Branko Pešić

Branko Pešić


60th Mayor of Belgrade
In office 1964–1974
Preceded by	Milijan Neoričić
Succeeded by	Živorad Kovačević
Personal details
Born	(1922-10-01)1 October 1922 Zemun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	4 February 1986(1986-02-04) (aged 63) Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	SKJ

Branko Pešić (1 October 1922 – 4 February 1986) was a member of the Yugoslav resistance forces during the World War II in Yugoslavia, and later leader of the Yugoslav Communist party in Belgrade^[1] and Mayor of Belgrade from 1964 to 1974.

Pešić was one of the most famous Belgrade mayors, and his decade-long tenure saw the construction of many important projects including the Mostar interchange, Gazela Bridge, and Terazije Tunnel.

References

↑ Miller, Nick (2008). The Nonconformists: Culture, Politics, and Nationalism in a Serbian Intellectual Circle, 1944-1991. Central European University Press. p. 155. ISBN 963-9776-13-0. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

Mayors of Belgrade

Čarapić Bogićević Žujović Delimirković Stojković Smiljanić G.Jovanović Terzibašić Nikolić-Čokojić Ivanović Čumić Lukić Đurić Popović Stevanović Karabiberović Đorđević Bogićević Nikolajević Pašić Marinković Tatić Pantović Stamenković Glavinić Vulović Davidović Nestorović Marjanović K.Jovanović Filipović Kara-Jovanović Mitrović Kumanudi Savčić Nešić M.Petrović Ilić Đurčić Tomić Milićević Stojadinović Jovanović Ratković N.Petrović Jojkić Minić Neoričić Pešić Kovačević B. Bogdanović Bakočević Unković Gruden Čović Đinđić Božić Mihailović Protić Jočić Hrustanović N. Bogdanović Alimpić Belić Đilas Mali

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