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Aleksandar Jovanović (politician)

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'''Aleksandar Jovanović''' (; born 1976) is a politician in [[Serbia]]. He has served in the [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] since 2016 as a member of the [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]] (LSV).

==Early life and career==
Jovanović was born in [[Novi Sad]], [[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina|Vojvodina]], in what was then the [[Socialist Republic of Serbia]] in the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. He lived in [[Kuwait]] from 1987 with 1990 when his father, a medical doctor, was stationed in the country. The family returned to Novi Sad following [[Iraq]]'s 1990 [[invasion of Kuwait]]. Jovanović holds a [[master's degree]] in [[Sociology]] from the [[University of Novi Sad]]. In addition to his life in politics, he has worked occasionally as a live [[Disk jockey|DJ]] since the 1990s under the name DJ Skadam and operates a café called ''Novosađanin''.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2CIF3Di NOVOSAĐANI: Uvek treba da se trudimo da menjamo stvari nabolje], ''Moj Novi Sad'', 5 July 2017, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref><ref>[http://bit.ly/2RTky1a Aleksandar Jovanović], Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref>

==Political career==
Jovanović first became active with the LSV as a youth, from 1991 to 1994. He became politically re-engaged in 1996, taking part in a [[1996–97 protests in Serbia|committee that organized protests]] against the rule of [[Slobodan Milošević]] and his allies. Jovanović was elected to the Novi Sad city assembly in the [[2000 Serbian local elections]], became the leader of the LSV assembly group shortly thereafter, and was re-elected in [[2004 Serbian local elections|2004]] and [[2008 Serbian local elections|2008]]. He was chosen as leader of the LSV organization in Novi Sad in February 2008 and was president (i.e., [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]]) of the Novi Sad city assembly from 2008 to 2012.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2CIc4iR "Novi predsednik Aleksandar Jovanović"], ''Danas'', 25 February 2008, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref><ref>[http://bit.ly/2CIF3Di NOVOSAĐANI: Uvek treba da se trudimo da menjamo stvari nabolje], ''Moj Novi Sad'', 5 July 2017, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref> In December 2012, he was elected as a member of the LSV presidency.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2ROYAMJ "Bogaroški, Jovanović and Stošić, vice-presidents of LSV"], ''Blic'' (Source: ''Tanjug''), 8 December 2012, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref>

Jovanović has warned of the rise of [[fascism]] in Serbia, opposing the presence of far-right "patriotic" organizations in public life.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2CL0fbK "http://bit.ly/2RMyzgS], League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, 10 November 2012, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref> In 2017, he joined with party leader [[Nenad Čanak]] in opposing a monument to Slobodan Milošević in [[Belgrade]].

===Assembly of Vojvodina===
Jovanović first sought election to the Vojvodina assembly in the [[Vojvodina provincial election, 2012|2012 provincial election]]. He was defeated in Novi Sad's third division in the second round of voting.

For the [[Vojvodina provincial election, 2016|2016 provincial election]], Vojvodina switched to a system in which all seats were determined by [[proportional representation]]. Jovanović received the seventh position on the LSV's [[electoral list]] and was elected when the list won nine mandates.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2CFSUtU Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 4 - Ненад Чанак – Лига социјалдемократа Војводине – Дигни главу!)], Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 11 May 2018.</ref> The [[Serbian Progressive Party]] and its allies won a majority government in this election, and the LSV now sits in [[Opposition (politics)|opposition]]. Jovanović serves on the assembly's education and science committee and the committee on cooperation with committees of the [[National Assembly of Serbia]] in respect to the competencies of the province.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2RTky1a Aleksandar Jovanović], Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 24 January 2019.</ref>

===Elections for the National Assembly of Serbia===
Jovanović has been a candidate for election to the National Assembly on four occasions. He appeared on the list of the LSV's [[Together for Tolerance]] coalition in the [[2003 Serbian parliamentary election|2003 election]]; the list did not cross the [[electoral threshold]] to win representation in the assembly.<ref>Jovanović received the eighty-first position out of 250. The list was mostly alphabetical; during this period, assembly mandates were distributed on candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring party or coalition, and not necessarily in numerical order. See [http://bit.ly/2RQ6ViW Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године (ЗАЈЕДНО ЗА ТОЛЕРАНЦИЈУ - ЧАНАК, КАСА, ЉАЈИЋ)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 9 August 2018.</ref> The LSV contested the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012 Serbian election]] on the [[Choice for a Better Life]] list led by the [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]]. Jovanović received the 165th position on the list and was not returned when it won sixty-seven mandates.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2CLAGae Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉИ ЖИВОТ- БОРИС ТАДИЋ)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.</ref> The Democratic Party subsequently experienced a serious split, and former leader [[Boris Tadić]] created a new breakaway group that became known as the [[Social Democratic Party (Serbia)|Social Democratic Party]]. The LSV aligned itself with the Tadić in both the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] and [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016 elections]]; Jovanović appeared as an LSV candidate both times, but in too low a position to be elected.<ref>Jovanović received the ninety-third position in 2014 and the 155th in 2016. The lists won eighteen and thirteen mandates, respectively, in these elections. See [http://bit.ly/2RMXpx7 Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (БОРИС ТАДИЋ - Нова демократска странка - Зелени, ЛСВ - Ненад Чанак, Заједно за Србију, VMDK, Заједно за Војводину, Демократска левица Рома)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 14 April 2017; and [http://bit.ly/1T13JIz Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (БОРИС ТАДИЋ, ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - САВЕЗ ЗА БОЉУ СРБИЈУ – Либерално демократска партија, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Социјалдемократска странка)], Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.</ref>

==Electoral record==
===Provincial ([[Vojvodina]])===
{| style="width:1000px;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''2012 Vojvodina assembly election<br>Novi Sad III (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds'''<ref>Source: [http://bit.ly/2RQXJLi Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (2012) (32 Нови Сад III)], Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 August 2017.</ref>
|-
| align="left" | [[Veljko Krstonošić]]
| align="left" | [[Choice for a Better Life|Choice for a Better Vojvodina]]
| align="right" | 4,055
| align="right" | 19.91
! align="left" |
| align="right" | 8,596
| align="right" | 55.42
|-
| align="left" | '''Aleksandar Jovanović'''
| align="left" | [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]]
| align="right" | 4,229
| align="right" | 20.77
! align="left" |
| align="right" | 6,916
| align="right" | 44.58
|-
| align="left" | Milan Novaković
| align="left" | [[Let's Get Serbia Moving|Let's Get Vojvodina Moving]]
| align="right" | 3,415
| align="right" | 16.77
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | [[Borko Ilić]]
| align="left" | [[Democratic Party of Serbia]]
| align="right" | 3,033
| align="right" | 14.89
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | Vanja Božić
| align="left" | [[Serbian Radical Party]]
| align="right" | 1,499
| align="right" | 7.36
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | Ratko Striković
| align="left" | [[Socialist Party of Serbia]]–[[Party of United Pensioners of Serbia]]–[[United Serbia]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Serbia]]
| align="right" | 1,322
| align="right" | 6.49
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | Aleksandar Odžić
| align="left" | [[Preokret|U-Turn]]
| align="right" | 980
| align="right" | 4.81
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | [[Slobodan Maraš]]
| align="left" | [[United Regions of Serbia]]
| align="right" | 869
| align="right" | 4.27
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | Novak Vukoje
| align="left" | Social Democratic Alliance
| align="right" | 576
| align="right" | 2.83
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
| align="left" | Jovan Mihajilo
| align="left" | Serbian Democratic Party
| align="right" | 387
| align="right" | 1.90
! align="left" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
|-
! align="left" | Total valid votes
! align="left" |
! align="right" | 20,365
! align="right" | 100
! align="left" |
! align="right" | 15,512
! align="right" | 100
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Novi Sad]]
[[Category:Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina]]
[[Category:League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina politicians]]


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