Zsombor Újvári (Serbian Cyrillic: Жомбор Ујвари, romanized: Žombor Ujvari; born 1982) is a Serbian politician from the country's Hungarian community. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2022 to 2024 as a member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ).
Zsombor Újvári | |
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Újvári Zsombor | |
| Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | |
| In office 1 August 2022 – 6 February 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1982 |
| Political party | VMSZ |
Early life and private career edit
Újvári attended primary school in Kanjiža and completed high school and higher electrical engineer training in Subotica. He graduated from the "Mihajlo Pupin" Technical Faculty in Zrenjanin in 2017 with certification as a graduate information technology engineer. He has worked in the public sector since 2012 and is employed by Komunalac in Kanjiža as a clerk for personnel records and information technology.[1]
Politician edit
Újvári appeared in the sixth position on the VMSZ's electoral list for the Kanjiža municipal assembly in the 2020 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won a landslide majority victory with twenty out of twenty-nine seats.[2][3] After the election, he was appointed to the municipal council (i.e., the executive branch of the municipal government) with responsibility for tourism and information.[4]
Parliamentarian edit
Újvári received the fourth position on the VMSZ's list in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected to the national assembly when the list won five mandates.[5] He resigned from the Kanjiža municipal council after the election, on 22 July 2022, as he could not hold a dual mandate as a parliamentarian and a member of a local executive.[6]
During his parliamentary term, Újvari was member of the labour committee,[a] the committee on the rights of the child, and the European Union–Serbia stabilization and association committee; a deputy member of the judiciary committee,[b] the agriculture committee,[c] and the European integration committee; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Italy, Romania, and Turkey.[7] The VMSZ supported Serbia's government led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the assembly.
Újvari appeared in the twenty-ninth position on the VMSZ's list in the 2023 parliamentary election.[8] Re-election from this position was not a realistic prospect, and he was not re-elected when the list won six seats. His term ended when the new assembly convened in February 2024.
He is now seeking re-election to the Kanjiža municipal assembly in the 2024 Serbian local elections, appearing in second place on the VMSZ's list.[9]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ Magyarkanizsai Községi Tanács: Újvári Zsombor, Archived 2022-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, Municipality of Kanjiža, accessed 20 April 2024.
- ^ Službeni list (Opštine Kanjiźa), Volume 53 Number 14 (8 June 2020), p. 347.
- ^ Službeni List (Opštine Kanjiža), Volume 53 Number 16 (22 June 2020), pp. 373-378.
- ^ By virtue of holding executive office, he was required to resign from the local assembly. See Službeni list (Opštine Kanjiźa), Volume 53 Number 20 (21 August 2020), p. 407, 416.
- ^ "Ko su kandidati Saveza vojvođanskih Mađara-Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség za poslanike", Danas, 18 February 2022, accessed 28 May 2022.
- ^ Sluzbeni List (Opštine Kanjiža), Volume 55 Number 17 (29 September 2022), pp. 433-434.
- ^ ZSOMBOR ÚJVÁRI, Archived 2023-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Ko je na listi SVM za parlamentarne izbore u Srbiji", N1, 8 November 2023, accessed 20 April 2024.
- ^ ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА БР. 1 - VAJDASÁGI MAGYAR SZÖVETSÉG-DR.PÁSZTOR BÁLINT - SAVEZ VOJVOĐANSKIH MAĐARA-DR BALINT PASTOR, Kanjiža Municipal Election Commission, accessed 6 May 2024.