Dr. Ivo Tartaglia (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐːʋo tartâʎa]; 5 February 1880 – 3 April 1949) was "a committed anti-fascist",[1] a former ban (governor) of the province of Littoral Banovina (Croatian/Serbo-Croat: Primorska banovina),[1] and the 32nd mayor of Split, Yugoslavia (in what is today known as Croatia).

[3] In June 1948, Tartaglia was put on trial in Split, along with others, on charges of having expressed pro-Mussolini sentiments and otherwise undermining the government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

He was responsible for building the Ličke railways in 1925, which connected peninsular Split to the mainland.

During his incumbency, the zoo opened, airports were expanded and modernized, and a meteorological station was built.

[4] The ban started a series of projects in Littoral Banovina, building hospitals in Biograd, draining wetlands, improvement of agriculture, etc.