List of mayors of Zagreb

This list gives an overview of the mayors of the city of Croatian capital Zagreb , which was once also known as Agram .

The list includes all mayors or presidents of the City Assembly of Zagreb who are equivalent to mayors . The respective term of office lasts four years; there is no limit to the number of terms of office. Direct mayoral elections have been held since 2009 ; before that, the Zagreb city assembly voted on the mayor.

The first mayor was Janko Kamauf (1801–1874), who was also the last town judge of the then still independent Gradec , and of the merger of Gradec and Kaptol initiated by Ban Joseph Jelačić von Bužim , as well as the incorporation of some smaller communities in 1851 to to the year 1857 exercised the office of mayor of Zagreb.

The incumbent mayor is Milan Bandić , born in 1955 , who has officially been in office since May 15, 2005 and has been in office for the sixth time since 2017. Bandić was also mayor of Zagreb from May 5, 2000 to January 21, 2002.

Bandić is also the longest-serving mayor of Zagreb. The second longest incumbent mayor was Adolf Mošinsky , who held office from 1892 to 1904, followed by Većeslav Holjevac , who was mayor from 1952 to 1963.

numbering	Surname	Term of office	Political party
1.	Janko Kamauf	1851-1857	0
2.	Josip F. Haerdtl	1857	0
3.	Svetozar Kušević	1858	People's Party ( Narodna stranka )
4th	Johan Lichtenegger	1858-1861	0
5.	Vjekoslav Frigan	1861-1868	Unionist Party ( Unionistička stranka )
6th	Makso Mihalic	1868-1869	0
7th	Dragutin Cekuš	1869-1872	0
8th.	Pavao Hatz	1872-1873	0
9.	Stjepan Vrabčević	1873	0
10.	Ivan Vončina	1873-1876	People's Party ( Narodna stranka )
11.	Stanko Andrijević	1876-1879	People's Party ( Narodna stranka )
12.	Matija Mrazović	1879-1881	independent people's party ( Neodvisna narodna stranka )
13.	Josip Hoffman	1881-1885	independent people's party ( Neodvisna narodna stranka )
14th	Nikola Badovinac	1885-1887	independent people's party ( Neodvisna narodna stranka )
15th	Ignjat Sieber	1887-1890	0
16.	Milan Amruš	1890-1892	independent people's party ( Neodvisna narodna stranka )
17th	Adolf Mošinsky	1892-1904	0
18th	Milan Amruš	1904-1910	independent people's party ( Neodvisna narodna stranka )
19th	Janko Holjac	1910-1917	Croatian-Serbian Coalition ( Hrvatsko-srpska koalicija )
20th	Stjepan Srkulj	1917-1919	Croatian Union ( Hrvatska zajednica )
21st	Svetozar Delic	1920	Socialist Workers' Party of Yugoslavia ( Socijalistička radnička partija Jugoslavije ; Communists)
22nd	Dragutin Tončić	1920	0
23.	Vjekoslav Heinzel	1920-1928	in the 1920 election: Croatian Union in the 1921 and 1927 elections: Croatian bloc ( Hrvatski blok )
24.	Stjepan Srkulj	1928-1932	Croatian block ( Hrvatski blok )
25th	Ivo Krbek	1932-1934	Non-party
26th	Rudolf Erber	1934-1936	Non-party
-	Teodor Kaufmann (acting)	1936-1937	Non-party
27.	Teodor Peičić	1937-1939	Non-party
28.	Mate Starčević	1939-1941	Croatian Peasant Party ( Hrvatska seljačka stranka )
29	Jozo Dumandžić	1941	Ustasha ( Ustaša - Hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija )
30th	Ivan Werner	1941-1944	Ustasha ( Ustaša - Hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija )
31.	Eugene Starešinić	1944-1945	Ustasha ( Ustaša - Hrvatska revolucionarna organizacija )
32.	Dragutin Saili	1945-1949	Communist Party of Croatia
33.	Mika Špiljak	1949-1950	Communist Party of Croatia
34.	Milivoj Rukavina	1950-1951	Communist Party of Croatia
35.	Mirko Pavleković	1951-1952	Communist Party of Croatia
36.	Većeslav Holjevac	1952-1963	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
37.	Pero Pirker	1963-1967	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
38.	Ratko Karlović	1967	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
39.	Josip Kolar	1967-1972	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
40.	Ivo Vrhovec	1972-1988	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
41.	Ivo Latin	1978-1982	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
42.	Mato Mikic	1982-1983	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
43.	Aleksandar Varga	1983-1984	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
44.	Zorislav Šonje	1984-1985	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
45.	Tito Kosty	1985-1986	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
46.	Mato Mikic	1986-1990	Association of Communists of Croatia ( Savez komunista Hrvatske )
47.	Boris Buzančić	1990-1993	Croatian Democratic Union ( Hrvatska demokratska zajednica )
48.	Branko Mikša	1993-1996	Croatian Democratic Union ( Hrvatska demokratska zajednica )
49.	Marina Matulović-Dropulić	1996	Croatian Democratic Union ( Hrvatska demokratska zajednica )
-	Stjepan Brolich (Government Commissioner)	1996-1997	Croatian Democratic Union ( Hrvatska demokratska zajednica )
(49.)	Marina Matulović-Dropulić	1997-2000	Croatian Democratic Union ( Hrvatska demokratska zajednica )
-	Josip Kregar (Government Commissioner)	2000	Non-party
50.	Milan Bandic	2000-2002	Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske )
51.	Vlasta Pavic	2002-2005	Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske )
52.	Milan Bandic	since 2005	in the 2005 and 2009 elections: Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske ) in the 2013 election: Non-party in the 2017 election: Bandić Milan 365 - Party of Labor and Solidarity ( Bandić Milan 365 - Stranka rada i solidarnosti )