Srboljub Milenković (Serbian Cyrillic: Србољуб Миленковић; born 1955) is a Kosovo Serb medical doctor and politician. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia and the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, and has held office in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. During his time as an elected official, Milenković was a member of the Democratic Party (DS).
Private career edit
Milenković identified as an internist nephrologist in the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election.[1]
Politician edit
Republican and federal legislatures edit
Milenković appeared in the eighty-fourth position on the DS's electoral list in the 2003 Serbian election.[2] The list won thirty-seven seats, and he was included afterward in his party's assembly delegation.[3] (From 2000 to 2011, all assembly mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties, irrespective of numerical order. Milenković's list position had no particular bearing on his chances of election.)[4]
Milenković's term in the national assembly was brief. By virtue of its performance in the 2003 election, the Democratic Party had the right to appoint thirteen members to the federal assembly of Serbia and Montenegro. Milenković was included in his party's delegation and so was required to resign from the Serbian parliament.[5] He served in the federal parliament until its dissolution in 2006, when Montenegro declared independence.
Kosovo politics edit
Milenković encouraged Kosovo Serbs to participate in the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election, notwithstanding that others in the community were encouraging a boycott. He was quoted as saying, "If they don't go to vote, Serbs won't be able to build their future."[6]
In 2002, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) dissolved the local administration in the predominantly Serb northern half of Kosovska Mitrovica and appointed an advisory council. Serb representatives from different parties were appointed to the council; Milenković was appointed as the Democratic Party's representative.[7] In early 2006, he became leader of the council, a position that was roughly equivalent to mayor.[8][9] He was also recognized by the Serbian government as municipal coordinator for Kosovska Mitrovica. Prior to the release of the Ahtisaari Plan in early 2007, Milenković encouraged co-operation between Kosovo's Serb and Albanian communities and dismissed suggestions that the Serbian government would call on Serbs living in southern Kosovo enclaves to flee their homes if Kosovo declared independence.[10]
The Serbian government removed Milenković as coordinator for Kosovska Mitrovica in December 2007, although he continued to lead the UNMIK advisory council into 2008.[11] Like the majority of Kosovo Serbs, he opposed Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 and the subsequent deployment of a European Union mission to the disputed territory.[12]
He does not appear to have been politically active after 2008.
References edit
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (5. ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА - БОРИС ТАДИЋ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 13 March 2024.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (5. ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА - БОРИС ТАДИЋ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Podrška neoročenoj vladi", Archived 2022-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Glas javnosti, 15 January 2004, accessed 13 March 2024.
- ^ Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Izbor poslanika u Skupštinu SCG", Archived 2021-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Glas javnosti, 12 February 2004, accessed 13 March 2024.
- ^ "KOSOVO/ CONCLUSA CAMPAGNA ELETTORALE, IL PAESE SI PREPARA AL VOTO," e.BisNews Direct, 22 October 2004.
- ^ Municipal Profile: Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, June 2006, p. 3.
- ^ "Kosovo: SRSG visits north Mitrovice/Mitrovica", United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 8 February 2006, accessed 24 March 2024.
- ^ Мирољуб Мијушковић, "Расељавање 'сабирног центра'", Politika, 19 December 2007, accessed 12 March 2024.
- ^ "VOA NEWS: KOSOVARS IN DIVIDED ENCLAVES ANXIOUSLY AWAIT U.N. STATUS REPORT," US Fed News, 25 January 2007.
- ^ 49. sednica Vlade Republike Srbije, 6. decembar 2007. godine, Otvorena Vlada, accessed 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Northern Kosovo looks on EU mission as occupying force - Serbian paper," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 18 February 2008 (Source: Politika, Belgrade, in Serbian 15 Feb 08).