Obren Petrović (born 11 May 1957) is a
Bosnian Serb
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби Босне и Херцеговине, Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, босански Срби, bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, ...
politician and former mayor of
Doboj
Doboj ( sr-Cyrl, Добој, ) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Bosna (river), Bosna river, in the northern region of Republika Srpska. As of 2013, it has a population of 71,441 inhabita ...
.
Biography
Petrović finished elementary and high school in Doboj and graduated from the
Faculty of Political Sciences Zagreb with M.A. in political science.
During most of his working life, Petrović worked at the Doboj Police Station and he was head of the Civil Protection Department of the Doboj Municipality until his appointment as Mayor of the Municipality in 2002.
The
National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska adopted in July 2012 the Law on the City of Doboj, which Doboj ceased to be a municipality and acquired the status of the City, thus making Obren Petrović the first Mayor of Doboj.
He has been elected so far in four electoral cycles - from the local elections held in 2004 and 2008, then he was won the mandates of the Mayor of Municipality, to the elections of 2012 and 2016
when he was elected as Mayor of Doboj. In 2018 he was elected in the
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine, Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине, separator=" / ") is the bicameral legislative ...
. Petrović gave support to
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (; abbr. СНСД or SNSD) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb Serbian nationalism, nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1996, it is the governing party in Republika ...
, but then got kicked out of the
Serb Democratic Party.
References
External links
City of Doboj - official websiteCentral Election Commission of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSerb Democratic Party - official websiteNational Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
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1957 births
Living people
People from Doboj
Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) politicians
Mayors of places in Bosnia and Herzegovina