Nikola Nešić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Нешић; born 1988) is a

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n politician. He served in the

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from 2022 to 2024 and is now an

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leader in the city assembly of

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. Nešić is a member of the

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(''Zajedno!'') party.

Early life and private career

Nešić was born in Kragujevac, in what was then the

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in the

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. Raised in the city, he holds a

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in electrical engineering and computing from the Department of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electronics in

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and has worked at

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Politician

Early years in local politics

Nešić co-founded the local party New Strength (''Nova Snaga'') in Kragujevac in 2014 and was recognized as its leader. New Strength contested the 2016 local election in Kragujevac on the

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(SDS), and Nešić appeared in the seventh list position. The list won six seats, and he was not immediately elected. He received a mandate on 6 June 2016 as the replacement for another candidate. Some SDS delegates left the party soon after the election to join the governing coalition led by the rival

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(SNS). Nešić wrote unfavourably of this situation, and of his experience working with the SDS generally, in an article published the following year. New Strength contested the

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in Kragujevac on an independent coalition list called ''Alternativa''. Nešić received the second position on the list and was re-elected when it won four mandates. In June 2021, New Strength collectively joined "Action" (''Akcija''), a citizens' initiative established by the party

Together for Serbia Together for Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Заједно за Србију, Zajedno za Srbiju, ZZS) was a centre-left political party in Serbia. It was formed by Dušan Petrović in 2012, and he led the party until 2016, when he was succeeded by Nebojša ...

(ZZS). The following month, New Strength joined Together for Serbia outright.

Parliamentarian

Together for Serbia and "Action" contested the

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as part of the '' We Must'' (''Moramo'') coalition. Nešić was awarded the fifth position on the coalition's electoral list and was elected when it won thirteen mandates. Shortly after the vote, Together for Serbia and "Action" merged into a new party called

(''Zajedno!''). The SNS and its allies won the election, and Nešić served as a member of the opposition. During his parliamentary term, Nešić was a member of the spatial planning committee, a deputy member of the economy committee, a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the

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, and a member of thirty-six parliamentary friendship groups. He was not a candidate in the

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, and his term ended when the new assembly convened in early 2024.

Local politics since 2023

In the

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, Nešić led a coalition list in Kragujevac of Together, Serbia Centre (SRCE),

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(EU), the

Green–Left Front Green–Left Front (, abbr. ZLF) is a green political party in Serbia. It is the successor of Do not let Belgrade drown association and four local citizens' groups. Radomir Lazović and Biljana Đorđević serve as the co-presidents of ZLF. F ...

(ZLF), and Šumadija Region. He was elected to a third term when the list won six seats. The SNS and its allies won the election, and he now serves in opposition as the leader of the ''New Strength KG–Together, Šumadija Region'' assembly group. He strongly criticized the city's development strategy in May 2024, accusing the governing coalition of squandering an important opportunity by bringing forward a document filled with errors and illogical proposals."Kragujevac dobija metro, a Lepenica će biti plovna – Usvojena strategija besmisla: Nikola Nešić iz Zajedno"
''Danas'', 7 May 2024, accessed 23 May 2024.

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References

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