Dragana Potpara ( sr-cyr, Драгана Потпара; born 1977) is a politician and administrator in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. She served in the
Assembly of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2020 and is now a secretary of state in Serbia's
. Potpara is a member of the
Serbian Progressive Party.
Early life and career
Potpara attained the title of master economist from a private university in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
. She has directed an environmental protection fund and was head of the municipal department of social activities in
Kula
Kula, which translates as ''Tower'' from Serbo-Croatian, may refer to:
People
*Bob Kula, American football player
*Irwin Kula (born 1957), American rabbi and author
*Karel Kula (born 1963), Czech footballer
Places
* Kula, Bihać, a village in ...
,
Vojvodina, where she resides.
Politician
Potpara received the fifty-second position on the Progressive Party's
electoral list
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in the
2016 Vojvodina provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina on 24 April 2016.
Electoral system
The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by proportional representation in a single provincial constituency with a 5% electoral threshold, although the threshold i ...
and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates. She was a member of the committee on budget and finance and the committee on education and science. She did not seek re-election in 2020.
Secretary of State
Potpara was appointed as a secretary of state in Serbia's department of public administration and local self-government in early 2021.
DRŽAVNI SEKRETAR – Dragana Potpara
Ministry of Public Administration of Local Self-Government, accessed 18 April 2021.
References
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1977 births
Living people
People from Kula, Serbia
Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Serbian Progressive Party politicians