Mladen Lukić ( sr-Cyrl, Младен Лукић; born 1977) is a politician in

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. He has served in the

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on an almost continuous basis since 2014 as a member of the

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Early life and career

Lukić was born in

Bajina Bašta Bajina Bašta ( sr-Cyrl, Бајина Башта, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. The town lies in the valley of the Drina river at the eastern edge of Tara National Park. According to the 2022 ce ...

, in what was then the

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in the

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. He is a forestry engineer and has worked in the Tara National Park.

Political career

Lukić became the leader of the local Progressive Party organization in Bajina Bašta at the time of the party's formation in 2008 and held this position until 2014. He was elected to the municipal assembly under the party's banner in

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and became a member of the municipal council in 2013, when the Progressive Party joined the local government. He was given the 134th position on the Progressive Party's

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in the

2014 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 16 March 2014, with nineteen electoral lists competing for 250 members of the National Assembly. The election was called early, after tensions in the coalition led by the ruling Serbian Progressive ...

and was elected when the list won a landslide victory with 158 out of 250 mandates. For the

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election, he received the 137th list position. The list won 131 mandates, and he was not immediately re-elected. He was, however, able to re-take his seat in the assembly on 6 October 2016 as a replacement for Živko Vrcelj, who had resigned. He is currently a member of the parliamentary agriculture, forestry, and water management committee; a deputy member of the culture and information committee and the environmental protection committee; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. Lukić was also re-elected to the municipal assembly of Bajina Bašta in the 2016 local elections and continues to serve as a member of this body.MLADEN LUKIĆ
Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 2 November 2017.

References

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