Aleksandar Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јовановић; born 1976) is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the Assembly of Vojvodina since 2016 as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).

Early life and career

Jovanović was born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He lived in Kuwait from 1987 with 1990 when his father, a medical doctor, was stationed in the country. The family returned to Novi Sad following Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Jovanović holds a master's degree in Sociology from the University of Novi Sad. In addition to his life in politics, he has worked occasionally as a live DJ since the 1990s under the name DJ Skadam and operates a café called Novosađanin.[1][2]

Political career

Jovanović first became active with the LSV as a youth, from 1991 to 1994. He became politically re-engaged in 1996, taking part in a committee that organized protests against the rule of Slobodan Milošević and his allies. Jovanović was elected to the Novi Sad city assembly in the 2000 Serbian local elections, became the leader of the LSV assembly group shortly thereafter, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2008. He was chosen as leader of the LSV organization in Novi Sad in February 2008 and became president (i.e., speaker) of the Novi Sad city assembly in June of the same year, after a coalition of parties including the LSV formed a majority on the city council.[3] He held the latter position until 2012.[4][5] In December 2012, he was elected as a member of the LSV presidency.[6]

Jovanović has warned of the rise of fascism in Serbia, opposing the presence of far-right "patriotic" organizations in public life.[7] In 2017, he joined with party leader Nenad Čanak in opposing a monument to Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.

Assembly of Vojvodina

Jovanović first sought election to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2012 provincial election. He was defeated in Novi Sad's third division in the second round of voting.

For the 2016 provincial election, Vojvodina switched to a system in which all seats were determined by proportional representation. Jovanović received the seventh position on the LSV's electoral list and was elected when the list won nine mandates.[8] The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won a majority government in this election, and the LSV now sits in opposition. Jovanović serves on the assembly's education and science committee and the committee on cooperation with committees of the National Assembly of Serbia in respect to the competencies of the province.[9]

Elections for the National Assembly of Serbia

Jovanović has been a candidate for election to the National Assembly on four occasions. He appeared on the list of the LSV's Together for Tolerance coalition in the 2003 election; the list did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly.[10] The LSV contested the 2012 Serbian election on the Choice for a Better Life list led by the Democratic Party. Jovanović received the 165th position on the list and was not returned when it won sixty-seven mandates.[11] The Democratic Party subsequently experienced a serious split, and former leader Boris Tadić created a new breakaway group that became known as the Social Democratic Party. The LSV aligned itself with Tadić in both the 2014 and 2016 elections; Jovanović appeared as an LSV candidate both times, but in too low a position to be elected.[12]

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

2012 Vojvodina assembly election
Novi Sad III (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[13]
Veljko Krstonošić Choice for a Better Vojvodina 4,055 19.91 8,596 55.42
Aleksandar Jovanović League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 4,229 20.77 6,916 44.58
Milan Novaković Let's Get Vojvodina Moving (Affiliation: Serbian Progressive Party) 3,415 16.77
Borko Ilić Democratic Party of Serbia 3,033 14.89
Vanja Božić Serbian Radical Party 1,499 7.36
Ratko Striković Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–United Serbia–Social Democratic Party of Serbia 1,322 6.49
Aleksandar Odžić U-Turn 980 4.81
Slobodan Maraš United Regions of Serbia 869 4.27
Novak Vukoje Social Democratic Alliance 576 2.83
Jovan Mihajilo Serb Democratic Party 387 1.90
Total valid votes 20,365 100 15,512 100

References

  1. ↑ NOVOSAĐANI: Uvek treba da se trudimo da menjamo stvari nabolje, Moj Novi Sad, 5 July 2017, accessed 24 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Aleksandar Jovanović, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Serbian Democrats' candidate elected Novi Sad mayor," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European (Source: Radio B92 text website, Belgrade, in English 0840 gmt 17 Jun 08), 17 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Novi predsednik Aleksandar Jovanović", Danas, 25 February 2008, accessed 24 January 2019.
  5. ↑ NOVOSAĐANI: Uvek treba da se trudimo da menjamo stvari nabolje, Moj Novi Sad, 5 July 2017, accessed 24 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bogaroški, Jovanović and Stošić, vice-presidents of LSV", Blic (Source: Tanjug), 8 December 2012, accessed 24 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "http://lsv.rs/blog/aleksandar-jovanovic/obracun-sa-fasistima-nas-tek-ceka/", League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, 10 November 2012, accessed 24 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 4 - Ненад Чанак – Лига социјалдемократа Војводине – Дигни главу!), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 11 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Aleksandar Jovanović, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 24 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Jovanović received the eighty-first position out of 250. The list was mostly alphabetical; during this period, assembly mandates were distributed on candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring party or coalition, and not necessarily in numerical order. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године (ЗАЈЕДНО ЗА ТОЛЕРАНЦИЈУ - ЧАНАК, КАСА, ЉАЈИЋ) Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 9 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉИ ЖИВОТ- БОРИС ТАДИЋ) Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.
  12. ↑ Jovanović received the ninety-third position in 2014 and the 155th in 2016. The lists won eighteen and thirteen mandates, respectively, in these elections. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (БОРИС ТАДИЋ - Нова демократска странка - Зелени, ЛСВ - Ненад Чанак, Заједно за Србију, VMDK, Заједно за Војводину, Демократска левица Рома) Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 14 April 2017; and Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (БОРИС ТАДИЋ, ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - САВЕЗ ЗА БОЉУ СРБИЈУ – Либерално демократска партија, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Социјалдемократска странка) Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Source: Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (2012) (32 Нови Сад III), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 August 2017.
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