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) Života Živković (1990 – 1992) (League of Community of Yugoslavia/Socialist Party of Serbia)
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro PortraitName Term of office Party Stojan Ranđelović 1992 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 PortraitName 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 12 August 2024 Serbian Progressive Party Dragoslav Pavlović 13 August 2024 Incumbent Serbian Progressive Party
Sources Web Page of the City of Niš