She is the second woman to hold that office, and a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Pavić was elected mayor of Zagreb on 1 March 2002[1] after Milan Bandić (also a member of the SDP) was forced to resign due to a public scandal.
[3] She was elected with the support of city assembly members of the ruling coalition of the time the SDP and the HNS.
[6] In March 2004 she demanded a public apology from Bandić for having allegedly insulted her mother in a "vulgar and very primitive" way.
[7] The incident occurred when an opposition member asked a question about a controversial purchase of land with city money.