Đurađ Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Јакшић, ; born 22 July 1977) is a Serbian historian and politician.
Career
He ran for mayor of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
in the 2012 and 2016 mayoral elections. Jakšić is the
Serbian Radical Party president of the city council of Novi Sad.
In December 2012, he arose controversy by forming a petition requesting a street in Novi Sad be named after
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...
. He previously arose controversy in March 2007 when he suggested that
Veljko Milanković and
Mladen Bratić get streets named after them in Novi Sad.
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1977 births
Living people
People from Drniš
Politicians from Novi Sad
Serbs of Croatia
21st-century Serbian historians
Writers from Novi Sad
Serbian Radical Party politicians
University of Novi Sad alumni