Enis Imamović ( sr-cyr, Енис Имамовић; born 25 June 1984) is a Serbian politician from the country's

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

community. He has served in the

National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-cyr, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ) is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The as ...

since 2012 as a member of the

Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak ( bs, Stranka demokratske akcije Sandžaka, sr, Странка демократске акције Санџака, SDA S) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority conce ...

(''Stranka demokratske akcije Sandžaka'', SDA).

Early life and private career

Imamović was born in

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabita ...

, in the

Sandžak Sandžak (; sh, / , ; sq, Sanxhaku; ota, سنجاق, Sancak), also known as Sanjak, is a historical geo-political region in Serbia and Montenegro. The name Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative dis ...

region of what was then the

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in the

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. He has a degree in

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from the

State University of Novi Pazar The State University of Novi Pazar ( sr, Државни Универзитет у Новом Пазару, Državni Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 2006 and organized in ten faculties with headquarter ...

and is a professor of the subject. He was also a professional

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player from 1999 to 2008.

Politician

Imamović joined the SDA's youth wing in 2003. In 2008, he was elected as a SDA vice-president and appointed as a party spokesperson. In January 2009, he charged that a mob encouraged by rival parties sought to assassinate SDA leader

Sulejman Ugljanin Sulejman Ugljanin (; sr-cyrl, Сулејман Угљанин; born 20 November 1953) is a Serbian politician. An ethnic Bosniak, he has led the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak since its establishment in 1990. Ugljanin was previously th ...

during a confrontation at the headquarters of the Bosniak List for a European Sandžak, a political alliance headed by the SDA. The

Sandžak Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Социјалдемократска партија Србије, Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije, SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. It is orientated towards social democracy. His ...

, the SDA's principal rival, rejected the assertion that anyone sought to harm Ugljanin, let alone assassinate him. In 2015, Imamović accused local authorities of witness intimidation and other abuses of power pertaining to the incident.

Parliamentarian

2012–2016

Imamović received the third position on the SDA's

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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 party won two mandates; Imamović was not immediately elected but was awarded a seat on 25 July 2012 as a replacement for Ifeta Radončić, who resigned on the same day that the assembly convened. The SDA initially served in an assembly group with the People's Party (''Narodna partija'', NP);

Maja Gojković Maja Gojković ( sr-Cyrl, Маја Гојковић; born 22 May 1963) is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of culture and information since 2020. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she ...

was the group's leader, and Imamović was her deputy. This arrangement did not last, and SDA deputies afterward served on their own. In this sitting of parliament, Imamović was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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, and the

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. The SDA was part of the government during this time, and Imamović served as an administration supporter. Imamović was promoted to the second position on the SDA's list for the 2014 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the party won three seats. After the election, the SDA left the government and moved into

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; the party formed an assembly group with the Liberal Democratic Party (''Liberalno demokratska partija'', LDP). In his second term, Imamović was a member of the committee for the economy, regional development, trade, tourism, and energy; a deputy member of the committee for labour, social affairs, social inclusion, and poverty reduction; a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the

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; and a member of the friendship groups with

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, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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, the

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, France, Germany,

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, the

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, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. In 2014, he proposed a type of autonomy for the

similar to that of

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within Italy.

2016–22

Imamović again received the second position on the SDA's list in the 2016 parliamentary election and was elected for a third term when the party won two seats. The SDA again sat in an assembly group with the LDP, and Imamović became the group's deputy leader. In this parliament, he was a member of the committee on human and minority rights and gender equality; a member of the committee on labour, social issues, social inclusion, and poverty reduction; a deputy member of the committee for culture and information and the committee on the rights of the child; a member of a working group for the rights of minorities; a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; and a deputy member of its delegation to the parliamentary dimension of the

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. Imamović was promoted to the lead position on the SDA's list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected to a fourth term when the party won three mandates. The SDA formed an assembly group after the election with members of the Albanian Democratic Alternative coalition led by the

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(''Partija za demokratsko delovanje'', PDD), and Imamović again served in the role of deputy leader. He was a member of the committee for

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integration; a deputy member of the labour committee; the president of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Luxembourg; and a member of the friendship groups with

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, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan,

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Montenegro,

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, Slovenia,

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, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. He was also appointed as a member of Serbia's delegation to the

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(PACE) on 25 January 2021. In the PACE, he was a full member of the committee on social affairs, health, and sustainable development; and a full member of the committee on migration, refugees, and displaced persons. He did not serve with any parliamentary group. At the municipal level, Imamović received the first position on the SDA's list for the Novi Pazar city assembly in the

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and was elected when the list won eleven mandates. He resigned his seat on 27 June 2016. He appeared in the second position on the party's list for the 2020 local elections and was again elected when the list won nine seats. He again resigned on 6 August 2021.

2022 election and after

Imamović again appeared in the lead position on the SDA's list in the

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and was re-elected when the list won two seats. Following the election, the SDA was initially a part of an assembly group called European Regions, which also included delegates from

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

and from Serbia's

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community; Imamović was the group's deputy leader. The group ceased to exist when one of its members,

Tomislav Žigmanov Tomislav Žigmanov ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Жигманов; born 12 April 1967) is a Serbian politician serving as Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue (Serbia), minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue ...

, was appointed as a minister in the

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. Imamović is currently a member of the environmental protection committee and the health and family committee, and a member of Serbia's delegation to the

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parliamentary assembly. His term in the PACE ended on 9 October 2022. Since 2014, Imamović has been a member of the

in the Serbian assembly.For the SDA's current status in opposition, se
Nikola Kočović, "Imamović: Nećemo podržati novu Vladu, bošnjačkim ministrima težak zadatak"
''Danas'', 26 October 2022, accessed 11 November 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imamovic, Enis 1984 births Living people Politicians from Novi Pazar Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak politicians Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Members of the South-East European Cooperation Process Parliamentary Assembly Substitute members of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative