Milenko Jovanov ( sr-cyr, Миленко Јованов; born 13 September 1980) is a Serbian politician. He has been a member of the

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since 2020 and he previously served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 to 2020. He has led the

Together We Can Do Everything Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything ( sr-cyrl, Александар Вучић – Заједно можемо све, Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve, AV–ZMS), commonly shortened to just Together We Can Do Everythi ...

parliamentary group since August 2022.

Personal life

Jovanov was born in 1980 in

Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; hu, Nagykikinda) is a city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia . The city urban area has 38,069 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 59,453 inhabitants. The ...

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

, in what was then the

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in the

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. He holds a

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degree from the

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and later graduated in specialist vocational studies from the Faculty of Political Science at the same institution.

Politician

Jovanov joined the

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...

(''Demokratska stranka Srbije'', DSS) in 2001 and held several leadership positions in the party, including president of its provincial board in Vojvodina and vice-president at the republic level.

Provincial politics

Jovanov received the fourth position on the DSS's

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in the

2012 Vojvodina provincial election Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina in May 2012. The first round was held on 6 May, while the second round was held on 20 May. Lists which participated in the elections # Choice for a Better Vojvodina - Dr Bojan Pajtić (Izbor za bolju ...

and was elected to the assembly when the list won four mandates. He resigned from the DSS in 2015 and later joined the Progressive Party. He received the eleventh position on the Progressive Party's list in the

2016 Vojvodina provincial election Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina on 24 April 2016. Electoral system The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by proportional representation in a single provincial constituency with a 5% electoral threshold, although the threshold i ...

and was elected to a second term when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three mandates. In the 2016–20 sitting of the assembly, he served as president of the Progressive Party's group of deputies, was vice-president of the committee on issues on the constitutional and legal status of the province, and was a member of the committee on regulations. He was elected as a vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party in 2016.

Municipal politics

Jovanov was given the lead position on the DSS's list for the Kikinda municipal assembly in the

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and was elected when the list won two mandates. He received the eleventh position on the Progressive Party's list in the

2016 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 24 April 2016, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2016 Serb ...

and was re-elected when the list won a majority victory with twenty-six out of thirty-nine mandates. He was not a candidate in 2020.

Parliamentarian

Jovanov received the twenty-second position on the Progressive Party's ''

Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything ( sr-cyrl, Александар Вучић – Заједно можемо све, Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve, AV–ZMS), commonly shortened to just Together We Can Do Everythi ...

'' list for the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected when the list won a landslide majority with 188 mandates. He is now a member of the assembly committee on constitutional and legislative issues, the leader of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with

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, and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

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. Jovanov served as the vice president of SNS until 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanov, Milenko 1980 births Living people Politicians from Kikinda Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Democratic Party of Serbia politicians Serbian Progressive Party politicians