List of mayors of Niš explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Niš
Insignia:	Nis Coat of Arms.png
Insigniasize:	125px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of arms of Niš
Incumbent:	Dragana Sotirovski
Incumbentsince:	21 August 2020
Style:	Mayor
Member Of:	City Council
Reports To:	City Assembly
Residence:	No official residence
Seat:	City Hall
Termlength:	4 years
Inaugural:	Dimitrije Kocić-Asardžijski
Deputy:	Dušica Davidović

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

• Dimitrije Kocić-Asardžijski (1878 – 1882)

Kingdom of Serbia

• 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

• 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

• Jovan Čemerikić (1941 – 1944)

DF Yugoslavia / FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia

• 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

	Portrait	width=180	Name	Term of office		Party
		Mile Ilić	1990	December 1996	Socialist Party of Serbia
		Zoran Živković	26 January 1997	10 November 2000	Democratic Party
		Goran Ćirić	10 November 2000	9 October 2004	Democratic Party
		Smiljko Kostić	9 October 2004	5 June 2006	New Serbia

Republic of Serbia

	Portrait	width=180	Name	Term of office		Party
		Smiljko Kostić	5 June 2006	29 July 2008	New Serbia
		Miloš Simonović	29 July 2008	12 July 2012	Democratic Party
		Zoran Perišić	12 July 2012	11 July 2016	Serbian Progressive Party
		Darko Bulatović	11 July 2016	21 August 2020	Serbian Progressive Party
		Dragana Sotirovski	21 August 2020	Incumbent	Serbian Progressive Party

Sources

• Web Page of the City of Niš