Milenko Babić ( sr-cyr, Миленко Бабић; born 9 February 1947) is a politician in

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. He served in the

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from 2012 to 2016 as a member of the

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Early life and career

Babić was born in the village of

Vajska Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска ; ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Two neighbouring settlements, Labudnjača ( sr-cyr, Лабудњача; ) and Živa, a ...

in Bač municipality,

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, in what was then the

People's Republic of Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

in the

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. He graduated from the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; ) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad is ...

Faculty of Medicine and specialized in occupational medicine.

Politician

Babić sought election to the

National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ), fully the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (), is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are ...

in the 2003 parliamentary election, appearing in the eighth position on the

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of Economic Strength of Serbia and the Diaspora. The list did not cross the

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to win representation in the assembly. He ran for mayor of Bač in the

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as the candidate of the ''For the Revival of the Municipality of Bač'' alliance, which was led by the Socialist Party and also included Economic Strength of Serbia. He lost to Democratic Party candidate Tomislav Bogunović in the second round of voting. He later ran for the Vojvodina provincial assembly in the 2008 provincial election as the Socialist Party candidate in the Bač constituency and finished third. He ran for the Vojvodina assembly again in the 2012 provincial election and was this time elected, defeating Bogunović in the second round. The Democratic Party and its allies won the election, and Babić served as a member of the

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. He also appeared in the lead position on the Socialist Party's

in the 2012 local elections and was elected when the list won five mandates.''Službeni List (Opštine Bač)'', Volume 37 Number 9 (9 May 2012), p. 98. At the municipal level, the Socialists participated in a

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led by the

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. Babić did not seek re-election at either the provincial or municipal level in 2016.

Electoral record

Assembly of Vojvodina

Municipality of Bač

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Babic, Milenko 1947 births Living people People from Bač, Serbia Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina Economic Strength of Serbia politicians Socialist Party of Serbia politicians