Nataša Lalić ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Лалић; born 1 October 1983) is a politician in

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. She served in the

Assembly of Vojvodina The Assembly of Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Скупштина Војводине, Skupština Vojvodine), officially known as the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (; ; ; ; Pannonian Rusyn: Скупштина Автономней Покр� ...

from 2012 to 2016 as a member of the

League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (, abbr. LSV) is an autonomist political party in Serbia. Its current leader is Bojan Kostreš, who succeeded Nenad Čanak. They're colloquially known as ''ligaši'' (Leaguemen). History The party ...

(LSV).

Private life and career

Lalić is from

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

and has a degree in environmental engineering.

Political career

Lalić received the ninth position on the LSV's

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in the

2012 Vojvodina provincial election Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina in May 2012. The first round was held on 6 May, while the second round was held on 20 May. Lists which participated in the elections # Choice for a Better Vojvodina - Dr Bojan Pajtić (Izbor za bolj ...

and narrowly missed direct election when the list won eight mandates. She was awarded a seat in the assembly on 20 June 2012 after party leader

Nenad Čanak Nenad Čanak ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Чанак, ; born 2 November 1959) is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina f ...

declined his provincial mandate to sit 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 ...

. The LSV was part of Vojvodina's

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during this time, and Lalić was a supporter of the ministry. She was given the twelfth position on the LSV's list in the 2012 provincial election and was again not directly elected when the list won nine mandates. She appears to have declined an opportunity to return to the assembly in November 2016 following the resignation of Đorđe Stojšić, whose mandate was taken by Saša Šućurović, the thirteenth candidate on the list. She also appeared as an LSV candidate in the

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, in too low a position for direct election to be a realistic possibility. As of 2019, Lalić is secretary of the LSV's executive board and a member of the party's main board.Glavni odbor and Izvršni odbor
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, accessed 4 February 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalic, Natasa 1983 births Living people Politicians from Zrenjanin Serbian women in politics Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina politicians