This is a list of prefects of the Province of Zara (now modern Zadar and its surrounding area, in Croatia).
This is a list of prefects of the Province of Zara (now modern Zadar and its surrounding area, in Croatia).
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian suzerainty | |||
| 19 November 1918 to 23 January 1921 |  | Enrico Millo | Military Governor; officially styled Governor of Dalmatia [1] |
| 23 January 1921 to 14 July 1921 | Corrado Bonfanti Linares | Civil Commissioner for Dalmatia | |
| 16 July 1921 to 1 November 1922 | Amadeo Moroni | ||
| 1 November 1922 to 16 May 1923 | Luigi Maggioni | ||
| 16 May 1923 to 1 August 1924 | Corrado Tamajo | ||
| 1 August 1924 to 11 December 1925 | Giulio Basile | ||
| 11 December 1925 to 1 February 1929 | Pietro Carpani | ||
| 1 February 1929 to 1 December 1932 | Marcello Vaccari | ||
| 1 December 1932 to 30 June 1933 | Carlo Solmi | ||
| 1 July 1933 to 20 January 1934 | Efisio Baccaredda | ||
| 20 January 1934 to 21 August 1939 |  | Edoardo Spasiano | |
| 21 August 1939 to 7 June 1941 | Giovanni Zattera | ||
| 7 June 1941 to 26 October 1941 | Manlio Binna | ||
| 26 October 1941 to 26 May 1942 | Vezio Orazi | ||
| 26 May 1942 to 1942 | Camillo Bruno | Acting | |
| 1 September 1942 to 1 August 1943 | Gaspero Barbera | ||
| 1943 | Alberto, conte Degli Alberti | Acting | |
| German occupation | |||
| 2 November 1943 to 30 October 1944 |  | Vincenzo Serrentino | Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic |
| 30 October 1944 to 31 October 1944 |  | Giacomo Vuxani | Acting; appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic |
| 31 October 1944 | Liberated by Yugoslav Partisans | ||
| 2 November 1944 | Incorporated into the SFR Yugoslavia as part of the SR Croatia ; renamed Zadar | ||
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1943 to 1 December 1943 | Karl Eglseer | Commander of the 114th Jäger Division | |
| 1 December 1943 to 18 April 1944 | Albin Nake | Commander of the 264th Infantry Division | |
| 18 April 1944 to 15 May 1944 | Otto-Joachim Lüdecke | ||
| 15 May 1944 to 25 September 1944 | Martin Gareis | ||
| 25 September 1944 to 9 October 1944 | Paul Hermann | ||
| 9 October 1944 to 31 October 1944 | Alois Windisch | ||
| 31 October 1944 | Liberated by Yugoslav Partisans | ||
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