This is a list of mayors of Novi Sad from 1 February 1748, when the city got royal free city status by Maria Theresa of Austria.
The mayor of Novi Sad is the head of the City of Novi Sad (the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). The mayor acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Novi Sad. The current mayor of Novi Sad is Žarko Mićin (SNS). He was elected by the City Assembly on 24 February 2025, following the resignation of Milan Đurić, who served as mayor from 2022 to 2025.
Habsburg monarchy / Austrian Empire / Austria-Hungary
Ignjac Hajl (1748 – 1752) Pantelija Milanković (1752 – 1756) József Tir (1756 – 1766) David Racković (1766 – 1772) József Ridi (1772 – 1778) David Racković (1778 – 1784) József Ridi (1784 – 1786) Ferenc Kasonyi (1786) József Szopron (1786 – 1793) Dimitrije Bugarski (1789 – 1793) József Szopron (1800 – 1801) Franz Schtrwetzki (1801 – 1807) Andrea Odi (1807 – 1810) Grigorije Janković (1810 – 1822) Georgije Konstantinović (1822 – 1831) Franz Lang (1835 – 1836) Johann Kerber (1836 – 1839) Franz Lang (1839 – 1840) Jovan Kamber (1840 – 1848) Petar Zako (1848) Pavle Jovanović (1848 – 1849) Karlo Molinari (1849) Jožef Šimić (1849) Pavle Jovanović (1849 – 1850) Grigorije Jovišić (1850 – 1853) Gavrilo Polzović (1853 – 1861) Svetozar Miletić (1861 – 1862) Pavle Mačvanski (1862) Pavle Stojanović (1862 – 1867) Svetozar Miletić (1867 – 1868) Pavle Stojanović (1868 – 1869) Stevan Branovački (1869 – 1872) Pavle Mačvanski (1872 – 1874) Jovan Radanović (1878 – 1884) Stevan Peci Popović (1884 – 1902) Lajos Szalai (1902 – 1906) Vladimir Demetrović (1906 – 1914) Béla Profuma (1914 – 1918)
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Jovan Živojinović (1919 – 1920) Stevan Adamović (1920 – 1921) Milan Slepčević (1921 – 1922) Žarko Stefanović (1922 – 1925) Jovan Lakić (1926 – 1928) Branislav Borota (1928 – 1936) Branko Ilić (1936 – 1938) Kosta Milosavljević (1938 – 1939) Miloš Petrović (1939 – 1941)
Hungarian occupation
Miklós Nagy (1941 – 1944)
DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia
Alimpije Popović (1944 – 1949) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Dušan Ibročkić (1949 – 1951) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Radomir Radujkov (1951 – 1952) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Todor Jovanović (1952 – 1956) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Milosav Gonja (1956) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Boža Melkus (1957 – 1962) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Tima Vrbaški (1962 – 1967) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Dušan Ilijević (1967 – 1973) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Milan Čanak (1974) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Jovan Dejanović (1974 – 1982) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Branislav Dejanović (1982 – 1983) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Zdravko Mutin (1983 – 1984) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Aleksandar Horvat (1984 – 1985) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Boško Petrov (1985 – 1989) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia) Vlada Popović (1989 – 1992) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office Vladimir Divjaković 1992 13 January 1993 1 year Socialist Party of Serbia Milorad Mirčić 13 January 1993 24 June 1994 Serbian Radical Party Milorad Đurđević 24 June 1994 10 January 1995 Socialist Party of Serbia Đuro Bajić 10 January 1995 12 December 1996 Socialist Party of Serbia Mihajlo Svilar 12 December 1996 18 June 1997 Serbian Renewal Movement Stevan Vrbaški 18 June 1997 20 October 2000 Serbian Renewal Movement Borislav Novaković 20 October 2000 5 October 2004 Democratic Party Maja Gojković 5 October 2004 5 June 2006 Serbian Radical Party
Republic of Serbia Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in officeMaja Gojković5 June 200616 June 2008 Serbian Radical Party Independent Igor Pavličić 16 June 2008 12 September 2012 Democratic Party Miloš Vučević 12 September 2012 26 October 2022 Serbian Progressive Party Milan Đurić 26 October 2022 24 February 2025 Serbian Progressive Party Žarko Mićin 24 February 2025 Incumbent Serbian Progressive Party
Timeline since 1944
See also History of Novi Sad Politics of Novi Sad President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad
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