Nenad Kitanović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Китановић; born 11 June 1968) is a farmer and politician in

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. He served in the

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from 2012 to 2014 with the parliamentary group of the

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(''Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije'', URS).

Early life and career

Kitanović was born in

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, in what was then the

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in the

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. He later moved to

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and worked with ''Feniks Sting d.o.o.'' as a fruit grower and marketer. Kitanović has said that he entered politics to improve agricultural production in his home region.

Political career

Kitanović received the sixtieth position on the

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led by the Democratic Party (''Demokratska stranka'', DS) in the

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. He was not a member of the party but ran as an affiliated independent and was elected when the list won sixty-seven mandates. A government was subsequently formed by the

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(''Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS), the

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(''Socijalistička partija Srbije'', SPS), the United Regions of Serbia, and other parties. In July 2012, Kitanović broke his affiliation with the DS to sit as an independent member of the URS parliamentary group. According to a URS press release, he changed affiliation to ensure that Doljevac and Southern Serbia would receive state support for development. In a later interview, Kitanović blamed communications issues with the DS leadership for his departure. In 2013, the URS withdrew from the government and crossed to the

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. Kitanović served on the parliamentary committee on agriculture, forestry, and water management, and was a member of an informal "

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parliamentary group." In 2013, he complained about police corruption and harassment in Doljevac. Kitanović received the fourteen position on the URS's list for the

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. The list did not cross the

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to win representation in the assembly. He subsequently appeared at the head of a coalition list led by the

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(''Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije'', PUPS) in the 2018 municipal election in Doljevac."Potvrđena lista PUPS-a u Doljevcu"
''Danas'', 12 November 2018, accessed 3 February 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitanovic, Nenad 1968 births Living people Politicians from Leskovac People from Doljevac Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) United Regions of Serbia politicians