# List of mayors of Novi Sad

This is a list of mayors of Novi Sad from 1 February 1748, when the city got royal free city status by Maria Theresa of Austria.
The mayor of Novi Sad is the head of the City of Novi Sad (the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). The mayor acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Novi Sad. The current mayor of Novi Sad is Žarko Mićin (SNS). He was elected by the City Assembly on 24 February 2025, following the resignation of Milan Đurić, who served as mayor from 2022 to 2025.

## Habsburg monarchy / Austrian Empire / Austria-Hungary

* Ignjac Hajl (1748 – 1752)
* Pantelija Milanković (1752 – 1756)
* József Tir (1756 – 1766)
* David Racković (1766 – 1772)
* József Ridi (1772 – 1778)
* David Racković (1778 – 1784)
* József Ridi (1784 – 1786)
* Ferenc Kasonyi (1786)
* József Szopron (1786 – 1793)
* Dimitrije Bugarski (1789 – 1793)
* József Szopron (1800 – 1801)
* Franz Schtrwetzki (1801 – 1807)
* Andrea Odi (1807 – 1810)
* Grigorije Janković (1810 – 1822)
* Georgije Konstantinović (1822 – 1831)
* Franz Lang (1835 – 1836)
* Johann Kerber (1836 – 1839)
* Franz Lang (1839 – 1840)
* Jovan Kamber (1840 – 1848)
* Petar Zako (1848)
* Pavle Jovanović (1848 – 1849)
* Karlo Molinari (1849)
* Jožef Šimić (1849)
* Pavle Jovanović (1849 – 1850)
* Grigorije Jovišić (1850 – 1853)
* Gavrilo Polzović (1853 – 1861)
* Svetozar Miletić (1861 – 1862)
* Pavle Mačvanski (1862)
* Pavle Stojanović (1862 – 1867)
* Svetozar Miletić (1867 – 1868)
* Pavle Stojanović (1868 – 1869)
* Stevan Branovački (1869 – 1872)
* Pavle Mačvanski (1872 – 1874)
* Jovan Radanović (1878 – 1884)
* Stevan Peci Popović (1884 – 1902)
* Lajos Szalai (1902 – 1906)
* Vladimir Demetrović (1906 – 1914)
* Béla Profuma (1914 – 1918)

## Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia

* Jovan Živojinović (1919 – 1920)
* Stevan Adamović (1920 – 1921)
* Milan Slepčević (1921 – 1922)
* Žarko Stefanović (1922 – 1925)
* Jovan Lakić (1926 – 1928)
* Branislav Borota (1928 – 1936)
* Branko Ilić (1936 – 1938)
* Kosta Milosavljević (1938 – 1939)
* Miloš Petrović (1939 – 1941)

## Hungarian occupation

* Miklós Nagy (1941 – 1944)

## DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia

* Alimpije Popović (1944 – 1949) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Dušan Ibročkić (1949 – 1951) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Radomir Radujkov (1951 – 1952) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Todor Jovanović (1952 – 1956) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Milosav Gonja (1956) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Boža Melkus (1957 – 1962) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Tima Vrbaški (1962 – 1967) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Dušan Ilijević (1967 – 1973) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Milan Čanak (1974) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Jovan Dejanović (1974 – 1982) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Branislav Dejanović (1982 – 1983) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Zdravko Mutin (1983 – 1984) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Aleksandar Horvat (1984 – 1985) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Boško Petrov (1985 – 1989) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Vlada Popović (1989 – 1992) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)

## FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| | Vladimir Divjaković (born 1946) | 1992 | 13 January 1993 | 1 year | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| | Milorad Mirčić (born 1956) | 13 January 1993 | 24 June 1994 | 1 year, 162 days | Serbian Radical Party |
| | Milorad Đurđević (born 1940) | 24 June 1994 | 10 January 1995 | 200 days | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| | Đuro Bajić (born 1938) | 10 January 1995 | 12 December 1996 | 1 year, 337 days | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| | Mihajlo Svilar (1947–2013) | 12 December 1996 | 18 June 1997 | 188 days | Serbian Renewal Movement |
| | Stevan Vrbaški (1940–2022) | 18 June 1997 | 20 October 2000 | 3 years, 124 days | Serbian Renewal Movement |
| | Borislav Novaković (born 1964) | 20 October 2000 | 5 October 2004 | 3 years, 351 days | Democratic Party |
| | Maja Gojković (born 1963) | 5 October 2004 | 5 June 2006 | 1 year, 243 days | Serbian Radical Party |

## Republic of Serbia

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party |
| | Maja Gojković (born 1963) | 5 June 2006 | 16 June 2008 | 2 years, 11 days | Serbian Radical Party (until 4 March 2008) |
| | Maja Gojković (born 1963) | 5 June 2006 | 16 June 2008 | 2 years, 11 days | Independent |
| | Igor Pavličić (born 1970) | 16 June 2008 | 12 September 2012 | 4 years, 88 days | Democratic Party |
| | Miloš Vučević (born 1974) | 12 September 2012 | 26 October 2022 | 10 years, 44 days | Serbian Progressive Party |
| | Milan Đurić (born 1977) | 26 October 2022 | 24 February 2025 | 2 years, 121 days | Serbian Progressive Party |
| | Žarko Mićin (born 1982) | 24 February 2025 | Incumbent | 1 day | Serbian Progressive Party |