Aristotel Petrović

Aristotel Petrović

6th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office 2 December 1918 – November 1920
Preceded by	Fehim Čurčić
Succeeded by	Ljudevit Novat

Personal details
Born	1881 (1881) Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	1920 (aged 38–39)

Aristotel Petrović (1881–1920) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Sarajevo from 1918 to 1920. He was Sarajevo's first mayor post-World War I and in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Early life and family

Petrović was born to a family of Bosnian Serb merchants in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father Petar Petrović was a Serb from Korçë, Albania who self-identified as ethnically Greek and gave his three sons (Aristotel, Diogen and Sokrat) Greek names.^[1]

Politics

After the First World War ended in 1918, Petrović was elected as Sarajevo's 6th mayor on 2 December of that year,^[2] and served until Ljudevit Novat was elected in the November 1920 elections, although he had attempted to resign in May 1920.^[3] He was the city's first mayor in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.^[4]

References

^ Ćorović, Vladimir (13 January 2014). "Istorija srpskog naroda". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ Donia, Robert J. (2006). Sarajevo: A Biography; page 142. ISBN 9780472115570. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "ZABORAVLJENI GRAD KRALJEVINE JUGOSLAVIJE" (PDF). IIS. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Među osobama koje su u 135 godina vodile Sarajevo samo su četiri katolika bila na čelu grada". Večernji list. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.