Nikola Nešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Нешић; born 1988) is a Serbian politician. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2022 to 2024 and is now an opposition leader in the city assembly of Kragujevac. Nešić is a member of the Together (Zajedno!) party.
Nikola Nešić | |
|---|---|
| Никола Нешић | |
| Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | |
| In office 1 August 2022 – 6 February 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1988 |
| Political party | Nova Snaga (2014–2021) Together for Serbia (2021–2022) Together (2022–present) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life and private career
editNešić was born in Kragujevac, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Raised in the city, he holds a master's degree in electrical engineering and computing from the Department of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electronics in Niš and has worked at Serbia Broadband.[1]
Politician
editEarly years in local politics
editNešić co-founded the local party New Strength (Nova Snaga) in Kragujevac in 2014 and was recognized as its leader.[2] New Strength contested the 2016 local election in Kragujevac on the electoral list of Boris Tadić's Social Democratic Party (SDS), and Nešić appeared in the seventh list position.[3] The list won six seats, and he was not immediately elected.[4] He received a mandate on 6 June 2016 as the replacement for another candidate.[5] Some SDS delegates left the party soon after the election to join the governing coalition led by the rival Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Nešić wrote unfavourably of this situation, and of his experience working with the SDS generally, in an article published the following year.[6]
New Strength contested the 2020 Serbian local elections in Kragujevac on an independent coalition list called Alternativa. Nešić received the second position on the list and was re-elected when it won four mandates.[7]
In June 2021, New Strength collectively joined "Action" (Akcija), a citizens' initiative established by the party Together for Serbia (ZZS).[8] The following month, New Strength joined Together for Serbia collectively.[9]
Parliamentarian
editTogether for Serbia and "Action" contested the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election as part of the We Must (Moramo) coalition. Nešić was awarded the fifth position on the coalition's electoral list and was elected when it won thirteen mandates.[10][11] Shortly after the vote, Together for Serbia and "Action" merged into a new party called Together (Zajedno!).[12] The SNS and its allies won the election, and Nešić served as a member of the opposition.
During his parliamentary term, Nešić was a member of the spatial planning committee,[a] a deputy member of the economy committee,[b] a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, and a member of thirty-six parliamentary friendship groups.[c][13]
He was not a candidate in the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, and his term ended when the new assembly convened in early 2024.
Local politics since 2023
editIn the 2023 Serbian local elections, Nešić led a coalition list in Kragujevac of Together, Serbia Centre (SRCE), Ecological Uprising (EU), the Green–Left Front (ZLF), and Šumadija Region.[14] He was elected to a third term when the list won six seats.[15] The SNS and its allies won the election, and he now serves in opposition as the leader of the New Strength KG–Together, Šumadija Region assembly group.[16]
He strongly criticized the city's development strategy in May 2024, accusing the governing coalition of squandering an important opportunity by bringing forward a document filled with errors and illogical proposals.[17]
Notes
edit- ^ Formally known as the Committee on the Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure, and Telecommunications.
- ^ Formally known as the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism, and Energy
- ^ He was a member of the friendship groups with Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malta, Mauritius, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Venezuela.
References
edit- ^ Nikola Nešić, Archived 18 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Nova Snaga, accessed 23 May 2024.
- ^ Nikola Nešić, Archived 18 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Nova Snaga, accessed 23 May 2024.
- ^ Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 26 Number 10 (13 April 2016), p. 10.
- ^ Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 26 Number 16 (25 April 2016), pp. 9-20.
- ^ Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 26 Number 19 (10 June 2016), p. 27.
- ^ "Nikola Nešić: Učite na našim greškama"[permanent dead link], Ritam Grada, 28 August 2017, accessed 18 October 2022.
- ^ Изборне листе 3. СЛАЂАН РАКИЋ – АЛТЕРНАТИВА – КРАГУЈЕВАЧКА ИНИЦИЈАТИВА И НОВА СНАГА – ЕКО ПАРК, Election 2020, City of Kragujevac Election Commission, accessed 18 September 2022.
- ^ "'Nova snaga' u 'Akciji'", Kragujevačke, 5 June 2021, accessed 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Kragujevac: 'Nova Snaga' pristupila stranci 'Zajedno za Srbiju'", Pressek, 4 July 2021, accessed 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Ko su kandidati koalicije 'Moramo' za narodne poslanike?", Danas, 22 February 2022, accessed 17 October 2022.
- ^ Zoran Mišić, "Nova snaga i energija u Narodnoj skupštini zaustaviće autokratiju: Nikola Nešić, poslanik koalicije Moramo iz Kragujevca", Danas, 27 July 2022, accessed 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Članice koalicije "Moramo" se ujedinile u "Zajedno" - stranku bez lidera". N1 (in Serbian). 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ NIKOLA NESIC, Archived 29 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 23 May 2024.
- ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2023 – Изборне листе: Изборна листа НОВА СНАГА КРАГУЈЕВЦА – НИКОЛА НЕШИЋ (ЗАЈЕДНО, СРЦЕ – ЗДРАВКО ПОНОШ, ЕКОЛОШКИ УСТАНАК – ЋУТА, ЗЕЛЕНО – ЛЕВИ ФРОНТ, ШУМАДИЈСКА РЕГИЈА), City of Kragujevac, accessed 23 May 2024.
- ^ УКУПАН ИЗВЕШТАЈ О РЕЗУЛТАТИМА ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ГРАДА КРАГУЈЕВЦА, Lokalni Izbori 2023, Kragujevac City Election Commission, accessed 11 April 2024.
- ^ НОВА СНАГА КГ – ЗАЈЕДНО, ШУМАДИЈСКА РЕГИЈА, City of Kragujevac, accessed 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Kragujevac dobija metro, a Lepenica će biti plovna – Usvojena strategija besmisla: Nikola Nešić iz Zajedno", Danas, 7 May 2024, accessed 23 May 2024.