Mayor of Sarajevo | |
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Gradonačelnik Sarajeva | |
Seat | Vijećnica |
Appointer | Sarajevo City Council |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Mustafa Fadilpašić |
Formation | 22 August 1878 |
Salary | 1,510 EUR per month [1] |
Website | City of Sarajevo website |
This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo has had 38 different mayors in 39 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 August 1878, upon Austro-Hungarian occupation.
The first mayor of Sarajevo Mustafa Fadilpašić was also the city's longest-served mayor, having remained in office for 14 years. [2] The first non-Muslim mayor was Aristotel Petrović, who served from 1918 until 1920. [3] The only mayor to serve more than once was Edhem Bičakčić, who was mayor from 1928 to 1929, and once again from 1935 to 1939. [4] Fehim Čurčić, the city's fifth mayor, served during World War I. In 1941, Atih Hadžikadić was elected mayor, a position that was short-lived as he was hanged during World War II in August 1941. Semiha Borovac became Sarajevo's first female mayor in 2005.
The current, 39th mayor of the city is Benjamina Karić, serving since 8 April 2021. [5]
Yugoslav Muslim Organization League of Communists Party of Democratic Action Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Union
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||
1 | Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892) | 22 August 1878 | 6 December 1892 | ||
2 | Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902) | 1893 | April 1899 | ||
3 | Nezir Škaljić (1844–1905) | 1899 | 10 March 1905 | ||
4 | Esad Kulović (1854–1917) | 1905 | 14 November 1910 [6] | Progressive Muslim Party | |
5 | Fehim Čurčić (1866–1916) | 29 December 1910 | 1915 | ||
6 | Aristotel Petrović (1881–1920) | 2 December 1918 | November 1920 | ||
7 | Ljudevit Novat (1871–?) | 1920 | 1922 | ||
8 | Ibrahim Hadžiomerović (1886–?) | 1922 | 1927 | ||
9 | Edhem Bičakčić (1884–1941) | October 1928 | 1929 | Yugoslav Muslim Organization | |
10 | Asim-beg Mutevelić (1883–1956) | 1929 | 1935 | ||
11 | Ibrahim Šarić (1882–1939) | 1935 | 1935 | ||
9 | Edhem Bičakčić (1884–1941) | 1935 | c. March 1939 | Yugoslav Muslim Organization | |
12 | Muhamed Zlatar (1890–1943) | c. March 1939 | 1941 | ||
13 | Atih Hadžikadić (1884–1941) | 1941 | August 1941 | ||
14 | Hasan Demirović (1897–1976) | August 1941 | May 1942 | ||
15 | Mustafa Softić (1898–1990) | May 1942 | 1945 | ||
16 | Husein Brkić (1889–1961) | 1945 | 1947 | KP BiH | |
17 | Ferid Čengić (1910–1986) | 1947 | 1948 | KP BiH | |
18 | Dane Olbina (1919–2011) | 1948 | 1955 | KP BiH renamed in 1952 to SK BiH | |
19 | Ljubo Kojo (1920–1993) | 1955 | 1962 | SK BiH | |
20 | Lazo Materić (1920–1999) | 1962 | 1963 | SK BiH | |
21 | Vaso Radić (1923–2011) [7] | 1963 | 1965 | SK BiH | |
22 | Salko Lagumdžija (1921–1973) | 1965 | 16 May 1967 | SK BiH | |
23 | Džemal Muminagić (1920–2003) | 16 May 1967 | 10 March 1973 | SK BiH | |
24 | Dane Maljković (1927–2016) [8] | 10 March 1973 | 1975 | SK BiH | |
25 | Anto Sučić (1929–1985) | 1975 | 1981 | SK BiH | |
26 | Emerik Blum (1911–1984) | 1981 | 1983 | SK BiH | |
27 | Uglješa Uzelac (1938–1997) | 1983 | 1985 | SK BiH | |
28 | Kemal Hanjalić (b. 1939) | 1985 | 1987 | SK BiH | |
29 | Salko Selimović (1935–2017) [9] | 1987 | 1989 | SK BiH | |
30 | Juraj Martinović (1936–2021) | 1989 | 1990 | SK BiH | |
31 | Muhamed Kreševljaković (1939–2001) | December 1990 | April 1994 | SDA | |
32 | Tarik Kupusović (b. 1952) | April 1994 | March 1996 | SDA | |
33 | Rasim Gačanović (b. 1950) | January 1998 | April 2000 | SDA | |
34 | Muhidin Hamamdžić (b. 1936) | April 2000 | 16 April 2005 | SDP BiH | |
35 | Semiha Borovac (b. 1955) | 16 April 2005 | 28 January 2009 | SDA | |
36 | Alija Behmen (1940–2018) | 28 January 2009 | 27 March 2013 | SDP BiH | |
37 | Ivo Komšić (b. 1948) | 27 March 2013 | 6 February 2017 | SDU BiH (until 2013) USD (2013–2014) | |
SDP BiH (from 2014) | |||||
38 | Abdulah Skaka (b. 1983) | 6 February 2017 | 8 April 2021 | SDA | |
39 | Benjamina Karić (b. 1991) | 8 April 2021 | Incumbent | SDP BiH |
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