Belgrade City Administration Explained

Belgrade City Administration (Serbian: Управа града Београда|Uprava grada Beograda) was an administrative and security institution in Belgrade from 1839 to 1944. For most of that time, its headquarters was located in the notorious Glavnjača prison, on the present-day site of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Chemistry, on Students Square.

From the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century, Belgrade was governed by two levels of authority — the Belgrade City Administration, as the holder of police and administrative state authority, and the Belgrade City Municipality, as the holder of the local self-government. In 1944, the Belgrade City Administration was abolished after a different administrative organization was established in Belgrade.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

See main article: Belgrade City Administration (1929–1941).

When the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was divided into banovinas in 1929, a separate administrative and territorial unit called the Belgrade City Administration was formed, encompassing the City of Belgrade with surrounding area, including Zemun and Pančevo. This territory was entirely surrounded by the Danube Banovina, which had its administrative seat in Novi Sad. Following the Axis invasion, occupation and partition of Yugoslavia in 1941, the Belgrade City Administration continued to exist as an administrative and territorial unit of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia until the end of 1941, when Serbia was divided into districts in a new territorial organization.

Administrators

PortraitNameTenureNotes
Jovan German13 July 1839 – 22 November 1839
Ilija Čarapić22 November 1839 – 27 May 1840Son of Vasa Čarapić
Miloš Bogićević27 May 1840 – 24 September 1840
Mladen M. Žujović24 September 1840 – 6 August 1842 and 1858
Mihailo Ljotić29 August 1842 – 22 September 1842
Tenka Stefanović22 September 1842 – 6 November 1842
Radovan Damjanović6 November 1842 – 20 December 1844
Jovan Vučković20 December 1844 – 22 July 1848
Gavrilo Jeremić22 July 1848 – 27 September 1852
Kosta Magazinović27 September 1852 – 15 November 1855
Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac15 November 1855 – 18 October 1856
Nikola Hristić18 October 1856 – 11 February 1859 and 27 September 1859 – 7 October 1860
Jovan Belimarković30 November 1858 – 11 February 1859
Jovan Dimitrijević Mitričević11 February 1859 – 27 September 1859
Dragutin Žabarac27 September 1859 – 19 January 1861
Mihailo Barlovac19 January 1861 – 18 July 1868
Jakov Tucaković1 August 1868 – 4 April 1873 and 1 June 1876 – 1 June 1878
Živojin Blaznavac4 April 1873 – 13 February 1874 and 25 February 1879 – 17 March 1887
Dimitrije Joksić13 February 1874 – 22 October 1875 and 22 October 1875 – 1 June 1876Ac
Jovan Avakumović22 October 1875 – 1 June 1876
Janko Terzić1877 – 4 February 1878
Jakov Brzaković4 February 1878 – 1 June 1878
Pantelija Lunjevica1 June 1878 – 25 February 1879Son of Nikola Lunjevica; father of Queen Draga and Nikodije Lunjevica
Živko Anđelić17 March 1887 – 6 June 1888
Gliša Đorđević6 June 1888 – 16 September 1889
Vladimir Milenković1889 and 1892
Velimir Todorović16 September 1889 – 13 January 1890
Svetozar Arsenović13 January 1890 – 11 May 1891
Mihailo P. Jovanović27 May 1891 – 1 August 1892
Pavle Denić1 August 1892 – 2 April 1893
Stojan Protić2 April 1893 – 7 April 1893
Đorđe Nestorović7 April 1893 – 12 January 1894
Miloš Mihailović12 January 1894 – 24 May 1894
Živko Kasidolac24 May 1894 – 29 October 1894
Aleksa Stevanović29 October 1894 – 1 August 1895
Nikola Stevanović1 August 1895 – 20 April 1896
Rista Bademlić20 April 1896 – 14 July 1900
Božidar Maršićanin13 July 1900 – 29 May 1903Deposed in the May Coup
Bogdan Damjanović29 May 1903 – 24 June 1903
Dušan Vujić24 June 1903 – 25 October 1903
Mihailo Cerović25 October 1903 – 20 January 1905 and 16 March 1906 – 19 July 1907
Mihailo Rašković20 January 1905 – 14 August 1905
Dragić Pavlović14 August 1905 – 21 January 1906
Branimir Rajić21 January 1906 – 15 March 1906
Dragutin Milićević19 September 1907 – 22 April 1908
Obrad Blagojević22 April 1908 – 27 September 1908
Dušan Alimpić22 September 1908 – 10 May 1910
Gojko Pavlović10 May 1910 – 4 September 1912
Manojlo Lazarević4 August 1912 – 9 September 1918 and 24 September 1919 – 27 December 1934
Kosta Tucaković9 September 1918 – 24 September 1919
Dušan Filipović27 December 1934 – 13 October 1935
Milan Aćimović13 October 1935 – 21 December 1938
Živojin Simonović9 February 1939 – 20 April 1939
Dragoslav Lazić1 March 1939 – 1 April 1940
Dragomir Drinčić28 March 1940 – 27 March 1941Deposed in the Yugoslav coup d'état
Milutin Stefanović27 March 1941 – 1 April 1941
Dušan Ribar1 April 1941 – 12 April 1941
Dragomir Jovanović7 May 1941 – 5 October 1944Served under the Government of National Salvation; fled amidst the Belgrade offensive

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