Mayor of Split

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.

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.

Coat of Arms of the noble House of Cindro
The current Coat of arms of Split is a modification of this one introduced during the Yugoslav period, which, in turn, was based on the Medieval (14th century) arms