Dragan Jovanović (Serbian politician, born 1960)

Dragan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Јовановић; born 15 October 1960) is a Serbian politician. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 1991 to 1993 as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS). Jovanović later joined the Movement of Socialists (Pokret socijalista, PS).

Early life and career edit

Jovanović was born in Aleksinac, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree.[2] He was president of the Socialist Youth Alliance of Aleksinac in the 1980s.[3]

Politician edit

Jovanović was elected to the national assembly for Aleksinac and Ražanj in the 1990 Serbian parliamentary election, the first to be held after the reintroduction of multi-party politics to Serbia. The Socialist Party won a majority government, and Jovanović served as a supporter of the administration. He did not seek re-election in 1992.

He later left the SPS and joined the breakaway Movement of Socialists, becoming secretary of the party's board in Aleksinac in 2014.[4]

In 2015, he organized an event to commemorate Republic Day in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[5]

Electoral Record edit

National Assembly of Serbia edit

1990 Serbian parliamentary election: Aleksinac and Ražanj
CandidateParty
Dragan Milovanović (***WINNER***)Socialist Party of Serbia
Živko NikolićCitizens' Group
Dr. Ljubinka PetrovićSerbian Renewal Movement
Miroljub Mikica PetrovićCitizens' Group
Časlav RadojkovićCitizens' Group
Tatjana Tanja SamardžićCitizens' Group
Dragomir Gana SmiljkovićDemocratic Party
Mladen Denča TokićCitizens' Group
Total
Source: [6]

References edit

  1. ^ Dušan Bogdanović and Biljana Kovačević Vučo, Institutions Abused: Who Was Who in Serbia, 1987–2000, (Belgrade: Biljana Kovačević Vučo Fund), 2011, p. 117.
  2. ^ "Одржана Изборна Конференција ОО Пс Алексинац", Movement of Socialists, 10 July 2014, accessed 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Три деценије Омладинске радне акције 'Алексинац 86'", Južna Srbija Info, 22 October 2016, accessed 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Одржана Изборна Конференција ОО Пс Алексинац", Movement of Socialists, 10 July 2014, accessed 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Дан Републике: Они Тита нису заборавили", aleksinac.net, 6 December 2015, accessed 3 January 2023.
  6. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Листе кандидата за народне посланике Народне скупштине Републике Србије, по изборним јединицама), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 9 April 2022; Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за народне посланике у Народну скупштину Републике Србије 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 April 2022.