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2018 Serbian Local Elections
A small number of cities and municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2018. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2014. All local elections in Serbia in 2018 were held under proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities. Results Belgrade City of Belgrade ''See: 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election'' Vojvodina Kula An election was held in Kula on 16 December 2018. The municipality's mayor Velibor Milojičić had resigned in September 2018, at which time he was appointed leader of a provisional administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Serbian Local Elections
A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2014. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2010. All local elections in 2014 were held under proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities. Results Belgrade 2014 Belgrade City Assembly election Vojvodina Pećinci The municipal assembly of Pećinci was dissolved in October 2013, having been dysfunctional for a period of several months. Sava Čojčić, who had previously served as mayor, was appointed as head of a provisional administration. A n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Krkobabić
Milan Krkobabić ( sr-cyr, Милан Кркобабић; born 12 October 1952) is a Serbian politician serving as minister of rural welfare since 2020. A member of the Krkobabić political family, he is the current leader of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS). Additionally, he served as minister without portfolio from 2016 to 2020. Krkobabić has been a member of the National Assembly since 2022, a role which he previously held from 2012 to 2016 and briefly in 2020. He also served as deputy mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2012, and as a member of the City Assembly of Belgrade in 2008, and again from 2012 to 2013, and again briefly in 2014. Early life and career Krkobabić was born in Kačarevo, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He later moved with his family to Belgrade, where he completed high school and graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Serbia, 2017)
The People's Party ( sr-cyrl, Народна странка, Narodna stranka, Narodna) is a centre-right political party in Serbia. History After his unsuccessful bid in an attempt to replace Ban Ki-Moon as UN Secretary-General in the end of 2016, Vuk Jeremić returned to Serbia, where he enjoyed relatively high approval ratings compared to other opposition politicians. He decided to run for president in 2017 presidential election, declining the option to support Saša Janković, who by then managed to gather a number of parties' support. Although many thought that opposition would have better chances against Vučić if united and considered Janković a better option for a single opposition presidential candidate, Jeremić announced his candidacy nevertheless. He finished fourth, with little less than 6% of the vote. In the aftermath of the election though his results were quite disappointing, he announced he will form a party. He gathered support for such move mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Liberal Democratic Party ( sr-cyrl, Либерално демократска партија, Liberalno demokratska partija, LDP) is a liberal political party in Serbia. It is led by Čedomir Jovanović. History The Liberal Democratic Party was founded on 5 November 2005 by former members of the Democratic Party, led by Čedomir Jovanović, who were expelled in a party purge in 2004. Jovanović had become critical of the new direction of the Democratic Party and its newly elected president, Boris Tadić. The LDP gained its first seat in parliament after Đorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party. Members of the foundation board were: Nenad Prokić, Nikola Samardžić, Branislav Lečić and Đorđe Đukić. in 2007 the Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP. The LDP has a long-standing relationship with the Social Democratic Union and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. Ideology LDP is a liberal party, and it is supportive of secularism and multic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party ( sr, Демократска странка, Demokratska stranka; , DS) is a social-democratic and social-liberal political party in Serbia. The party was officially founded on 3 February 1990 by a group of Serbian intellectuals as a revival of the original Yugoslav Democratic Party. It was one of the main opposition parties to the presidency of Slobodan Milošević during the 1990s. Democratic Party joined the Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition in 2000,Flags of the World''Democratic Opposition of Serbia'' Tomislav Todorović, 22 November 2005 and became part of the new coalition government after the 2000 parliamentary election. Zoran Đinđić, then president of the Democratic Party, became the Prime Minister of Serbia in January 2001, but was assassinated in 2003, and the Party lost the power at the parliamentary election later that year. New president of the Democratic Party, Boris Tadić, won the 2004 presidential election, and the party r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Marković Palma
Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element ''drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holders *Dragan Čavić, Bosnian Serb politician * Dragan Čović, Croat politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Dragan Đilas, Serbian politician and businessman * Dragan Đokanović, Bosnian Serb politician *Dragan Đorđević, Serbian politician *Dragan Jočić, Serbian politician *Dragan Kojadinović, Serbian journalist, politician and Minister of Culture *Dragan Marković, Serbian politician * Dragan Maršićanin, Serbian politician * Dragan Mikerević, Bosnian Serb politician *Dragan Primorac, Croatian scientist and politician * Dragan Šutanovac, Serbian Minister of Defense * Dragan Todorović (politician), Serbian politician * Dragan Tomić, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia in 1997 *Dragan Tsankov, Bulgarian politician, twic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Serbia
United Serbia ( sr, Јединствена Србија, Jedinstvena Srbija, JS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. History It was founded on 15 February 2004, as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan Marković Palma elected as the leader on the first party assembly. During its early years, the party had close relations with other right-wing parties such as New Serbia and Democratic Party of Serbia, even participating with them in the 2007 parliamentary election. During the 2008 parliamentary election, they participated in a coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia and supported the accession of Serbia into the European Union. United Serbia was the first to announce the beginning of talks with the coalition For a European Serbia, led by the President Boris Tadić, on forming the new government. The party leader is Dragan Marković, former mayor of Jagodina. The United Serbia, including its leader Palma, supported the "Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Serbia
Better Serbia ( sr-cyr, Боља Србија, Bolja Srbija, BS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Its leader is Dragan Jovanović, a former member of New Serbia. It is the main governing party in the municipality of Topola. Origins and current status Jovanović was a longtime member of New Serbia (NS) before his expulsion from the party in January 2017, which occurred against the backdrop of a quarrel with party leader Velimir Ilić. Jovanović was elected on Serbian Progressive Party's (SNS) list in 2016, and after serving as an independent member of the assembly for six months, Jovanović launched Better Serbia in July 2017. A month before the formation, Jovanović presented a political program with Vladan Glišić and Miroslav Parović. He outlined the party's positions in an interview with ''Politika'' shortly thereafter, noting the party's focus on agrarian issues. Jovanović was a supporter of Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić at the time of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Freedom Movement (Serbia)
The People's Freedom Movement (, NSP) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. It is led by Miroslav Parović. History In December 2016, a group of members of the Third Serbia political party split from the party and formed the People's Freedom Movement with Miroslav Parović being selected as the president of the newly formed People's Freedom Movement. The president of the party, Miroslav Parović finished 11th in 2017 Serbian presidential election with 0.32% of the votes. In November 2019, the party announced that they will participate in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election in the coalition with New Serbia. It did not participate in the 2022 general elections, although it did held campaigns that were organized in opposition to Aleksandar Vučić. Political platform People's Freedom Movement advocates a conservative ideology and it believes that only an orderly, legal state can be free and sovereign. The party advocates democratic organization and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Jovanović (Serbian Politician, Born 1972)
Dragan Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Драган Јовановић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian politician who was the mayor of Topola from 2004 to 2014 and is now serving his fifth term in Serbia's national assembly. A prominent member of New Serbia (NS) for many years, he founded Better Serbia (BS) in 2017 and was its leader until 2023, when it merged into the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Early life and career Jovanović was born in Aranđelovac, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering with a major in industrial management. Politician Jovanović was New Serbia's secretary-general from 2003 until 2005, when he was elected as a party vice-president. He oversaw party leader Velimir Ilić's campaign in the 2003 Serbian presidential election. Mayor of Topola Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors for the 2004 local elections, and Jovanović ran in Topola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranđelovac
Aranđelovac ( sr-cyr, Аранђеловац, ) is a town and a municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. , the municipality has a population of 46,225 inhabitants, while the town has 24,797 inhabitants. It is situated beneath the mountains Bukulja and Venčac, at about above sea level, away from Belgrade. The municipality encompasses two towns and 18 village communities. Also, "Bukovička Banja" Spa is located in the town. Etymology Most of the town territory used to belong to the village of Vrbica (Aranđelovac), Vrbica, today its suburb. Since prince Miloš Obrenović often resided in the Bukovička Banja, he decided to build a church in Vrbica in 1858 (one of his "repentance churches"), and dedicated it to St. Archangel Gabriel. By the prince's decree, the growing community surrounding the church was proclaimed the town of Aranđelovac ("The town of Archangel (Angel)") in 1859, occupying major parts of territories of villages Vrbica and Bukovik (Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Serbian General Election
General elections were held in Serbia on 3 April 2022 to elect both the President of Serbia, president and Member of parliament, members of the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly. Initially, parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in 2024; however, in October 2020 president Aleksandar Vučić stated that snap parliamentary elections would be held in or before April 2022. In addition to the general elections, 2022 Serbian local elections, local elections were held simultaneously in 12 Municipalities and cities of Serbia, municipalities and 2 cities, including 2022 Belgrade City Assembly election, Belgrade. The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power in 2012 after forming a government with the Socialist Party of Serbia. They won a supermajority of seats following the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election, 2020 parliamentary election, which was boycotted by the major opposition Alliance for Serbia that claimed that "the election would not be free and fair". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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