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 Å imić (1849)
• Pavle Jovanović (1849 – 1850)
• Grigorije JoviÅ¡ić (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)
• MiloÅ¡ Petrović (1939 – 1941)

Hungarian occupation

• Miklós Nagy (1941 – 1944)

DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia

• Alimpije Popović (1944 – 1949) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
• DuÅ¡an 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 VrbaÅ¡ki (1962 – 1967) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
• DuÅ¡an 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)
• BoÅ¡ko Petrov (1985 – 1989) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
• Vlada Popović (1989 – 1992) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)

FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro

Republic of Serbia

Timeline since 1944

See also

• History of Novi Sad
• Politics of Novi Sad
• President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad

References