List of mayors of Niš

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Mayor of Niš

Coat of arms of Niš

Incumbent
Dragoslav Pavlović

since 13 August 2024

Style| Mayor
Member of| City Council
Reports to| City Assembly
Residence| No official residence
Seat| City Hall
Term length| 4 years
Inaugural holder| Dimitrije Kocić-Asardžijski
Formation| 1878 (1878)
Deputy| Luka Gašević
Office of the mayor. Built in 1925 according to the project of architect Aleksandar Janković.

This is a list of presidents of the Municipality of Niš, presidents of the City Assembly of Niš and mayors of Niš since 1878.

The mayor of Niš is the head of the City of Niš (the third largest city in Serbia). He acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Niš. The current mayor of Niš is Dragoslav Pavlović (SNS).

## Principality of Serbia

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* Dimitrije Kocić-Asardžijski (1878 – 1882)

## Kingdom of Serbia

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* Dimitrije Kocić-Asardžijski (1882 – 1894)
* Đorđe Genčić (1894 – 1899) (Liberal Party)
* Todor Milovanović (1899 – 1910) (Liberal Party)
* Nikola Uzunović (1910 – 1918) (People's Radical Party) (Bulgarian occupation 1915 – 1918)

## Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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* Petar Stanković (1 December 1918 – 13 January 1919)
* Milan Joksimović (13 January 1919 – 5 January 1920) (acting President of the Municipality)
* Sotir Zdravković (5 January 1920 – August 1920) (acting President of the Municipality)
* Pavle Stojković (August 1920 – June 1920) (Communist Party of Yugoslavia) (elected President of the Municipality)
* Aleksandar Donković, Matija Kuzmanović and Nikola Marković (June 1920 – 25 September 1921) (provisional executive of the Municipality)
* Ljuba Aranđelović (25 September 1921 – August 1923) (elected President of the Municipality)
* Dragiša Cvetković (August 1923 – 7 November 1929) (elected President of the Municipality)
* Milorad Čavdarević (7 November 1929 – 15 February 1935) (appointed President of the Municipality)
* Dragiša Cvetković (15 February 1935 – 1936)
* Dragutin Petković (1936 – 1938)
* Dragutin Živković (1938 – 1941)

## Nedić's regime under Nazi German occupation

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* Jovan Čemerikić (1941 – 1944)

## DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia

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* Ivan Vučković (1958 – 1963) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Ratko Mitić (1963 – 1974) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Vladimir Petrović (1974 – 1979) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Milibor Jovanović (1979 – 1982) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Božidar Jocić (1982 – 1989) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)
* Vojkan Mitić (1989 – 1990) (League of Communists of Yugoslavia)

## FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro

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|  | Mile Ilić
(born 1954) | 1990 | December 1996 | Socialist Party of Serbia
|  | Zoran Živković
(born 1960) | 26 January 1997 | 10 November 2000 | Democratic Party
|  | Goran Ćirić
(born 1960) | 10 November 2000 | 9 October 2004 | Democratic Party
|  | Smiljko Kostić
(born 1945) | 9 October 2004 | 5 June 2006 | New Serbia

## Republic of Serbia

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| Portrait  | Name
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|  | Smiljko Kostić
(born 1945) | 5 June 2006 | 29 July 2008 | New Serbia
|  | Miloš Simonović
(born 1973) | 29 July 2008 | 12 July 2012 | Democratic Party
|  | Zoran Perišić
(born 1959) | 12 July 2012 | 11 July 2016 | Serbian Progressive Party
|  | Darko Bulatović
(born 1967) | 11 July 2016 | 21 August 2020 | Serbian Progressive Party
|  | Dragana Sotirovski
(born 1973) | 21 August 2020 | 12 August 2024 | Serbian Progressive Party
|  | Dragoslav Pavlović
(born 1979) | 13 August 2024 | Incumbent | Serbian Progressive Party

## Sources

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* Web Page of the City of Niš

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Mayors of Niš since 1990

* Mile Ilić (1990–1996)
* Zoran Živković (1997–2000)
* Goran Ćirić (2000–2004)
* Smiljko Kostić (2004–2008)
* Miloš Simonović (2008–2012)
* Zoran Perišić (2012–2016)
* Darko Bulatović (2016–2020)
* Dragana Sotirovski (2020–present)

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