Saša Šućurović ( sr-cyr, Саша Шућуровић; born 1968) is a politician in Serbia. He was mayor of Novi Bečej, Vojvodina, from 2012 to 2016 and has served in the Assembly of Vojvodina since November 2016 as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).

Private career

Šućurović is an entrepreneur.

Political career

Liberal Democratic Party

Šućurović was a prominent member of Serbia's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for many years, appearing as a candidate on its

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s in the

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, and

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Serbian parliamentary elections and the

2008 Vojvodina provincial election Provincial elections were held for the unicameral Assembly of Serbia's northern Autonomous Province of Vojvodina on 11 May 2008, with a second-round to be held on 25 May 2008. They were scheduled by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Repu ...

, although he did not receive a mandate on any of these occasions. He was an assistant to Novi Bečej mayor Milivoj Vrebalov following the

2008 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008, concurrently with the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. A re-vote was held at three poling stations in Belgrade on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities ...

and was himself chosen as mayor after the

elections with the support of twenty out of thirty-one members in the local assembly. In this capacity, he supported construction of a docking facility to improve tourism opportunities in the community.

League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

Šućurović left the LDP in September 2015 following a period of tension with the party establishment and joined the LSV on the same day. In April 2016, he refuted Vojvodina president

Bojan Pajtić Bojan Pajtić ( sr-cyr, Бојан Пајтић; born 2 May 1970) is a Serbian politician who served as the President of the Government of Vojvodina from 2004 to 2016. In May 2014 he became the leader of Serbia's Democratic Party. Pajtić holds ...

's suggestion that his municipal administration was obstructing the restoration of Heterlend Castle. His term as mayor came to an end in June of the same year when the Serbian Progressive Party formed a new local administration. The LSV contested 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 ...

in alliance with the LDP and the

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(SDS). Šućurović received the 235th position out of 250 on their combined electoral list; this was too low a position for election to be a realistic prospect. Šućurović also received the thirteenth position on the LSV's list in the concurrent

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 not initially elected when the party won nine mandates. He was, however, awarded a mandate on 24 November 2016 as a replacement for Đorđe Stojšić, who had resigned. The election was won by the Progressive Party and its allies, and Šućurović serves with the opposition. He is currently a member of the committee on budget and finance, and the committee on petitions and motions.Saša Šućurović
Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 23 April 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sucurovic, Sasa 1968 births Living people People from Novi Bečej Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia 2005) politicians League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina politicians