Goran Davidović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Давидовић; born 8 April 1968) is a medical doctor and former politician in

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. He served in the

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from 2004 to 2008 as a member of the

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia (, , abbr. NDSS), known as the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) until 2022, is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Miloš Jovanović serves as the current president of NDSS. DSS was formed as ...

(''Demokratska stranka Srbije'', DSS). He is not to be confused with an ultra-right-wing Serbian figure of the same name.

Private career

Davidović is a cardiologist living in

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

. He is a professor at the

University of Kragujevac The University of Kragujevac () is a public university in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is the oldest and the largest higher education institution in Šumadija and Western Serbia The Šumadija and Western Serbia () is one of the five statistical reg ...

Faculty of Medical Sciences.

Politician

Davidović received the twenty-second position on the DSS's

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in the

2003 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly of Serbia, National Assembly. Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milo ...

. The list won fifty-three seats, and he was awarded a mandate when the assembly convened in January 2004. (From 2000 to 2011, mandates in Serbian parliamentary elections were awarded to successful parties or coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be assigned out of numerical order. Davidović's specific list position had no bearing on his chances of election.) The DSS became the dominant force in Serbia's

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after the election, and Davidović served as a government supporter. He was a member of the health and family committee. Serbia introduced the direct election of

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s in the

2004 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia (excluding Kosovo) on 19 September and 3 October 2004, concurrently with the 2004 Vojvodina provincial election. This was the only local election cycle held while Serbia was a member of the State Union of Serbia ...

, and Davidović was the DSS's candidate in Kragujevac. He was eliminated in the first round of voting, finishing in sixth place. The DSS won six out of eighty-seven seats in the concurrent city assembly election, and Davidović took a seat in that body. The DSS formed an electoral alliance with New Serbia (''Nova Srbija'', NS) for the

2007 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly of Serbia, National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elec ...

, and Davidović appeared in the sixty-seventh position on their combined list. He was again chosen for a mandate when the list won forty-seven seats. The DSS formed an unstable coalition government with the rival Democratic Party (''Demokratska stranka'', DS) after the election, and Davidović again supported the administration. He continued to serve on the health and family committee and was also a member of the committee on science and technological development and the committee on labour, veterans, and social affairs. The DS–DSS alliance broke down in early 2008, and a new parliamentary election was held in May of that year. The DSS continued its alliance with the NS, and Davidović received the fifty-first list position. The list fell to thirty mandates, and he was not given a mandate for a third term. Davidović led the DSS–NS list for the Kragujevac city assembly in the concurrent 2008 local elections and was given another local mandate when the list won six seats. He resigned on 8 April 2009 and has not returned to political life since this time.''Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca)'', Volume 19 Number 10 (8 April 2009), p. 3.

Electoral record

Local (City of Kragujevac)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovic, Goran 1968 births Living people Politicians from Kragujevac Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Democratic Party of Serbia politicians