List of mayors of Sarajevo

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Mayor of Sarajevo
Gradonačelnik Sarajeva
Coat of arms of Sarajevo.svg
The Coat of arms of Sarajevo
Incumbent
Predrag Puharić
since 29 November 2024
Seat Vijećnica
Appointer Sarajevo City Council
Term length Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder Mustafa Fadilpašić
Formation22 August 1878
Salary1,510 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 39 different mayors in 40 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 August 1878, upon Austro-Hungarian occupation.

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History

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, 40th mayor of the city is Predrag Puharić, serving since 29 November 2024. [5]

Mayors

   Yugoslav Muslim Organization    League of Communists    Party of Democratic Action    Social Democratic Party    Social Democratic Union

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft office
1 Mustaj-beg Fadilpasic.png Mustafa Fadilpašić
(1830–1892)		22 August 18786 December 1892
2 Mehmed-beg Kapetanovic Ljubusak.jpg Mehmed Kapetanović
(1839–1902)		1893April 1899
3 Nezir Skaljic.jpg Nezir Škaljić
(1844–1905)		189910 March 1905
4 Esad Kulovic.jpg Esad Kulović
(1854–1917)		190514 November 1910 [6] Progressive Muslim Party
5 Fehim Curcic.jpg Fehim Čurčić
(1866–1916)		29 December 19101915
6 No image.png Aristotel Petrović
(1881–1920)		2 December 1918November 1920
7 No image.png Ljudevit Novat
(1871–?)		19201922
8 No image.png Ibrahim Hadžiomerović
(1886–?)		19221927
9 Edhem Bicakcic.jpg Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941)		October 19281929 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
10 No image.png Asim-beg Mutevelić
(1883–1956)		19291935
11 No image.png Ibrahim Šarić
(1882–1939)		19351935
(9) Edhem Bicakcic.jpg Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941)		1935c. March 1939 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
12 No image.png Muhamed Zlatar
(1890–1943)		c. March 19391941
13 No image.png Atih Hadžikadić
(1884–1941)		1941August 1941
14 No image.png Hasan Demirović
(1897–1976)		August 1941May 1942
15 Mustafa Softic.jpg Mustafa Softić
(1898–1990)		May 19421945
16 No image.png Husein Brkić
(1889–1961)		19451947 KP BiH
17 No image.png Ferid Čengić
(1910–1986)		19471948 KP BiH
18 Dane Olbina.jpg Dane Olbina
(1919–2011)		19481955 KP BiH
renamed in 1952 to

SK BiH
19 Ljubo Kojo.jpg Ljubo Kojo
(1920–1993)		19551962 SK BiH
20 No image.png Lazo Materić
(1920–1999)		19621963 SK BiH
21 Vaso Radic.jpg Vaso Radić
(1923–2011) [7] 		19631965 SK BiH
22 No image.png Salko Lagumdžija
(1921–1973)		196516 May 1967 SK BiH
23 Dzemal Muminagic.jpg Džemal Muminagić
(1920–2003)		16 May 196710 March 1973 SK BiH
24 No image.png Dane Maljković
(1927–2016) [8] 		10 March 19731975 SK BiH
25 No image.png Anto Sučić
(1929–1985)		19751981 SK BiH
26 Emerik Blum.jpg Emerik Blum
(1911–1984)		19811983 SK BiH
27 No image.png Uglješa Uzelac
(1938–1997)		19831985 SK BiH
28 No image.png Kemal Hanjalić
(b. 1939)		19851987 SK BiH
29 No image.png Salko Selimović
(1935–2017) [9] 		19871989 SK BiH
30 No image.png Juraj Martinović
(1936–2021)		19891990 SK BiH
31 ASPR SG-USC 09-SCALFARO f0562 0011 ST (cropped).jpg Muhamed Kreševljaković
(1939–2001)		December 1990April 1994 SDA
32 No image.png Tarik Kupusović
(b. 1952)		April 1994March 1996 SDA
33 No image.png Rasim Gačanović
(b. 1950)		January 1998April 2000 SDA
34 No image.png Muhidin Hamamdžić
(b. 1936)		April 200016 April 2005 SDP BiH
35 Semiha Borovac (cropped).jpg Semiha Borovac
(b. 1955)		16 April 200528 January 2009 SDA
36 Alija-Behmen-2009-IMG 9339 (cropped).jpg Alija Behmen
(1940–2018)		28 January 200927 March 2013 SDP BiH
37 Ivo Komsic Sarajevo 1353 (cropped).jpg Ivo Komšić
(b. 1948)		27 March 20136 February 2017 SDU BiH
(until 2013)
USD
(2013–2014)
SDP BiH
(from 2014)
38 Abdulah Skaka (cropped).jpg Abdulah Skaka
(b. 1983)		6 February 20178 April 2021 SDA
39 Benjamina Karic.jpg Benjamina Karić
(b. 1991)		8 April 202118 November 2024 SDP BiH
40 No image.png Predrag Puharić
(b. 1977)		29 November 2024Incumbent SDP BiH

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