Dejan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Ковачевић; born 6 June 1979) is a politician in

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. He was a member of the

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from 2014 to 2016 and has served as

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Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406. The town was foun ...

since 2016. Kovačević is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (''Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS).

Early life and career

Kovačević was born in Gornji Milanovac, in what was then the

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in the

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. A graduated engineer of industrial management, he has worked in the private sector and has been a branch manager and the

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on ...

director for ''DDOR a.d.o. Novi Sad''.

Politician

Kovačević has been a member of the Progressive Party since its founding. He led the party's

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for the Gornji Milanovac municipal assembly in the 2012 local elections and was elected when the list won nine mandates. The Socialist Party of Serbia (''Socijalistička partija Srbije'', SPS) won the election, and Kovačević led the SNS's assembly group in the term that followed. He also appeared in the 161st position on the SNS's list in the

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and was not elected when the list won seventy-three mandates.

Parliamentarian

Kovačević was promoted to the 122nd position on the SNS's list for the 2014 parliamentary election and was elected when the list won a landslide victory with 158 out of 250 mandates. He served for the next two years as a government supporter. In parliament, he was a deputy member of the committee on defence and internal affairs and the committee on economy, regional development, trade, tourism, and energy, as well as a being a member of parliamentary friendship groups with

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, and

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. Kovačević was also a substitute member of Serbia's delegation to the

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(PACE) from 2014 to 2016. He served with the parliamentary group of the

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and was a substitute member of the committee on social affairs, health, and sustainable development. He was not a candidate in the 2016 parliamentary election.

Mayor of Gornji Milanovac

Kovačević led the SNS's list to a near-majority victory with twenty-four out of forty-nine seats in Gornji Milanovac in the 2016 local elections . He was chosen as mayor when the assembly convened, ending twelve years of SPS rule in the municipality. In the 2020 local elections, he led the SNS to a majority victory with twenty-seven seats. He was confirmed afterward for another term as mayor, this time in coalition with the SPS."Dejan Kovačević predsednik opštine Gornji Milanovac u novom mandatu"
''Info 24'', 18 August 2020, accessed 8 February 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Dejan 1979 births Living people People from Gornji Milanovac Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Substitute Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mayors of places in Serbia Serbian Progressive Party politicians European People's Party politicians