Nenad Milojičić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Милојичић; born 1978) is a Serbian politician. He was the mayor of

Smederevska Palanka Smederevska Palanka ( sr-cyr, Смедеревска Паланка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District and the geographical region of Šumadija. According to the 2022 census, the town has 20,345 while the municipality ...

from 2008 to 2010 and has served in the

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since February 2024. Formerly a member of the Democratic Party (DS) and the People's Party (Narodna), Milojičić is now with the

People's Movement of Serbia The People's Movement of Serbia (, abbr. NPS) is a centre-right political party in Serbia. Miroslav Aleksić has been the party's president since its reformation in August 2023. NPS previously existed from 2014 to 2017 and was also led by Alek ...

(NPS). He is the step-brother of Radoslav Milojičić, the founder of the Serbian Left (SL) party.

Early life and career

Milojičić was born in Smederevska Palanka, 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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. He has a

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as an educator and has been a national champion in school competitions. From 2015 to 2018, he was principal of the ''Vuk Karadžić'' Elementary School.

Politician

Local politics in Smederevska Palanka

The Democratic Party won fourteen out of forty-nine seats in Smederevska Palanka in the

2008 Serbian local elections Local elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008, concurrently with the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. A re-vote was held at three poling stations in Belgrade on 18 May 2008 due to irregularities ...

, emerging as the largest party in the assembly though falling well short of a majority. The party afterward formed a local

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with the

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006. SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...

(SPS) and other parties, and Milojičić was chosen as the municipality's mayor. At the time, he was the youngest mayor in Serbia. He resigned unexpectedly in June 2010, saying that he did not want to "be a puppet" of party officials in

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telling him how to run the community. Prior to his resignation, he was the leader of the Democratic Party's regional organization for the

Podunavlje District The Podunavlje District (, ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. The district's name refers to its location by—specifically, to the south of—the Danube river. It expands across the central parts of Serbia. ...

. Milojičić later joined

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's People's Party and led its

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for Smederevska Palanka in the 2018 local elections. Media reports noted that one of his electoral rivals was his step-brother, who was at this time the leader of the local Democratic Party organization. Milojičić was elected to the municipal assembly when the People's Party list won three seats. 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 ...

(SNS) won a landslide majority victory, and he served afterward in

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. Milojičić again led the People's Party list for Smederevska Palanka in the 2022 local elections and was re-elected when the list won four seats. The SNS once again won a majority government. The People's Party experienced a serious split in 2023, and Milojičić joined the breakaway People's Movement of Serbia.

Parliamentarian

The People's Movement of Serbia participated in the

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as part of the '' Serbia Against Violence'' coalition. Milojičić received the forty-second position on the coalition's electoral list and was elected when the list won sixty-five seats. The SNS and its allies won a majority victory, and he now serves in opposition as part of the NPS– New Face of Serbia (NLS) assembly group. Milojičić is a deputy member of the agriculture committee and the labour committee.NENAD MILOJICIC
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 20 April 2024.

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