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
Benjamina Karić (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Benjamina Karić
since 8 April 2021
SeatVijećnica
AppointerSarajevo City Council
Term length4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Inaugural holderMustafa Fadilpašić
Formation22 August 1878
WebsiteCity 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 38 different mayors in 39 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 August 1878, upon Austro-Hungarian occupation.

History[]

The first mayor of Sarajevo Mustafa Fadilpašić was also the city's longest-served mayor, having remained in office for 14 years.[1] The first non-Muslim mayor was Aristotel Petrović, who served from 1918 until 1920.[2] 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.[3] 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, 39th mayor of the city is Benjamina Karić, serving since 8 April 2021.[4]

Mayors[]

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

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
1 Mustaj-beg Fadilpasic.png Mustafa Fadilpašić
(1830–1892) 		22 August 1878 6 December 1892
2 Mehmed-beg Kapetanovic Ljubusak.jpg Mehmed Kapetanović
(1839–1902) 		1893 April 1899
3 Nezir Škaljić.jpg Nezir Škaljić
(1844–1905) 		1899 10 March 1905
4 Esad Kulović.jpg Esad Kulović
(1854–1917) 		1905 14 November 1910[5] Progressive Muslim Party
5 Fehim Čurčić.jpg Fehim Čurčić
(1866–1916) 		29 December 1910 1915
6 No image.png Aristotel Petrović
(1881–1920) 		2 December 1918 November 1920
7 No image.png
(1871–?) 		1920 1922
8 No image.png
(1886–?) 		1922 1927
9 Edhem Bičakčić.jpg Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941) 		October 1928 1929 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
10 No image.png
(1883–1956) 		1929 1935
11 No image.png
(1882–1939) 		1935 1935
9 Edhem Bičakčić.jpg Edhem Bičakčić
(1884–1941) 		1935 c. March 1939 Yugoslav Muslim Organization
12 No image.png
(1890–1943) 		c. March 1939 1941
13 No image.png
(1884–1941) 		1941 August 1941
14 No image.png
(1897–1976) 		August 1941 May 1942
15 No image.png
(1898–1990) 		May 1942 1945
16 No image.png
(1889–1961) 		1945 1947 KP BiH
17 No image.png
(1910–1986) 		1947 1948 KP BiH
18 Dane Olbina.jpg
(1919–2011) 		1948 1955 KP BiH
renamed in 1952 to

SK BiH
19 Ljubo Kojo.jpg Ljubo Kojo
(1920–1993) 		1955 1962 SK BiH
20 No image.png
(1920–1999) 		1962 1963 SK BiH
21 Vaso Radić.jpg Vaso Radić
(1923–2011)[6] 		1963 1965 SK BiH
22 No image.png
(1921–1973) 		1965 16 May 1967 SK BiH
23 No image.png
(1920–2003) 		16 May 1967 10 March 1973 SK BiH
24 No image.png
(1927–2016)[7] 		10 March 1973 1975 SK BiH
25 No image.png
(1929–1985) 		1975 1981 SK BiH
26 No image.png Emerik Blum
(1911–1984) 		1981 1983 SK BiH
27 No image.png Uglješa Uzelac
(1938–1997) 		1983 1985 SK BiH
28 No image.png
(b. 1939) 		1985 1987 SK BiH
29 No image.png
(1935–2017)[8] 		1987 1989 SK BiH
30 No image.png
(1936–2021) 		1989 1990 SK BiH
31 Muhamed Kreševljaković (cropped).jpg Muhamed Kreševljaković
(1939–2001) 		December 1990 April 1994 SDA
32 No image.png
(b. 1952) 		April 1994 March 1996 SDA
33 No image.png
b. 1950) 		8 January 1998 April 2000 SDA
34 No image.png
(b. 1936) 		April 2000 16 April 2005 SDP BiH
35 Semiha Borovac (cropped).jpg Semiha Borovac
(b. 1955) 		16 April 2005 28 January 2009 SDA
36 Alija-Behmen-2009-IMG 9339 (cropped).jpg Alija Behmen
(1940–2018) 		28 January 2009 27 March 2013 SDP BiH
37 Ivo Komsic Sarajevo 1353 (cropped).jpg Ivo Komšić
(b. 1948) 		27 March 2013 6 February 2017 SDU BiH
(until 2013)
USD
(2013–2014)
SDP BiH
(from 2014)
38 Abdulah Skaka (cropped).jpg Abdulah Skaka
(b. 1983) 		6 February 2017 8 April 2021 SDA
39 Benjamina Karić (cropped).jpg Benjamina Karić
(b. 1991) 		8 April 2021 Incumbent SDP BiH

Living former office holders[]

There are seven living former mayors of Sarajevo. The last former mayor to die was Juraj Martinović (1936–2021) on 3 August 2021.

  • 28th

    (1985–1987)
    (1939-11-30) November 30, 1939 (age 82)
  • 32nd

    (1994–1996)
    1952 (age 69–70)
  • 33rd

    (1998–2000)
    1950 (age 71–72)
  • 34th

    (2000–2005)
    (1936-04-16) April 16, 1936 (age 85)
  • 35th
    Semiha Borovac
    (2005–2009)
    (1955-03-02) March 2, 1955 (age 66)
  • 37th
    Ivo Komšić
    (2013–2017)
    (1948-06-26) June 26, 1948 (age 73)
  • 38th
    Abdulah Skaka
    (2017–2021)
    (1983-12-05) December 5, 1983 (age 38)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mustaj-beg Fadilpašić, prvi gradonačelnik Sarajeva". RadioSarajevo. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ^ Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography; page 142. ISBN 9780472115570. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography; pages 150-151. ISBN 9780472115570. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ^ R.D. (8 April 2021). "Benjamina Karić je zvanično nova gradonačelnica Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ Kreševljaković, Hamdija (1969). "Sarajevo za vrijeme austrougarske uprave (1878-1918).". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Godišnjica smrti Vase Radića". Historija. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Komšić se u ime Grada Sarajeva i građana oprostio od Daneta Maljkovića". Faktor. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Oslobođenje - Umro nekadašnji gradonačelnik Sarajeva Salko Selimović". 15 September 2017.

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