Mayor of Podgorica (Montenegrin : Gradonačelnik Podgorice / Градоначелник Подгорице) is the head of the City of Podgorica (capital of Montenegro). He acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the Podgorica Capital City. The current mayor since 29 December 2024 is Saša Mujović, member of the centrist Europe Now! movement, elected in the 2024 City Assembly election aftermath.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marko Miljanov | 1878 | 1879 | none | First governor of Podgorica after the 1878 liberation. | |
| Ilija Plamenac | 1879 | 1886 | none | ||
| Luka Nenezić | 1886 | 1891 | none | ||
| Marko Pejanović | 1891 | 1893 | none | ||
| Stevan Lukačević | 1893 | 1895 | none | ||
| Stevan Raičković | 1895 | 1899 | none | ||
| Jovan Mrčarica | 1899 | 1906 | none | ||
| Spasoje Piletić | 1906 | 1908 | NS | ||
| Nešo Stanić | 1908 [a] | NS | |||
| Stanko Marković | 1908 | 1915 | PNS | ||
| Savo Šestić | 1915 | 1916 | none | ||
| Ljubomir Glomazić | 1916 | 1918 | NS | ||
| Savo Cerović | 1918 | 1920 | NRS | Podgorica integrated into the Yugoslav state in 1919. | |
| Luka Pišteljić | 1920 | 1922 | none | ||
| Ljubomir Krunić [1] | 1922 | 1925 | NRS | ||
| Nešo Šćepović | 1925 | 1940 | NRS | ||
| Dimitrije Begović | 1940 | 1941 | NRS | Fled after the 1941 Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. | |
| Miloš Vučinić | 1941 | 1944 | none | ||
| Petar Raičković | 1944 | 1945 | NOF | First mayor of Podgorica after the 1944 liberation. | |
| Stevan Radusinović | 1945 | 1947 | KPJ | Podgorica becomes the capital of SR Montenegro. | |
| Periša Vujošević | 1947 | 1949 | KPJ | ||
| Iko Mirković | 1949 | 1950 | KPJ | ||
| Periša Vujošević | 1950 | 1953 | SKJ | KPJ reformed and renamed SKJ in 1952. | |
| Iko Mirković | 1954 | 1958 | SKJ | ||
| Branko Nilević | 1958 | 1961 | SKJ | ||
| Between 1961 and 1965 the town was managed by Vaso Stajkić, Velizar Škerović and Vuko Radovanović. | |||||
| Aleksandar Radević | 1965 | 1967 | SKJ | ||
| Branko Lazović | 1967 | 1974 | SKJ | ||
| Miro Popović | 1974 | 1978 | SKJ | ||
| Slobodan Filipović | 1978 | 1982 | SKJ | ||
| Slobodan Simović | 1982 | 1984 | SKJ | ||
| Borislav Drakić | 1984 | 1986 | SKJ | ||
| Ratko Ivanović | 1986 | 1989 | SKJ | ||
| Jovan Kavarić | 1989 | 1990 | SKJ | ||
| Srđa Božović [2] | 1990 | 1993 | DPS | Montenegrin SK reformed and renamed DPS. | |
| Zoran Knežević | 1993 | 1996 | DPS | ||
| Radivoje Rašović | 1996 | 1998 | SNP | SNP formed after splitting from DPS in 1997. | |
| Dragiša Pešić | 1998 | SNP | |||
| Mihailo Burić | 1998 | 2000 | DPS | ||
| Miomir Mugoša | 2000 | 2014 | DPS | Capital of Independent Montenegro, since 2006. | |
| Migo Stijepović | 2014 | 2018 | DPS | ||
| Ivan Vuković | 2018 | 2023 | DPS | ||
| Olivera Injac | 2023 | 2024 | PES! | First woman to assume the office of Mayor in Podgorica. | |
| Saša Mujović | 2024 | present | PES! | ||
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