Tatjana Macura ( sr-cyr, Татјана Мацура; born 29 April 1981) is a Serbian politician. She has served in the

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since 2016, initially as a member of the anti-establishment and reformist It's Enough – Restart (''Dosta je bilo'', DJB) association, better known in English by the name "Enough Is Enough." On April 12, 2018, Macura announced her resignation from the association. She was part of a three-member presidency of the

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until 2020.

Early life and career

Macura was born and raised in

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, then a part of the

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in the

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. She is a professional economist and entrepreneur, with experience in the telecommunications sector.

Parliamentarian

Macura received the sixth position on the ''It's enough – Restart''

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in the

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. The list did not cross the

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to win representation in the assembly. She received the sixteenth position on the association's list for the 2016 election and was this time elected when the list won sixteen mandates. The election was won by the

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and its allies, and DJB served in opposition. DJB founder

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resigned as the association's president in early 2018. Macura announced on 2 April 2018 that she would seek to become his successor, running on a platform that opposed many the party's recent decisions. On 12 April, however, she both ended her leadership bid and announced her resignation from the association. One week later, she joined with four other former DJB delegates to announce the formation of the Free MPs parliamentary group, with herself as the group's leader. All members of the Free MPs parliamentary group also joined a new political group called the Movement of the Center. In December 2018, this group merged with the

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to create the Party of Modern Serbia. Macura was chosen as an inaugural member of the group's three-member collective presidency. Before leaving DJB, Macura was a member of the committee on human and minority rights and gender equality, the culture and information committee, and the committee on the rights of the child, and a deputy member of the committee on labour, social issues, social inclusion, and policy reduction. She is currently a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with

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, and

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.TATJANA MACURA
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 January 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macura, Tatjana 1981 births Living people Politicians from Belgrade Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Enough is Enough (party) politicians Party of Modern Serbia politicians