Aleksandar Šapić

Aleksandar Šapić
Александар Шапић
Šapić in 2024
Mayor of Belgrade
Assumed office
24 June 2024
Preceded byTemporary Council
In office
20 June 2022  30 October 2023
DeputyVesna Vidović
Preceded byZoran Radojičić
Succeeded byTemporary Council
President of the New Belgrade Municipality
In office
27 June 2012  27 June 2022
Preceded byNenad Milenković
Succeeded byBojan Bovan
Personal details
Born (1978-06-01) 1 June 1978
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Political partyDS (2006–2014)
SPAS (2018–2021)
SNS (2021–present)
SpouseMilica Šapić
Children2
Alma materMegatrend University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professional athlete
  • actor
Websitesapic.rs
Personal information
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Water polo career
Youth career
1984–1991
Crvena Zvezda
Senior clubs
Years Team
1991–1992
Partizan
1992–1994
Crvena Zvezda
1994–2001
Bečej
2001–2004
Camogli
2004–2006
Savona
2006–2009
Shturm 2002
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2008
Serbia 385 (981)

Aleksandar Šapić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who has been the mayor of Belgrade since 2024, previously serving that role from 2022 to 2023. A member and current vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Šapić had previously served as president of the New Belgrade municipality from 2012 to 2022.

Šapić was previously a member of the Democratic Party (DS) until 2014, and he later led the Serbian Patriotic Alliance until the merger into SNS which occurred in May 2021. During his professional water polo career, he played for two Olympic bronze medal squads, one for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the other for Serbia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and one Olympic silver medal squad for Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.