Mayor of Belgrade

Mayor of Belgrade
Incumbent
Zoran Radojičić
since 7 June 2018
Style Mayor
Member of City Council
Reports to City Assembly
Residence No official residence
Seat Old Palace
Term length 4 years
Inaugural holder Ilija Čarapić
Formation May 7, 1839 (1839-05-07)

The Mayor of Belgrade is the head of the City of Belgrade (capital of Serbia). He or she acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Belgrade.[1] The position of the Belgrade Mayor is important as the city is the most important hub of economics, culture and science in Serbia. Furthermore the post of the mayor of Belgrade is the third most important position in the government after the Prime Minister and President. The current Mayor of Belgrade is Zoran Radojičić (Independent[2]).

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

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

  • Mihailo Marjanović (begin of 1919 – November 1919)
  • Kosta Jovanović (9 November 1919 – 25 August 1920)
  • Filip Filipović (25 August 1920) (Communist Party of Yugoslavia)
  • Đoka Kara-Jovanović (2 September 1920 – 3 March 1921)
  • Dobra Mitrović (9 March 1921 – 12 March 1923)
  • Mihailo Marjanović (22 August 1923 – 6 January 1925)
  • Kosta Kumanudi (22 August 1926 – 18 February 1929) (Democratic Party)
  • Miloš Savčić (18 February 1929 – 23 May 1930)
  • Milan Nešić (23 May 1930 – 12 May 1932)
  • Milutin Petrović (12 May 1932 – 5 January 1935)
  • Vlada Ilić (10 January 1935 – 13 September 1939)
  • Vojin Đuričić (13 September 1939 – 20 June 1940)
  • Jevrem Tomić (20 June 1940 – 12 April 1941)
  • Ivan Milićević (12 April 1941 – 19 June 1941)

Nedić's Serbia / Nazi German occupation

  • Milosav Stojadinović (19 June 1941 – 29 August 1941)
  • Dragomir Jovanović (29 August 1941 – 20 October 1944)

DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia

  • Mihajlo Ratković (1944 – 1947) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Ninko Petrović (1947 – 1951) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Đurica Jojkić (1951 – 1954) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Miloš Minić (1955 – 1957) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Đurica Jojkić (1957 – 1961) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Milijan Neoričić (1961 – 1964) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Branko Pešić (1964 – 1974) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Živorad Kovačević (1974 – 1982) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Bogdan Bogdanović (1982 – 1986) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Aleksandar Bakočević (1986 – 1990) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
  • Milorad Unković (1990 – 1991) (Socialist Party of Serbia)

FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Party
64 Milorad Unković
(1945–2013)		19911993Socialist Party of Serbia
65 Slobodanka Gruden
(1940–)		199323 June 1994Socialist Party of Serbia
66 Nebojša Čović
(1958–)		23 June 199421 February 1997Socialist Party of Serbia
67 Zoran Đinđić
(1952–2003)		21 February 199730 September 1997Democratic Party
— Milan Božić
(1952–)
Acting Mayor		30 September 199722 January 1999Serbian Renewal Movement
68 Vojislav Mihailović
(1951–)		22 January 19995 October 2000Serbian Renewal Movement
69 Milan St. Protić
(1957–)		5 October 200020 March 2001New Serbia
— Dragan Jočić
(1960–)
Acting Mayor		20 March 20011 June 2001Democratic Party of Serbia
70 Radmila Hrustanović
(1952–)		1 June 20017 October 2004Civic Alliance of Serbia
71 Nenad Bogdanović
(1954–2007)		7 October 20045 June 2006Democratic Party

Republic of Serbia

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Party
71 Nenad Bogdanović
(1954–2007)		5 June 200627 September 2007
(Died in office)		Democratic Party
— Zoran Alimpić
(1965–)
Acting Mayor		27 September 200721 July 2008Democratic Party
— Branislav Belić
(1932–2016)
Acting Mayor		21 July 200819 August 2008Democratic Party
72 Dragan Đilas
(1967–)		19 August 200820 November 2013Democratic Party
— Temporary Council
President: Siniša Mali		20 November 201324 April 2014—
73 Siniša Mali
(1972–)		24 April 201428 May 2018Serbian Progressive Party[3]
— Andreja Mladenović
(1975–)
Acting Mayor		28 May 20187 June 2018Serbian Progressive Party[4]
74 Zoran Radojičić
(1963–)		7 June 2018IncumbentIndependent[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 City of Belgrade - Mayor
  2. 1 2 Nominated to the post by the Serbian Progressive Party
  3. ↑ "Ničić već stigao do Predsedništva, izabrani i Mali i Vesić" (in Serbian). B92. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Изборне листе (1. АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – Зато што волимо Београд!), City of Belgrade (Election 2018), accessed 27 July 2018.

See also

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