Mayor of Split facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mayor of the City of Split |
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Term length | 4 years, unlimited number of renewals |
Inaugural holder | Jakov Cindro |
Formation | 1806 |
The Mayor of the City of Split (Croatian: Gradonačelnik Grada Splita), colloquially the Poteštat (derived from "podestà"), is the highest official of the Croatian city of Split. From 1990 to 2007 the mayor was elected by the city assembly. Since 2007 Croatian mayors have been elected directly by the citizens. The first such election in Split occurred in 2009.
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Here follows a list of the 72 men who have thus far served as Mayor (or President of the City Council) of the City of Split. They were immediately preceded by the succession of podestà (city "princes" or "governors", kneževi) under the Venetian Republic. The latter were colloquially known as "poteštati", and usually also held the office of Captain of the City. The term "poteštat" has since remained as a local, traditional term for the mayor as well.
Kingdom of Italy
Independent
No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
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Giacomo Cindro | 1755–1818 | 1806 | 1809 | Independent | Preceded by last Venetian Podestà (and City Captain) Nicolo Barozzi, who was removed in 1797. Stepped down amid political disputes in 1809. |
French Empire
Austria
People's Party Autonomist Party
No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
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Carlo Lanza | 1778–1834 | 1813 | 1814 | ||
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Pietro Nutrizio Grisogono | 1748–1823 | 1814 | 1818 | Autonomist Party | |
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Pietro Cambi | 1818 | 1823 | Autonomist Party | ||
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Leonardo Kružević | 1823 | 1825 | Autonomist Party | ||
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Giovanni Lorenzo Alberti | 1795–1879 | 1825 | 1831 | Autonomist Party | |
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Leonardo Dudan | 1798–1864 | 1832 | 1836 | Autonomist Party | First term. |
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Jerko Capogrosso | 1841 | 1844 | Autonomist Party | ||
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Michele Tartaglia | 1798–1886 | 1845 | 1848 | Autonomist Party | |
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Leonardo Dudan | 1798–1864 | 1848 | 1853 | Autonomist Party | Second term. |
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Simone de Michieli-Vitturi | 1801–1868 | 1853 | 1859 | Autonomist Party | Presided over the start of the so-called "Split Renaissance". |
13 | Antonio Bajamonti | 1822–1891 | 1860 | 1864 | Autonomist Party | First term. Held longest term in office as mayor of Split: headed city government almost continuously for 20 years (1860-1880). | |
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Francesco Lanza | 1808–1892 | 1864 | 1865 | Autonomist Party | |
15 | Antonio Bajamonti | 1822–1891 | 1865 | 1880 | Autonomist Party | Second term. This time representing the Liberal Union coalition. The longest term in office of any Mayor of Split. | |
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Alessandro Nallini | 1880 | 1882 | Autonomist Party | ||
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Emilio Ragazzini | 1882 | 1882 | Autonomist Party | ||
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Dujam Rendić-Miočević | 1834–1915 | 1882 | 1885 | People's Party | Resigned due to conflict with Gajo Filomen Bulat. |
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Gajo Filomen Bulat | 1836–1900 | 1885 | 1893 | People's Party | |
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Ivan Manger | 1840–1919 | 1893 | 1897 | ||
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Petar Katalinić | 1844–1922 | 1897 | 1899 | First mayor from the Katalinić family. | |
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Vinko Milić | 1833–1910 | 1900 | 1906 | ||
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Ante Trumbić | 1864–1938 | 1906 | 1907 | Croatian Party | |
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Vicko Mihaljević | 1861–1911 | 1907 | 1911 | Served as the inspiration for the mayor character in the Velo Misto series by Miljenko Smoje. | |
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Vicko Katalinić | 1857–1917 | 1911 | 1912 | First term. Second mayor from the Katalinić family. | |
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Teodor Šporn | 1879–1953 | 1912 | 1913 | First term. | |
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Vicko Katalinić | 1857–1917 | 1913 | 1914 | Second term. | |
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Frane Madirazza | 1885–1929 | 1914 | 1917 | ||
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Vicko Nišetić | 1917 | 1917 | |||
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Teodor Šporn | 1879–1953 | 1917 | 1918 | Second term. | |
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Josip Smodlaka | 1869–1956 | 1918 | 1918 | Croatian Democratic Party | First term. Previously a member of the Imperial Council of the Austrian Empire. Later became a member of the NKOJ and the first foreign minister of the second Yugoslavia. |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav National Party Yugoslav Radical Union Croatian Peasant Party
No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
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Ivo Tartaglia | 1880–1949 | 1918 | 1928 | Held office for 10 years. His extensive art collection formed the core of the exhibitions in the future Gallery of Fine Arts in Split. | |
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Petar Bonetti | 1888–1967 | 1928 | 1928 | ||
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Josip Berković | 1885–1968 | 1928 | 1929 | ||
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Jakša Račić | 1868–1943 | 1929 | 1933 | Yugoslav National Party | Medical doctor, head of the city sanatorium. Modernized medical services in the city; began the forestation of Marjan hill. An ethnic Croat, he was a member of the Chetnik movement during World War II. He was executed by Dalmatian Partisans. |
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Mihovil Kargotić | 1933 | 1938 | |||
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Mirko Buić | 1894-1967 | 1938 | 1938 | ||
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Vlado Matošić | 1938 | 1939 | Yugoslav Radical Union | ||
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Ivan Zlatko Vrdoljak | 1939 | 1939 | |||
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Stjepan Spalatin | 1939 | 1940 | |||
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Josip Brkić | 1887–1959 | 1940 | 1941 | Croatian Peasant Party |
World War II
National Liberation Front (resistance coalition) Communist Party of Yugoslavia
No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
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Civil Commissioners Italian occupation 1941–43 |
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Bruno Nardelli | April 1941 |
28 April 1941 |
National Fascist Party | ||
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Antonio Tacconi | 1880–1962 | 28 April 1941 |
1943 |
National Fascist Party | Civil Commissioner (mayor) for Split after the city's formal annexation into fascist Italy. |
No. | Mayor | Lifespan | Term of office | Party | Note | ||
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Presidents of the National Liberation Committee Wartime resistance city government 1942–47 |
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Ivo Amulić | 1911–1973 | 6 April 1942 |
15 May 1942 |
Unitary National Liberation Front (coalition) |
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Ivo Tijardović | 1895–1976 | 15 May 1942 |
July 1943 |
Unitary National Liberation Front (coalition) |
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Josip Smodlaka | 1869–1956 | September 1943 |
October 1943 |
Unitary National Liberation Front (coalition) |
Second term. Previously a member of the Imperial Council of the Austrian Empire. Later became a member of the NKOJ and the first foreign minister of the second Yugoslavia. |
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Petar Vitezica | 1903–1970 | October 1943 |
May 1944 |
Unitary National Liberation Front (coalition) |
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Umberto Fabris | May 1944 |
25 November 1944 |
Unitary National Liberation Front (coalition) |
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Ante Mrduljaš | 25 November 1944 |
25 June 1947 |
Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
Federal Yugoslavia
League of Communists of Yugoslavia Croatian Democratic Union
![Coat of arms of Split (SRC)](/images/thumb/4/46/Coat_of_arms_of_Split_%28SRC%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Split_%28SRC%29.svg.png)
Since independence
Croatian Democratic Union (4) Social Democratic Party (2) Croatian Social Liberal Party (1) Liberal Party (1) Independent Croatian Civic Party (1) Centre (1)
See also
- Split
- Dalmatia
- Split-Dalmatia County
- Elections in Croatia