Đuro Bajić ( sr-Cyrl, Ђуро Бајић; born 5 May 1938) is a former politician in

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. He was the

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from 1995 to 1996, serving as a member of the

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(''Socijalistička partija Srbije'', SPS).

Early life and career

Bajić was born in Mokronoge, in what was then the

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of the

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. He worked at different times as an electro-mechanic for cooling devices and an engineer for work organization.

Politician

Bajić was elected to the

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city assembly in the

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. In the immediate aftermath of the city election,

Milorad Mirčić Milorad Mirčić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Мирчић; 22 February 1956 – 9 May 2025) was a Serbian politician. He was the List of mayors of Novi Sad, mayor of Novi Sad from 1993 to 1994 and the Ministry of Religion and Diaspora (Serbia), min ...

of the

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(''Srpska radikalna stranka'', SRS) was chosen as president of the assembly (a position that was at the time equivalent to mayor) with the support of the Socialists. The SPS later withdrew its support from the Radicals, and on 10 January 1995 the assembly selected Bajić as the city's new mayor. One of his main responsibilities was dealing with the needs of Serb refugees from

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and

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, who had arrived in Novi Sad during and after the

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of the 1990s. Bajić also signed a twinning relationship between Novi Sad and

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, in 1996. The SPS was defeated by the ''Zajedno'' coalition in the

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, and Bajić stood down as mayor later in the year. After leaving office, he became a coordinator for technical issues at ''JP "Poslovni prostor"''.Dosadašnji gradonačelnici
City of Novi Sad, accessed 28 August 2021.

References

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