Cvetko Veljković (, ) is a Kosovo Serb politician serving as a

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of the

Assembly of Kosovo The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) or the Kuvendi, is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the peo ...

since 17 November 2022. He is a member of the

Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival For Freedom, Justice and Survival (, ''Za slobodu, pravdu i opstanak'', ZSPO, ) is a Serb minority political party in Kosovo. It is led by government minister Nenad Rašić. History Civic Initiative ZSPO was founded as a civic initiative an ...

(GI SPO).

Biography

Veljković was born in

Štrpce Štrpce (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Штрпце) or Shtërpcë ( sq-definite, Shtërpca) is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Ferizaj, Ferizaj District in Kosov ...

SAP Kosovo The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово, separator=" / "; ; . Also abbreviated as SAP Kosovo. referre ...

SR 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=" / " ...

SFR 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 holds a degree in economy. In May 2020, Veljković was appointed head of the Office for Communities by

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Albin Kurti Albin Kurti (; born 24March 1975) is a Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Albanian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2021, having previously held the office from February to June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 as the vi ...

, replacing

Nenad Rašić Nenad Rašić (, ; born 27 January 1973) is a Kosovo Serb politician serving as the minister for communities and returns of Kosovo since 1 December 2022. Previously he served as the minister of labor and social welfare of Kosovo from 2008 to 2014 ...

who resigned earlier. Following his appointment, it was revealed that some years earlier Veljković had posted songs dedicated to

Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crim ...

on his

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account, raising controversy. Veljković was an MP candidate of

(GI SPO) in the

2021 Kosovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 14 February 2021. The results were a landslide victory for Vetëvendosje led by Albin Kurti and its coalition partner, Vjosa Osmani, former speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, parlia ...

. On 3 February 2021, Veljković was detained by

Kosovo police The Kosovo Police (Albanian language, Albanian: ''Policia e'' ''Kosovës'') is the national police, policing law enforcement agency of Kosovo. It was established in 1999 and took its current form with the 2008 police law. It consists of five dep ...

in Štrpce because the member of the local electoral commission Emran Avrdi accused him of making death threats towards him. During the election campaign, Veljković and Rašić, together with Albin Kurti, visited

. GI SPO only won 1,508 votes or 0.17% of the popular vote, hence Veljković failed to get elected to the

.IZBORI ZA SKUPŠTINU KOSOVA 2021
/ref> Veljković, however, managed to enter the Assembly on 17 November 2022 as a replacement for one of the Serb List (SL) MP's who resigned on 7 November 2022.

References

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