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.^[3] The first such election in Zadar occurred in 2009.

Mayor of the City of Zadar
Coat of arms of Zadar
Incumbent Šime Erlić since 10 June 2025
Appointer	Direct elections (before 2007: Zadar City Council)
Term length	4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Inaugural holder	Trifun Pasquale[1]
Salary	3089,67 Euros[2]
Website	grad-zadar.hr/gradonacelnik

List

This is a list of the 50 people who have thus far served as Mayors of Zadar starting in 1805:^[4]

French Empire

See also: Illyrian Provinces

No.	Mayor		Lifespan	Term of office		Party	Note
1		Trifun Pasquale		1805	1806
2		Petar Damijani od Vrgade		1806	1811
3		Andrija Borelli Vranski[5]		1811	1813

Austria-Hungary

See also: Kingdom of Dalmatia

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

Kingdom of Italy

See also: Province of Zara

No.	Mayor		Lifespan	Term of office		Party	Note
19		Luigi Ziliotto	1863–1922	1918	1922		Second term.
20		Ascania Persicalli[15]		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

See also: Nazi Germany

No.	Mayor		Lifespan	Term of office		Party	Note
25		Karlo Höeberth		1943	1944

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

See also: Socialist Republic of Croatia

  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		Party	Note
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[16]	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[17]		1967	1972	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
39		Julian Padelin		1972	1974	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
40		Ivica Maštruko[18]		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		Party	Note
42		Ivo Livljanić[19]	1938–	1990	1992	Croatian Democratic Union	Formally known as President of the Assembly of the Municipality of Zadar.
43		Duško Kučina[20]	1934–2017	1992	1994	Croatian Democratic Union
44		Božidar Kalmeta[21]		1994	2004	Croatian Democratic Union	Only mayor between 1990 and 2017 who was born in Zadar.[22]
45		Ana Lovrin[23]		2004	2006	Croatian Democratic Union	First woman mayor.
46		Živko Kolega[24]		2006	2009	Croatian Democratic Union
47		Zvonimir Vrančić[22]		2009	2013	Croatian Democratic Union
48		Božidar Kalmeta		2013	2017	Croatian Democratic Union	Third term.
49		Branko Dukić		2017	2025	Croatian Democratic Union
50		Šime Erlić		2025	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union

See also

• Zadar
• Dalmatia
• Zadar County
• Elections in Croatia