The following is a list of all 422 of the Chief Executives of Pula ordered by the dates of their mayoral terms which are put in parentheses.
Pula has a complex history, as the city was governed by different countries with different forms of government in different epochs.
In classical antiquity, Pula was inhabited by the Histri, a Venetic or Illyrian tribe. It was conquered by the Romans in 177 BC, whereafter followed a period of Romanization. The town was elevated to colonial rank between 46 and 45 BC as the tenth region of the Roman Republic, under Julius Caesar. In the 5th century it was conquered and occupied by the Visigoths and then Ostrogoths. In the second half of the 6th century the Slavs started their occupation of the Istrian peninsula. From 788 Pula was ruled by the Franks, who introduced the feudal system.
In 1150 Pula swore allegiance to the Republic of Venice. In the following centuries, Pula was devastated by war and epidemics. As a result of its decimated population and ruined economy, the city fell into disrepute. However, the town was saved by organized Croatian and South-Slav settling. After a small period under the secular realm of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the city was retaken by the Venetians, who held it from 1331 until 1797. With the collapse of the Venetian Republic in 1797 following Napoleon's Treaty of Campo Formio, Pula became part of the Habsburg monarchy. It was invaded again in 1805 after the French had defeated the Austrians. It was included in the French Empire of Napoleon as part of the Kingdom of Italy, then placed under the French Empire's Illyrian Provinces.
In 1813, Pula was regained by the Austrian Empire. Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918, Pula passed to Italy. For two years after World War 2, Pula was administered by the Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories (AMG). Pula formed an enclave within southern Istria that was occupied by Yugoslavia since 1945, with the help of Churchill. Istria was partitioned into occupation zones until the region became officially united with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 15 September 1947, under terms of the Paris Peace Treaties. Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, Pula has been part of the Republic of Croatia.
The list starts with the podestà appointed by the Serenissima during the Venetian period. It includes all the podestà, provveditori, counts and mayors who have governed the city since 1186.
12th century Andrea (1186) Odolricus (1194) Ruggero Morosini, podestà (1199)
13th century Giovanni della Torre, podestà (1220) Giovanni de Rosa, podestà (1223) Reniero Zeno, podestà (1225) Marino Mauroceno, Count of Pula and podestà (1226) Nassinguerra Sergi, podestà (1233) Nassinverra Sergi, podestà (1242) Galvagnus Sergi, podestà (1251) Sergio Castropola, capitano del popolo (1265) Nicolaus Quirinus, podestà (1272) Nicolò da Pola, capitano del popolo (1289) Martino della Torre, podestà (1293 - 1294) Bartolomeo dei Vitrei, podestà (1296) Pagano della Torre, podestà (1297) Giovanni Soranzo, podestà (1299–1300)
14th century Monfiorito da Coderta, podestà (1304–1305) Pietro de Castropola, chief consul and captain general (1305) Sergio II Castropola, captain (1312) Sergio II Catropola e Nassinguerra IV Castropola, general and capitano perpetuo (1313) Sergio II Castropola e Nassinguerra IV Castropola, captain of the city (1318) Giovanni Querini, podestà (1319) G. Morosini, podestà (1326–1327) Giorgio Baseggio, podestà (1328) Orso Giustiniani, podestà (1330) Pietro Viti and Biaggio Dettacomandi, capitani del popolo (1331) Tomaso Contarini, consul (1331) Bertuccio Michiel, Count of Pula (1331–1332) Pietro Civran, Count of Pula (1332–1333) Giovanni Caroso, Count of Pula (1333–1334) Giovanni Valaresso, Count of Pula (1334) Paolo Diedo, Count of Pula (1335) Pietro Bragadin, Count of Pula (1336) Giovanni Bragadin, Count of Pula (1336) Damiano Natale, Count of Pula (1338–1339) Marco Mercuzio Duodo, Count of Pula (1339–1340) Ordelaffo Falier, Count of Pula (1340–1341) Michele Giustinian, Count of Pula (1341–1342) Tomaso Gradenigo, Count of Pula (1342–1343) Filippo da Molin, Count of Pula (1341–1344) Marco Morosini, Count of Pula (1344–1345) Andrea Morosini, Count of Pula (1347–1348) Marino Badoer, Count of Pula (1348–1349) Andreolo Badoer, Count of Pula (1349–1350) Giovanni Caroso, Count of Pula (1350–1351) Andrea Zane, Count of Pula (1351–1352) Nicolò Zeno, Count of Pula (1352–1353) Giovanni Zorzi, Count of Pula (1353–1354) Zuane Legoveli, Count of Pula (1356) Pietro Corner, Count of Pula (1361–1362) Andrea Loredan, Count of Pula (1362–1363) Ermolao Darmer (Dalmario), Count of Pula (1363–1364) Vittore Pisani, Count of Pula (1364) Dardo Polani, Count of Pula (1364) Andrea Loredan, Count of Pula (1364) Andrea Gradenigo, Count of Pula (1365) Bertuccio Corner, Count of Pula (1365) Marin Sanudo, Count of Pula (1366) Francesco Venier, Count of Pula (1367) Francesco Zane, Count of Pula (1372) Marco Corner, Count of Pula (1373) Francesco Venier, Count of Pula (1376) Domenico Bon, Count of Pula (1377) Giovanni Diedo, Count of Pula (1378) Maffeo Contarini, Count of Pula (1380) Artico da Udine, governor and captain (1381) Angelo Bragadin, captain and rector (1381) Andrea Loredan, Count of Pula (1381–1382) Pietro Venier, Count of Pula (1383–1384) Andrea Paradiso, Count of Pula (1384–1385) Nicolò Foscarini, Count of Pula (1385–1386) Domenico Bon, Count of Pula (1386–1388) Giovanni Moro, Count of Pula (1391–1394) Jacopo Valaresso, Count of Pula (1396) Giovanni Moro, Count of Pula (1398)
15th century Giacomo Zorzi, Count of Pula (1400) Ranieri Venier, Count of Pula (1401–1402) Marco Badoer, Count of Pula (1402–1403) Bernardo Pisani, Count of Pula (1404) Pietro Miani, Count of Pula (1408) Mosè Grimani, Count of Pula (1412–1413) Nicolò Barbo, Count of Pula (1413–1414) Cristofaro Marcello, Count of Pula (1414–1415) Andrea Loredan, Count of Pula (1415–1416) Andrea Loredan, Count of Pula (1418) Leone Moro, Count of Pula (1418) Biagio Venier, Count of Pula (1418–1419) Bernardo Sagredo, Count of Pula (1420–1421) Matteo Barbaro, Count of Pula (1422–1423) Bartolomeo Vetturi, Count of Pula (1423–1424) Giacomo Priuli, Count of Pula (1424–1425) Giovanni Balbi, Count of Pula (1425–1426) Bertuccio Gabriel, Count of Pula (1426–1427) Pietro Morosini, Count of Pula (1427–1428) Nicolò Arimondo, Count of Pula (1428–1429) Matteo Manolesso, Count of Pula (1429) Nicolò Raimondo (Arimondo), Count of Pula (1429) Giusto Venier, Count of Pula (1431) Marco Navagier, Count of Pula (1432) Benedetto Barbaro, Count of Pula (1433) Benedetto Barozzi, Count of Pula (1433–1434) Giovanni Dolfin, Count of Pula (1435) Matteo Gradenigo, Count of Pula (1437) Benedetto da Mula, Count of Pula (1439) Giacomo Priuli, Count of Pula (1439) Nicolò Arimondo, Count of Pula (1439–1440) Leone Viaro, Count of Pula (1441) Antonio Condulmer, Count of Pula (1442–1443) Michele Leon, Count of Pula (1443) Giacomo Priuli, Count of Pula (1444–1445) Michel Caotorta, Count of Pula (1445–1446) Trojano Bon, Count of Pula (1446–1447) Marco Barbaro, Count of Pula (1447–1448) Lorenzo Gradenigo, Count of Pula (1448–1449) Benedetto Soranzo, Count of Pula (1450–1452) Lodovico Alvise Venier, Count of Pula (1452–1453) Alvise Morosini, Count of Pula (1453–1454) Pietro Zen, Count of Pula (1455–1456) Marin Balbi, Count of Pula (1456–1458) Marco Barbaro, Count of Pula (1458) Paolo da Riva, Count of Pula (1459) Giovanni Zulian, Count of Pula (1461) Pietro Gabriel, Count of Pula (1462) Bertuccio Gabriel, Count of Pula (1462–1463) Francesco Leon, Count of Pula (1463–1464) Federico Valaresso, Count of Pula (1465) Francesco Barbo, Count of Pula (1466) Giacomo Zorzi, Count of Pula (1468) Troilo Malipiero, Count of Pula (1469–1471) Leonardo de Ca' da Pesaro, Count of Pula (1471) Priamo Contarini, Count of Pula (1472) Massimo Valier, Count of Pula (1474) Francesco Bondumier, Count of Pula (1475) Michele Emo, Count of Pula (1477) Pietro Gritti, Count of Pula(1478) Pietro Corner, Count of Pula (1479) Marino Boldù, Count of Pula (1481) Fantin Valaresso, Count of Pula (1482–1483) Giovanni Battista Calbo, Count of Pula (1484) Marin Corner, Count of Pula (1486) Pietro Guoro, Count of Pula (1487) Stefano Priuli, Count of Pula (1488) Andrea Malipiero, Count of Pula (1489) Giovan Francesco Marcello, Count of Pula (1493) Alvise Zorzi, Count of Pula (1494) Andrea Diedo, Count of Pula (1494) Marco Tron, Count of Pula (1496) Bortolo Calbo, Count of Pula (1497) Marco Navager, Count of Pula (1499–1500)
16th century Lorenzo Gisi, Count of Pula (1500) Fantin Pesaro, Count of Pula (1501–1502) Francesco da Canal, Count of Pula (1503–1504) Giovan Francesco Badoer, Count of Pula (1504–1506) Antonio Venier, Count of Pula (1506–1507) Vincenzo Salamon, Count of Pula (1507) Francesco Zane, Count of Pula (1508–1510) Giovanni Zorzi, Count of Pula (1510) Giovanni Bolani (1512) Giovanni Bragadin, Count of Pula (1513) Antonio Badoer, Count of Pula (1515) Nicolò Dolfin, Count of Pula (1516) Giacomo Zen, Count of Pula (1518) Alvise Salamon, Count of Pula (1519) Carlo Bembo, Count of Pula (1521) Leonardo Loredan, Count of Pula (1522–1524) Pietro Contarini, Count of Pula (1527) Pietro Salamon, Count of Pula (1528) Giovan Francesco Balbi, Count of Pula (1529) Cristofaro Civran, Count of Pula (1530) Michel Quirini, Count of Pula (1532) Marc'Antonio Zorzi, Count of Pula (1533) Alvise Morosini, Count of Pula (1534) Bernardo Morosini, Count of Pula (1535–1536) Benedetto Balbi, Count of Pula (1536–1537) Marin Bragadin, Count of Pula (1537–1538) Gabriel Zorzi, Count of Pula (1539) Alvise Morosini, Count of Pula (1540) Daniel Quirino, Count of Pula (1541) Carlo Zen, Count of Pula (1543–1544) Leonardo Pisani, Count of Pula (1544–1545) Marc'Antonio Emiliani, Count of Pula (1545) Marc'Antonio Paruta, Count of Pula (1547) Gerolamo Calbo, Count of Pula (1548–1549) Gerolamo Michiel, Count of Pula (1549) Matteo Mocenigo, Count of Pula (1551) Nicolò Venier, Count of Pula (1552) Nicolò Michiel, Count of Pula (1553–1554) Pietro Mocenigo, Count of Pula (1555) Gerolamo Zorzi, Count of Pula (1556) Giovanni Manolesso, Count of Pula (1558) Giovanni Dona', Count of Pula (1559) Luca de Mezzo, Count of Pula (1560–1561) Sebastian Trevisan, Count of Pula (1562) Francesco Capello, Count of Pula (1563–1564) Lorenzo Raimondo, Count of Pula (1565) Francesco Bembo, Count of Pula (1566) Benedetto Malipiero, Count of Pula (1567) Giustiniano Badoer, Count of Pula (1568) Paolo Zane, Count of Pula (1569) Alvise Zancaruol, Count of Pula (1569–1571) Troilo Malipiero, Count of Pula (1571) Cesare Michiel, Count of Pula (1572) Nicolò Duodo, Count of Pula (1573) Girolamo Malipiero, Count of Pula (1575) Nicolò Michiel, Count of Pula(1577) Albano Michiel, Count of Pula (1578) Giovan Battista Calbo, Count of Pula (1580) Marino Malipiero, provveditore (1581) and Count of Pula (1582–1583) Sante Tron, Count of Pula (1584) Orsato Memo, Count of Pula (1585) Filippo Diedo, Count of Pula (1588) Paolo Pisani, Count of Pula (1590) Domenico Diedo, Count of Pula (1591) Ferrigo Malatesta, Count of Pula (1592) Alessandro Pasqualigo, Count of Pula (1594) Giacomo Malipiero, Count of Pula (1595) Stefano Bollani, Count of Pula (1596) Andrea Bembo, Count of Pula (1597) Vettor Morosini, Count of Pula (1598) Francesco Duodo, Count of Pula (1599)
17th century Zaccaria Giustinian, Count of Pula (1600–1603) Pietro Donado, Count of Pula (1605–1606) Lorenzo Ghisi, Count of Pula (1606–1607) Giacomo Grimani, Count of Pula (1607) Lunardo Malipiero, Count of Pula (1612) Pietro Boldù, Count of Pula (1614) Antonio Longo, Count of Pula (1615) Girolamo Pollani, Count of Pula (1616) Vido Avogaro, Count of Pula (1616)