# Mayor of Zadar

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. The first such election in Zadar occurred in 2009.

## List

Here follows a list of the 49 people who have thus far served as Mayors of Zadar starting in 1805:

### French Empire

| No. | Mayor | Term of office | Term of office |
| 1 | Trifun Pasquale | 1805 | 1806 |
| 2 | Petar Damijani od Vrgade | 1806 | 1811 |
| 3 | Andrija Borelli Vranski | 1811 | 1813 |

### Austria-Hungary

| No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Term of office |
| 4 | Nikola Pappafava | 1770–1833 | 1813 | 1818 |
| 5 | Francesco de Sanfermo | | 1818 | 1830 |
| 6 | Antonio Alesani | 1783–1845 | 1830 | 1832 |
| 7 | Antonio Cernizza (Crnica) | | 1832 | 1840 |
| 8 | Giulio Parma | | 1840 | 1840 |
| 9 | Antonio Rolli | | 1840 | 1841 |
| 10 | Franjo Borelli Vranski | | 1841 | 1844 |
| 11 | Antonio Nekić | | 1844 | 1848 |
| 12 | Marko Cernizza (Crnica) | d. 1862 | 1848 | 1858 |
| 13 | Antonio Nekić | | 1858 | 1861 |
| 14 | Kuzma Benja Posedarski | 1809–1885 | 1861 | 1874 |
| 15 | Nikola Trigari | 1827-1902 | 1874 | 1899 |
| 16 | Luigi Ziliotto | 1863–1922 | 1900 | 1916 |
| 17 | Matej Škarić | | 1916 | 1918 |
| 18 | Alfons Borelli | 1861–1934 | 1918 | 1918 |

### Kingdom of Italy

| No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Term of office | Note |
| 19 | Luigi Ziliotto | 1863–1922 | 1918 | 1922 | Second term. |
| 20 | Ascania Persicalli | | 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 | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Note |
| 25 | | Karlo Höeberth | | 1943 | 1944 | | |

### Federal 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 | Term of office | Party |
| 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 | 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 | | 1967 | 1972 | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
| 39 | Julian Padelin | | 1972 | 1974 | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
| 40 | Ivica Maštruko | | 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 | Term of office — Electoral mandate | Party | Note |
| 42 | Ivo Livljanić | 1938– | 1990 | 1992 | Croatian Democratic Union | Formally known as President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar. |
| 43 | Duško Kučina | 1934–2017 | 1992 | 1994 | Croatian Democratic Union | |
| 44 | Božidar Kalmeta | | 1994 | 2004 | Croatian Democratic Union | Only mayor between 1990 and 2017 who was born in Zadar. |
| 45 | Ana Lovrin | | 2004 | 2006 | Croatian Democratic Union | First woman mayor. |
| 46 | Živko Kolega | | 2006 | 2009 | Croatian Democratic Union | |
| 47 | Zvonimir Vrančić | | 2009 | 2013 | Croatian Democratic Union | |
| 48 | Božidar Kalmeta | | 2013 | 2017 | Croatian Democratic Union | Third term. |
| 49 | Branko Dukić | | 2017 | Incumbent | Croatian Democratic Union | |