Chief Executive of Pula
The following is a list of all 422 of the Chief Executives of Pula ordered by the dates of their mayoral terms which are put in parentheses. Pula has a complex history, as the city was governed by different countries with different forms of government in different epochs. In classical antiquity, Pula was inhabited by the Histri, a Venetic or Illyrian tribe. It was conquered by the Romans in 177 BC, whereafter followed a period of Romanization. The town was elevated to colonial rank between 46 and 45 BC as the tenth region of the Roman  Republic, under Julius Caesar. In the 5th century it was conquered and occupied by the Visigoths and then Ostrogoths. In the second half of the 6th century the Slavs started their occupation of the Istrian peninsula. From 788 Pula was ruled by the Franks, who introduced the feudal system. In 1150 Pula swore allegiance to the Republic of Venice. In the following centuries, Pula was devastated by war and epidemics. As a result of its decimated population and ruined economy, the city fell into disrepute. However, the town was saved by organized Croatian and South-Slav settling. After a small  period under the secular realm of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the city was retaken by the Venetians, who held it from 1331 until 1797. With the collapse of the Venetian Republic in 1797 following Napoleon's Treaty of Campo Formio, Pula became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. It was invaded again in 1805 after the French had defeated the Austrians. It was included in the French Empire of Napoleon as part of the Kingdom of Italy, then placed under the French Empire's Illyrian Provinces. In 1813, Pula was regained by the Austrian Empire. Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary  in 1918, Pula passed to Italy. For two years after World War 2, Pula was administered by the Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories (AMG). Pula formed an enclave within southern Istria that was occupied by Yugoslavia since 1945, with the help of Churchill. Istria was partitioned into occupation zones until the region became officially united with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 15 September 1947, under terms of the Paris Peace Treaties. Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, Pula has been part of the Republic of Croatia. The list starts with the "podestà" appointed by the "Serenissima  during the Venetian period. It includes all the podestà", "provveditori", counts and mayors who have governed the city since 1186. 18th century. Pula annexed by the Holy Roman Empire 19th century. Pula annexed by the French Republic Pula passes to the Austrian Empire 20th century. Pula annexed by the Kingdom of Italy Pula annexed to the OZAK Pula occupied by the Yugoslav People's Army Pula occupied by the Allies Pula passes to Yugoslavia Pula passes to Croatia