Vladimir Todorović ( sr-cyr, Владимир Тодоровић; 1949–19 January 2022) was a Serbian medical doctor and politician. He served in the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1996 as a member of 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 ...

(''Socijalistička partija Srbije'', SPS).

Private career

Todorović was an orthopedist. He worked for several years at the Sveti Luka General Hospital in

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, ...

, serving at different times as its director, assistant director for strategic planning and health management, and chief coordinator of the accreditation process.

Politician

The

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(FRY) was established in April 1992, following the breakup of the

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(SFRY). The first elections for the lower house of the FRY's parliament, known as the Chamber of Citizens, were held in May of the same year; half of its members were elected via

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voting in single-member constituencies, while the other half were elected via

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

. Todorović was elected for the Smederevo division. During this period, Serbian and Yugoslavian politics were dominated by the SPS and its authoritarian leader,

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...

. The May 1992 Yugoslavian election was widely seen as lacking legitimacy due to a

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from most opposition parties, and a new federal election was called for December 1992. The electoral system was reformed prior to the vote, such that all mandates were determined by proportional representation. Todorović appeared in the third position on the SPS's

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for the vastly enlarged Smederevo division and was returned to the assembly when the list won five mandates. Todorović appears to have stood down from parliament at the time of the 1996 Yugoslavian assembly election and was later appointed as general manager of the Sveti Luka hospital. He was forced out of this role with the fall of Milošević's government in October 2000, after an awkward confrontation with several of his colleagues. A news report from the period indicates that Todovorić was regarded by supporters of the political opposition as a decent person on an individual level, though largely ineffective as a manager. He continued working at the hospital afterward. He later left the SPS and ran for mayor of Smederevo in a 2006

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as the candidate of an independent group called the "Movement for Smederevo." He was defeated in the first round of voting. In the second round, he endorsed the winning candidate, Saša Radosavljević of the

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(''Demokratska stranka Srbije'', DSS).

Death

Todorović died on 19 January 2022.VLADIMIR TODOROVIĆ
nekros.info, accessed 27 October 2022.

Electoral record

Local (Smederevo)

Federal (FR Yugoslavia)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Todorovic, Vladimir 1949 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Smederevo Members of the Chamber of Citizens (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Socialist Party of Serbia politicians