Adam Šukalo ( sr-Cyrl, Адам Шукало; born 2 September 1978) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He served in the

National Assembly of the Republika Srpska The National Assembly of Republika Srpska (, abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current assembly is the ninth since the founding of the entity. History The Natio ...

from 2014 to 2018 as a member of Napredna Srpska. He subsequently relocated to

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, Serbia, and has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2020 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (''Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS).

Early life and career

Šukalo was born in Gradiška, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He later moved to Banja Luka. Šukalo holds a Bachelor of Laws degree.

Politician

Republika Srpska

Šukalo was the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska in the early 2010s, when the party was aligned with the Progressive Party in Serbia. He was a Progressive candidate in the

2010 Republika Srpska general election General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 3 October 2010, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The presidential elections were won by Milorad Dodik of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats. Results Presi ...

, in which the party did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly. The Republika Srpska Progressives subsequently became divided between different factions and Šukalo became the leader of a new party called Napredna Srpska (English: "Progressive Srpska") following a split in 2013. Napredna Srpska contested the

2014 Republika Srpska general election General elections were held in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 October 2014 as part of the Bosnian general elections.electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

led by the Democratic People's Alliance (''Demokratski narodni savez'', DNS), and Šukalo was elected to the assembly after being awarded a compensatory mandate under the Republika Srpska's system of proportional representation. Following the election, Šukalo called for a "grand coalition" government between the two largest parties, the rival Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (''Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata'', SNSD) and Serb Democratic Party (''Srpska demokratska stranka'', SDS). In so doing, he suggested the prospect of Napredna Srpska acting as a bridge between the parties. This ultimately did not occur; the DNS joined a

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led by the SNSD, and Napredna Srpska became part of the Alliance for Change, a coalition of opposition parties. In 2017, Šukalo called for stronger inter-communal relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and identified both Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik and Party of Democratic Action leader Bakir Izetbegović as obstacles to progress. Šukalo was replaced as leader of Naprenda Srpska by Goran Đorđić in March 2017. This occurred against the backdrop of merger negotiations with the Party of Democratic Progress (''Partija demokratskog progresa'', PDP). Šukalo subsequently announced that he would sit in caucus with the PDP as an independent member. During his time in the Republika Srpska assembly, Šukalo was a frequent critic of the Dodik administration and was known for his verbal battles with

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. He was also a prominent member of the "Justice of David" movement, calling for an investigation into the

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. He served on the Committee for

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integration and regional cooperation. and He sought election to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the

2018 Bosnian general election General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54%. The elections for the House of ...

on the PDP's electoral list and was narrowly defeated.

Member of the National Assembly of Serbia

Šukalo received the 125th position on the Serbian Progressive Party's ''

Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything ( sr-cyrl, Александар Вучић – Заједно можемо све, Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve, AV–ZMS), commonly shortened to just Together We Can Do Everythi ...

'' coalition list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected when the list won a landslide majority with 188 out of 250 mandates. He is now a member of the committee on administrative, budgetary, mandate, and immunity issues; a deputy member of the

integration committee and the committee on constitutional and legislative issues; a substitute member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Dimension of the

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; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Spain, and the United States of America.ADAM SUKALO
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 20 January 2021.

Election results

Republika Srpska

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sukalo, Adam 1978 births Living people People from Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina People from Banja Luka Politicians of Republika Srpska Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Substitute members of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative Serbian Progressive Party politicians Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina