Cvetko Veljković (, ) is a

Kosovo Serb Kosovo Serbs are one of the ethnic groups of Kosovo. There are around 100,000 Kosovo Serbs as of 2014 and about half of them live in North Kosovo. Other Serb communities live in southern Kosovo. After Albanians, they form the largest ethnic comm ...

politician serving as a member of the Assembly of Kosovo since 17 November 2022. He is a member of the

Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival ( sr, Грађанска иницијатива “За слободу, правду и останак”, Građanska inicijativa “Za slobodu, pravdu i ostanak”, GI SPO) is a Serb minority po ...

(GI SPO).

Biography

Veljković was born in Štrpce, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia,

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

. He holds a degree in economy. In May 2020, Veljković was appointed head of the Office for Communities by Prime Minister

Albin Kurti Albin Kurti (; born 24 March 1975) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and activist, serving as the Prime Minister of Kosovo since 22 March 2021, having previously served in that role between February and June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 a ...

, replacing Nenad Rašić who resigned earlier. Following his appointment, it was revealed that some years earlier Veljković had posted songs dedicated to Ratko Mladić on his Facebook account, raising controversy. Veljković was an MP candidate of

(GI SPO) in the

2021 Kosovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 14 February 2021. The results were a landslide victory for Vetëvendosje led by Albin Kurti and its coalition partner, Vjosa Osmani, former speaker of the parliament of Kosovo. The alliance won m ...

. On 3 February 2021, Veljković was detained by Kosovo police in Štrpce because the member of the local electoral commission Emran Avrdi accused him of making death threats towards him. During the election campaign, Veljković and Rašić, together with Albin Kurti, visited Štrpce. GI SPO only won 1,508 votes or 0.17% of the popular vote, hence Veljković failed to get elected to the Assembly of Kosovo.IZBORI ZA SKUPŠTINU KOSOVA 2021
/ref> Veljković, however, managed to enter the Assembly on 17 November 2022 as a replacement for one of the Serb List (SL) MP's who resigned on 7 November 2022.

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