Veroljub "Verko" Stevanović (, born 17 September 1946,

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician who served as the mayor of Kragujevac from 1996 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2014.

Biography

Stevanović graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac in City of Kragujevac. His political career began in 1993, when he won his first seat in the Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, as a Member of the

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. In 2006, he was Vice President of the Serbian Renewal Movement. In the interim Government of the Republic of Serbia 2000 he was co- minister of industry. In 1996, he became the first democratic Mayor of the City of Kragujevac. In the first direct elections for mayor, held in 2004, he was re-elected Mayor for the City of Kragujevac. He is one of the founders of the regional party, Together for Kragujevac in Kragujevac, which won the local elections in 2008. He was a member of the

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for the first time as member of

. After leaving SPO, he was elected to the

several times on various lists: DSS– NS list (

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). Now, he is a councilor of City Assembly of

, as a member of

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City of KragujevacTogether for Kragujevac

Together for Šumadija

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