Ranko Jankov ( sr-cyr, Ратко Јанков; born 1945) is an academic and politician in

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. He was a member of the

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from 2016 to 2018 as a member of the reformist It's Enough – Restart (''Dosta je bilo'', DJB) association, better known in English by the name "Enough Is Enough."

Early life and academic career

Jankov was born 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 ...

, Vojvodina, at about the time the province became part of the People's Republic of Serbia in the newly formed

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. He received an

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(1967), a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

(1970), and a

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(1972) in

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from the University of Belgrade, became an assistant at the same university following his graduation, and eventually rose through the ranks to become a full professor and head of the department of biochemistry. His main areas of interest are

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chemistry, immunochemistry, and chemistry in education. Jankov was a member of the National Education Council of the Republic of Serbia from 2004 to 2008 and the assistant minister for fundamental research in the Serbian ministry of science from 2007 to 2008.

Political career

Jankov received the eighth position on DJB's

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for the

2016 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four m ...

and was elected when the list won sixteen mandates. He was a member of the parliamentary committee on education, science, technological development, and the information society; a deputy member of the committee on the diaspora and Serbs in the region; and a member of the parliamentary friendship group with

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. Jankov opposed the selection of

Muamer Zukorlić Muamer Zukorlić (; 15 February 1970 – 6 November 2021) was a Serbian politician and Islamic theologian who served as the president and chief Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia. An ethnic Bosniak, he served as an MP from 2016 to 2020 a ...

as chair of the education committee in 2016, noting Zukorlić's prior status as a mufti. He said that he opposed bringing science under the authority of religion, irrespective of the religious community in question. He left DJB in early November 2018. Although Jankov initially planned to join a new parliamentary group with other former DJB members, he instead resigned from the assembly on 13 November 2018.Current Legislature
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 January 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jankov, Ratko 1945 births Living people Writers from Novi Sad Academic staff of the University of Belgrade Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Enough is Enough (party) politicians Politicians from Belgrade