Biljana Savović ( sr-Cyrl, Биљана Савовић; born 27 June 1960) is a former politician in Serbia. She served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2014 to 2016 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Early life and private career

Savović is a lawyer in private life. She lives in Sečanj in Vojvodina.

Politician

Municipal politics

Savović was elected to the Sečanj municipal assembly in the

2008 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008, concurrently with the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. A re-vote was held at three poling stations in Belgrade on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities ...

on the local

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 ...

"For the development of the municipality of Sečanj." She was chosen as president (i.e., speaker) of the assembly after the election. She later joined the Democratic Party and served on its board for the

Central Banat District The Central Banat District ( sr, Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug, ; hu, Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geogr ...

. She was re-elected in the 2012 local elections and was re-appointed as speaker for the next sitting of the assembly. She also appeared in the 234th position on the Democratic Party's '' Choice for a Better Life'' list in the

2012 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 6 May 2012 to elect members of the National Assembly, and were held simultaneously with provincial, local, and presidential elections. Background The 2008 parliamentary elections resulted in the f ...

. The list won sixty-seven mandates, and she was not returned. In 2014, Savović and several other local Democratic Party members joined the Progressive Party. Following the 2016 local elections, she was appointed as assistant to the mayor. In 2019, she was also appointed as coordinator of Sečanj's newly created office for poverty reduction. She received the fourteenth position on the Progressive Party's

in the 2020 local elections. The list won thirteen mandates, and she was not returned. She had the opportunity to return the local assembly following the resignation of other members, but she was instead re-appointed as assistant to the mayor.

Parliamentarian

Savović received the 132nd position on the Progressive Party's '' Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In'' list in the

2014 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 16 March 2014, with nineteen electoral lists competing for 250 members of the National Assembly. The election was called early, after tensions in the coalition led by the ruling Serbian Progressive P ...

and was elected when the list won a landslide victory with 158 mandates. For the next two years, he served in the assembly as a supporter of Vučić's administration. She received the 183rd position on the successor ''Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning'' list in the

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Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ - СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ)
, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 18 August 2020. and was not returned when the list won 131 mandates.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Savovic, Biljana 1960 births Living people People from Sečanj Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Serbian Progressive Party politicians Politicians of Vojvodina