Gordana Predić ( sr-Cyrl, Гордана Предић; born 1965) is a politician, administrator, and journalist in

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. She briefly served in 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 2016 as a member of the

Social Democratic Party of Serbia The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (, abbr. SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. Orientated towards the principles of social democracy, it has been led by Rasim Ljajić since its formation in 2009. History The Social Democr ...

(SDPS).

Early life and media career

Predić was born 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 ...

, in what was then the

Socialist 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

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. She graduated from the Department of History at the

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and now lives in the

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municipality of

Čukarica Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Name Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after a kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refin ...

. She was for many years the host of the television program ''VIP'', in which she interviewed several of Serbia's most prominent political and cultural figures. She received a plaque from the city of Belgrade for the documentaries ''Tajne Beograda'' (1997) and ''Zlatni melos'' (1998). Predić has also written for media outlets such as ''

Politika ( sr-Cyrl, Политика, lit=Politics) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and ownership is publ ...

''.

Political career

Predić is a long-standing member of the SDPS and has been a spokesperson for the party. The party took part in the

2012 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 6 May 2012 to elect members of the National Assembly. The elections were held simultaneously with provincial, local, and presidential elections. Background The 2008 parliamentary elections result ...

on the Democratic Party's ''

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, on which Predić received the 170th position. The list won sixty-seven mandates, and she was not elected. The SDPS subsequently formed a new alliance with 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 participated in a new

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after the election. In 2012, Predić was appointed as state secretary in Serbia's

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. She announced new legislation on media concentration and transparency of ownership in January 2013. Later in the year, she said that the state had a "strategic commitment" to divest from ownership of the media. The SDPS contested the

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on the Progressive Party's ''

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— Serbia Is Winning'' list. Predić received the ninety-ninth position on the list and was elected when it won a majority victory with 131 out of 250 mandates. Her term in the legislature was brief. She resigned on 23 August 2016 after being appointed as state secretary in the ministry of education, science, and technological development. She did not receive the position as an SDPS representative but rather at the request of the minister,

Mladen Šarčević Mladen Šarčević (, born 22 January 1957) is a Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demo ...

, with whom she had previously collaborated in his private education system. She served until April 2017, when she was replaced by

Marko Milenković Marko Milenković ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Миленковић; born 20 December 1974) is a Serbian politician. He served three terms in the National Assembly of Serbia between 2007 and 2017, as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. Milen ...

, and returned to her career in media. Šarčević told ''

Danas ''Danas'' (, Serbo-Croatian for "today") is a United Group-owned daily newspaper of record published in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a left-oriented media, promoting social-democracy and European Union integration. It is a vocal media supporter of Ser ...

'' that he was dissatisfied with Predić's performance in office. After leaving office, Predić said in an interview that Serbia did not have a coherent cultural policy."Predić: Ne možemo da kažemo da imamo kulturnu politiku"
N1, 2 May 2017, accessed 29 July 2018.

References

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