Mihailo Terzibašić (6 September 1866 – 14 September 1867)
  • Jovan Nikolić-Čokojić (14 September 1867 – 1868)
  • Vasilije Ivanović (1868)
  • Gligorije Jovanović (1868)
  • Aćim Čumić (1869)
  • Arsa Lukić (27 December 1869 – April 1871)
  • Aleksa Đurić (10 June 1871 – 31 December 1872)
  • Dimitrije Popović (30 March 1872 – August 1878)
  • Aleksa Stevanović (August 1878 – October 1879)
  • Živko Karabiberović (October 1879 – 6 March 1882)

Kingdom of Serbia
  • Živko Karabiberović (6 March 1882 – 1 August 1884)
  • Vladan Đorđević (1 August 1884 – 10 August 1885) (Serbian Progressive Party)
  • Mihailo Bogićević (4 April 1886 – 4 February 1887)
  • Svetomir Nikolajević (7 March 1887 – 1 September 1887) (People's Radical Party)
  • Živko Karabiberović (1 September 1887 – 30 December 1889)
  • Nikola Pašić (30 December 1889 – 14 January 1891) (People's Radical Party)
  • Milovan Marinković (26 May 1891 – 22 November 1892)
  • Petar Tatić (23 November 1892 – 2 April 1893)
  • Milovan Marinković (6 April 1893 – 12 May 1894)
  • Mihailo Bogićević (14 May 1894 – 8 November 1896)
  • Nikola Stevanović (5 December 1896 – 31 December 1896)
  • Nikola Pašić (10 January 1897 – 13 November 1897) (People's Radical Party)
  • Nikola Stevanović (13 November 1897 – 14 November 1899)
  • Antonije Pantović (20 November 1899 – 13 April 1901)
  • Milovan Marinković (28 May 1901 – 6 November 1902)
  • Nikola Stamenković (28 March 1903 – 11 August 1903)
  • Kosta Glavinić (20 August 1903 – 20 November 1907)
  • Velisav Vulović (1 January 1908 – 10 October 1909)
  • Kosta Glavinić (11 April 1910 – 21 September 1910)
  • Ljubomir Davidović (24 October 1910 – 19 January 1914) (Independent Radical Party)
  • Đorđe Nestorović (1 February 1914)

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Mihailo Marjanović
(1871–1925)		 Early 1919 9 November 1919 years People's Radical Party
Kosta Jovanović
(1875–1930)		 9 November 1919 25 August 1920 290 days Democratic Party
Filip Filipović
(1878–1938)		 25 August 1920 25 August 1920 0 days Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Đoka Kara-Jovanović 2 September 1920 3 March 1921 182 days People's Radical Party
Dobra Mitrović
(1886–1923)		 9 March 1921 12 March 1923 2 years, 3 days People's Radical Party
Mihailo Marjanović
(1871–1925)		 22 August 1923 6 January 1925 1 year, 137 days People's Radical Party
Kosta Kumanudi
(1874–1962)		 22 August 1926 18 February 1929 2 years, 180 days Democratic Party
Miloš Savčić
(1865–1941)		 18 February 1929 23 May 1930 1 year, 94 days Independent
Milan Nešić
(1886–1970)		 23 May 1930 12 May 1932 1 year, 355 days Independent
Milutin Petrović 12 May 1932 5 January 1935 2 years, 238 days Independent
Vlada Ilić
(1882–1952)		 10 January 1935 13 September 1939 4 years, 246 days Independent
Vojin Đuričić 13 September 1939 20 June 1940 281 days Independent
Jevrem Tomić 20 June 1940 12 April 1941 296 days Independent
Ivan Milićević 12 April 1941 19 June 1941 68 days Independent

Nedić's regime under Nazi German occupation
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Milosav Stojadinović 19 June 1941 29 August 1941 71 days Independent
Dragomir Jovanović
(1902–1946)		 29 August 1941 20 October 1944 3 years, 52 days Independent

DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Mihajlo Ratković 1944 1947 2–3 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Ninko Petrović
(1896–1981)		 1947 1951 3–4 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Đurica Jojkić
(1914–1981)		 1951 1954 2–3 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Miloš Minić
(1914–2003)		 1955 1957 1–2 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Đurica Jojkić
(1914–1981)		 1957 1961 3–4 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Milijan Neoričić
(1922–2014)		 1961 1964 2–3 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Branko Pešić
(1922–1986)		 1964 1974 9–10 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Živorad Kovačević
(1930–2011)		 1974 1982 7–8 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Bogdan Bogdanović
(1922–2010)		 1982 1986 3–4 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Aleksandar Bakočević
(1928–2007)		 1986 1990 3–4 years League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Milorad Unković
(1945–2013)		 1990 1991 0–1 years Socialist Party of Serbia

FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Milorad Unković
(1945–2013)		 1991 1993 1–2 years Socialist Party of Serbia
Slobodanka Gruden
(born 1940)		 1993 23 June 1994 0–1 years Socialist Party of Serbia
Nebojša Čović
(born 1958)		 23 June 1994 21 February 1997 2 years, 243 days Socialist Party of Serbia
Zoran Đinđić
(1952–2003)		 21 February 1997 30 September 1997 221 days Democratic Party
Milan Božić
(born 1952)		 30 September 1997 22 January 1999 1 year, 114 days Serbian Renewal Movement
Vojislav Mihailović
(born 1951)		 22 January 1999 5 October 2000 1 year, 257 days Serbian Renewal Movement
Milan St. Protić
(born 1957)		 5 October 2000 20 March 2001 166 days New Serbia
(DOS)
Dragan Jočić
(born 1960)		 20 March 2001 1 June 2001 73 days Democratic Party of Serbia
(DOS)
Radmila Hrustanović
(born 1952)		 1 June 2001 7 October 2004 3 years, 128 days Civic Alliance of Serbia
(DOS)
Nenad Bogdanović
(1954–2007)		 7 October 2004 5 June 2006 1 year, 241 days Democratic Party

Republic of Serbia
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Nenad Bogdanović
(1954–2007)		 5 June 2006 27 September 2007†[3] 1 year, 114 days Democratic Party
Zoran Alimpić
(born 1965)		 27 September 2007 21 July 2008 298 days Democratic Party
Branislav Belić
(1932–2016)		 21 July 2008 19 August 2008 29 days Democratic Party
Dragan Đilas
(born 1967)		 19 August 2008 20 November 2013[lower-alpha 2] 5 years, 93 days Democratic Party
Temporary Council
(Serbian: Привремено веће / Privremeno veće)[lower-alpha 3]		 20 November 2013 24 April 2014 155 days Multipartisan
Siniša Mali
(born 1972)		 24 April 2014 28 May 2018 4 years, 34 days Serbian Progressive Party[7]
Andreja Mladenović
(born 1975)		 28 May 2018 7 June 2018 10 days Serbian Progressive Party[8]
Zoran Radojičić
(born 1963)		 7 June 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 233 days Independent[lower-alpha 1]

See also

Notes
  1. Nominated to the post by the Serbian Progressive Party.
  2. Dismissed by the City Assembly of Belgrade on 24 September 2013.[4]
  3. Members: President Siniša Mali (SNS), Nikola Nikodijević (SPS), Andreja Mladenović (DSS), Tatjana Pašić (DS) (until 10 December 2013[5]) and Nebojša Čović (SNS).[6]

References
  1. City of Belgrade - Mayor
  2. "Zvanično - Zoran Radojičić novi gradonačelnik Beograda". b92.net (in Serbian). Beta, Tanjug. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "Preminuo Nenad Bogdanović" (in Serbian). B92. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. "Đilas smenjen sa mesta gradonačelnika" (in Serbian). RTS. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. "Ostavka Tatjane Pašić" (in Serbian). RTS. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. "Izabrano privremeno veće Beograda" (in Serbian). RTS. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  7. "Ničić već stigao do Predsedništva, izabrani i Mali i Vesić" (in Serbian). B92. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. Изборне листе (1. АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – Зато што волимо Београд!), City of Belgrade (Election 2018), accessed 27 July 2018.
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