List of mayors of Split

Mayor of the
City of Split

City Seal of Split
Incumbent
Željko Kerum
since June 1, 2009
Term length 4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Inaugural holder Jakov Cindro
Formation 1806
Website http://www.split.hr/Default.aspx?sec=527

This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Split, Croatia (Croatian: Gradonačelnik Grada Splita also known in the local dialect as the Poteštat).

Contents

French Empire

See also: Illyrian Provinces

      Independent

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
Kingdom of Italy
1806-1809
1 Jakov Cindro 1806 1809 Independent
Illyrian Provinces
1809-1816
2 Petar Alberti 1809 1810 Independent First term.
3 Antun Sarti 1810 1810 Independent
4 Nikola Ivulić 1810 1810 Independent
5 Petar Alberti 1810 1811 Independent Second term.
6 Josip Cindro 1811 1813 Independent
7 Karlo Lanza 1813 1814 Independent

Austria-Hungary

See also: Kingdom of Dalmatia

      People's Party       Autonomist Party

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
8 Leonard Dudan 1848 1853 Autonomist Party
9 Šimun de Michieli-Vitturi 1853 1859 Autonomist Party Presided over the start of the so-called "Split Renaissance".
10 Antonio Bajamonti 1860 1864 Autonomist Party First term.
11 Frano Lanza 1864 1865 Autonomist Party
12 Antonio Bajamonti 1865 1880 Autonomist Party Second term. This time representing the Liberal Union coalition.
13 Aleksandar Nallini 1880 1882 Autonomist Party
14 Emil Ragazzini 1882 1882 Autonomist Party
15 Dujam Rendić-Miočević 1882 1885 People's Party Resigned due to conflict with Gajo Filomen Bulat.
16 Gajo Filomen Bulat 1885 1893 People's Party
17 Ivan Manger 1893 1897
18 Petar Katalinić 1897 1899
19 Vinko Milić 1900 1906
20 Ante Trumbić 1906 1907 Croatian Party
21 Vicko Mihaljević 1907 1911 Served as the inspiration for the mayor character in the Velo Misto series by Miljenko Smoje.
22 Vicko Katalinić 1911 1912
23 Teodor Šporn 1912 1913 First term.
24 Vicko Katalinić 1913 1914
25 Frane Madirazza 1914 1917
26 Vicko Nišetić 1917 1917
27 Teodor Šporn 1917 1918 Second term.
28 Josip Smodlaka 1918 1918 Croatian Democratic Party First term.
Previously a member of the Imperial Council of the Austrian Empire. Later became a member of the NKOJ and the first foreign minister of the second Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

See also: Littoral Banovina and Banovina of Croatia

      Yugoslav National Party       Yugoslav Radical Union       Croatian Peasant Party

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
29 Ivo Tartaglia 1918 1928 Held office for 10 years. His extensive art collection formed the core of the exhibitions in the future Gallery of Fine Arts in Split.
30 Petar Bonetti 1928 1928
31 Josip Berković 1928 1929
32 Jakša Račić 1929 1933 Yugoslav National Party Medical doctor, head of the city sanatorium. Modernized medical services in the city; began the forestation of Marjan hill. An ethnic Croat, he was a member of the Chetnik movement during World War II. He was executed by Dalmatian Partisans.
33 Mihovil Kargotić 1933 1938
34 Mirko Buić 1938 1938
35 Vlado Matošić 1938 1939 Yugoslav Radical Union
36 Ivan Zlatko Vrdoljak 1939 1939
37 Stjepan Spalatin 1939 1940
38 Josip Brkić 1940 1941 Croatian Peasant Party

World War II

See also: Yugoslav Front

      National Liberation Front (resistance coalition)       Communist Party of Yugoslavia

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
Civil Commissioners
Italian occupation 1941-43
N/A Bruno Nardelli April
1941		 28 April
1941
N/A Antonio Tacconi 28 April
1941
1943		 Civil Commissioner (mayor) for Split after the city's formal annexation into fascist Italy.
No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
Presidents of the National Liberation Committee
Wartime resistance city government 1942-47
39 Ivo Amulić 6 April
1942		 15 May
1942		 National Liberation Front
(Indepenent)
40 Ivo Tijardović 15 May
1942		 July
1943		 National Liberation Front
(Indepenent)
41 Josip Smodlaka September
1943		 October
1943		 National Liberation Front
(Indepenent)		 Second term.
Previously a member of the Imperial Council of the Austrian Empire. Later became a member of the NKOJ and the first foreign minister of the second Yugoslavia.
42 Petar Vitezica October
1943		 May
1944		 National Liberation Front
(Indepenent)
43 Umberto Fabris May
1944		 25 November
1944		 National Liberation Front
(Indepenent)
44 Ante Mrduljaš 25 November
1944		 25 June
1947		 Communist Party of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

See also: Socialist Republic of Croatia

      League of Communists of Yugoslavia       Croatian Democratic Union

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office Party Note
45 Marko Šore 1947 1947 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
46 Ivo Raić 1947 1949 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
47 Paško Ninčević 1949 1952 Communist Party of Yugoslavia
(renamed in 1952)
48 Ivo Senjanović 1952 1955 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
(renamed)
49 Rade Dumanić 1955 1963 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Presided over the start of large-scale urbanization and expansion of the city.
50 Ante Zelić 1963 1965 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Paved the road network on Marjan hill.
51 Ivo Perišin 1965 1967 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Also at one time held the positions of President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister), and President of the Assembly (Head of State) of Croatia.
52 Jakša Miličić 1967 1974 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Presided over major urban expansion projects and the construction of the Split 3 district.
53 Vjekoslav Vidjak 1974 1982 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Presided, along with Ante Skataretiko, over the organization and preparations for the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split.
54 Dragutin Matošić 1982 1983 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
55 Ante Kovač 1983 1984 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
56 Božidar Papić 1985 1986 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
57 Drago Urličić 1986 1987 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
58 Gordana Kosanović 1987 1990 League of Communists of Yugoslavia
59 Onesin Cvitan 1939-
1990
1991		 Croatian Democratic Union
1990

Republic of Croatia

      Croatian Social Liberal Party       Social Democratic Party       Liberal Party       Croatian Democratic Union       Croatian Citizen Party

No. Mayor Lifespan Term of office
—
Electoral
mandate		 Party Note
60 Petar Slapničar 1932-
1991
1993		 Croatian Democratic Union
 —

61		 Nikola Grabić 1938-
1993
1997
Croatian Social Liberal Party		 Switched political party mid-term.
   — Croatian Democratic Union
62 Ivan Škarić 1944
1997
2001		 Croatian Social Liberal Party
 —
63 Slobodan Beroš 1945-
2002
2003		 Social Democratic Party
 —
64 Miroslav Buličić 1952-
2003
2005		 Liberal Party
 —
65 Zvonimir Puljić 1947-2009
2005
2007		 Croatian Democratic Union Resigned after confrontations with the Velo Misto List coalition partner.
2005
66 Ivan Kuret 1971- 17 July
2007		 June 1
2009		 Croatian Democratic Union Appointed following the resignation of his predecessor.
 —
67 Željko Kerum 1960- June 1
2009		 Incumbent Croatian Citizen Party Ran as an independent candidate. After election founded a new party, the Croatian Citizen Party (HGS). Entered into coalition with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
2009

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