Marko Kovačević (; born 9 May 1988) is a Montenegrin Serb politician serving as the mayor of

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

since 10 May 2021 and the spokesperson of the

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. Prior to this he was a member of the

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Biography

Early life and education

Kovačević was born on 9 May 1988 to a Montenegrin Serb family in

, at that time part of SR Montenegro and

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. He graduated from the

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at the University of Montenegro.

Political career

After graduating from the University of Montenegro, Kovačević joined the

, an ethnic Serb political party in Montenegro and became a member of the Municipal Assembly of Nikšić in two convocations and member of the Committee for Statute and Regulations of the Municipal Assembly of Nikšić. He also serves as the spokesperson of the party. In 2019, Kovačević attended the unveiling and consecration of the monument to the Chetnik leader

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in Ravna Gora Park in Bileća,

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. During the 2019-2020 clerical protests in Montenegro, Kovačević was arrested in Nikšić for waving a Serb tricolor. Kovačević received the 22nd position on the For the Future of Montenegro

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for the 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary elections and was elected

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of the

. Following the confirmation of his MP mandate, Kovačević was elected president of the Parliamentary Legislative Committee, member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sports, and member the Anti-Corruption Committee. Kovačević's opponents have labelled him a Serbian nationalist, a supporter of the

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project and a follower of the Chetnik ideology. He was a ballot holder of the For the Future of Nikšić coalition ( DF- SNP) at the 2021 Nikšić municipal elections as the coalition's mayor candidate. On 10 May 2021, he was elected Mayor of

, replacing Milutin Simović.

References

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