Tomislav Bogunović
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Tomislav Bogunović ( sr-cyr, Томислав Богуновић; born 15 December 1955) is a politician in
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. He was the mayor of Bač from 2000 to 2012 and served in the
Assembly of Vojvodina The Assembly of Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Скупштина Војводине, Skupština Vojvodine), officially known as the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (; ; ; ; Pannonian Rusyn: Скупштина Автономней Покр ...
during the same period. During his time as an elected official, Bogunović was a member of the Democratic Party (''Demokratska stranka'', DS).


Early life and career

Bogunović was born in
Bačka Topola Bačka Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка Топола, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and, according to the 202 ...
,
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to ...
, 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
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
. He moved to Bač the following year, completed high school in
Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2022 the town had a total ...
, 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 ...
's Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and took post-graduate studies in
Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
. He holds a
master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate 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 prac ...
in geographical sciences. He was also a professional
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player and was a referee in the
Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
.


Politician

Bogunović contested the
1990 Serbian parliamentary election General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990 to elect the president of Serbia and members of the National Assembly. The presidential election and the first round of the parliamentary ele ...
as an independent candidate in the "Bačka Palanka II & Bač" division. He was defeated by
Radovan Pankov Radovan Pankov ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Панков; born 5 August 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Polish club Legia Warsaw. Club career Vojvodina As a youth player, Pankov developed under the supervisio ...
of the
Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006. SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...
. He joined the DS in 1995.


Municipal politics

The DS contested the
1996 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia over two rounds on 3 November and 17 November 1996, concurrently with the 1996 Vojvodina provincial election. The first day of voting also coincided with the 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election and the 199 ...
as part of the ''Zajedno'' (Together) alliance with the
Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement (, abbr. SPO) is a liberal and monarchist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1990 by writer Vuk Drašković, who served as the party's president until 2024. Aleksandar Cvetković is the incumbent leader. ...
and other parties. Bogunović was elected to the Bač municipal assembly that year as a ''Zajedno'' candidate and subsequently led the alliance's assembly group. In the 2000 local elections, he was re-elected to the assembly as a candidate of the
Democratic Opposition of Serbia The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Par ...
, a broad coalition of parties that included the DS. He became the municipality's mayor for the first time on 14 October 2000. Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors for the 2004 local elections. Bogunović was re-elected to the position, defeating Socialist Party-endorsed candidate
Milenko Babić Milenko Babić ( sr-cyr, Миленко Бабић; born 9 February 1947) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 to 2016 as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Early life and career Babić was born in th ...
in the second round of voting. The direct election of mayors was subsequently eliminated again, and Bogunović was chosen by the assembly for a third term after leading the DS to victory in the
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. In 2010, Bogunović accompanied
Serbian president The president of Serbia (), officially styled as President of the Republic (), is the head of state of Serbia. The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected in 2017 and has held the role since 31 May 2017. According to the C ...
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on a delegation to
Vukovar Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...
in
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, where Tadič apologized on behalf of Serbia for the
Ovčara massacre The Vukovar massacre, also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre, was the killing of Croatia, Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries, to whom they had been turned over by the Yugoslav People's Ar ...
during the
Croatian War The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Cro ...
in 1991. Bogunović led the DS to another plurality victory for Bač in the 2012 local elections, but he was removed from power afterwards by a coalition of the
Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a major populist, catch-all party, catch-all List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It has been the Ruling party, ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime mi ...
and the Socialists. He again appeared at the head of the DS list in the 2016 local elections; this time. the list won only two seats out of twenty-five. He continued to serve in the local assembly until 2020 and was not a candidate in that year's local election, which the DS boycotted.


Assembly of Vojvodina

Bogunović was elected to the
Assembly of Vojvodina The Assembly of Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Скупштина Војводине, Skupština Vojvodine), officially known as the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (; ; ; ; Pannonian Rusyn: Скупштина Автономней Покр ...
for the Bač division in the
2000 Vojvodina provincial election The 2000 Vojvodina provincial elections were held on 24 September and 8 October 2000. Electoral system The 120 members of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina were elected from 120 electoral districts using a two-round system of r ...
. The
Democratic Opposition of Serbia The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Par ...
won a landslide victory in this election, and Bogunović served as vice-chair of the security committee and a member of the education committee. Bogunović was re-elected for the Bač division in the
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
and
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
provincial elections. He was promoted to chair of the security committee after the 2004 election and continued in this role after 2008. In 2009, he was appointed to the newly created provincial security council. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in
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. After this time, he served as deputy provincial secretary for health, social policy, and demography. There were discussions that Bogunović would run for the provincial leadership of the DS in 2015, but this did not occur. After 2012, Vojvodina adopted a system of full
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
; Bogunović appeared in the seventieth position on the DS's
electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can c ...
in the
2016 Vojvodina provincial election A provincial election was 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 ...
and was not elected when the list won only ten mandates. Bogunović also appeared on the DS's electoral lists for 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
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
and
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parliamentary elections, although he did not receive a mandate on either occasion.Bogunović received the sixty-fifth position on the party's list in 2016 and was not elected when it won only nineteen mandates. Se
Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (''СА ДЕМОКРАТСКОМ СТРАНКОМ ЗА ДЕМОКРАТСКУ СРБИЈУ'')
Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed 10 July 2021.


Electoral record


Assembly of Vojvodina


Municipality of Bač


National Assembly of Serbia


References

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