Uroš Đokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ђокић; born 11 November 1982) is a Serbian politician. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since February 2024 as a member of the People's Movement of Serbia (NPS).

Uroš Đokić
Урош Ђокић
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Assumed office
6 February 2024
Personal details
Born1982
Political partyNarodna (until 2023)
NPS (since 2023)

Early life and career

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Đokić was born in Užice, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and afterward passed the bar as a lawyer. He lives in Bajina Bašta.[1][2]

Politician

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Đokić entered political life as a member of the People's Party (Narodna), which was part of the United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) coalition in 2022.[3] He led the UZPS's electoral list for Bajina Bašta in the 2022 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won nine mandates.[4] The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies won a majority victory in the municipality, and the UZPS delegates serve in opposition.[5]

Đokić also appeared in the forty-ninth position on the UZPS's list in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election, which was held concurrently with the local vote.[6] The list won thirty-eight seats, and he was not elected.

The People's Party experienced a serious split in August 2023, and Đokić joined Miroslav Aleksić's breakaway People's Movement of Serbia.[7]

Parliamentarian

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The NPS participated in the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition, a successor to the UZPS, in the 2023 parliamentary election. Đokić received the thirty-second position on the coalition's list and when elected when it won sixty-five mandates.[8] The SNS and its allies won a majority victory, and he serves in opposition as a member of the NPS–New Face of Serbia (NLS) assembly group.

Đokić is a member of the committee on constitutional and legislative issues and a deputy member of the economy committee[a] and the administrative committee.[b][9] He is a vice-president of the NPS and as of 2024 he remains a member of the municipal assembly in Bajina Bašta.[10][11]

Notes

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  1. ^ Formally known as the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism, and Energy.
  2. ^ Formally known as the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate, and Immunity Issues.

References

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  1. ^ UROS DJOKIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Урош Ђокић – Потпредседник, People's Movement of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ N. Kovačević, "Bivša predsednica opštine dokazuje svoj politički rejting, a građani Bajine Bašte trpe ucene naprednjaka", Danas, 22 March 2022, accessed 5 April 2024.
  4. ^ Election Commission Documents (Локални 2022 – Бајина Башта – 5.УРОШ ЂОКИЋ - УЈЕДИЊЕНИ ЗА ПОБЕДУ БАЈИНЕ БАШТЕ), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Bajina Bašta), 2022 Number 8 (7 April 2022), pp. 2-3.
  6. ^ "Ko su kandidati 'Ujedinjeni za pobedu Srbije' za poslanike?", Danas, 20 February 2022, accessed 8 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Ko sve prelazi iz Narodne stranke u novu partiju Miroslava Aleksića?", 021.rs, 8 August 2023, accessed 5 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Objavljen spisak: Ko su sve kandidati za poslanike liste 'Srbija protiv nasilja'?", Danas, 10 November 2023, accessed 4 April 2024.
  9. ^ UROS DJOKIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2024.
  10. ^ Наш Тим, People's Movement of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2024.
  11. ^ Скупштина Општине Бајина Башта, Municipality of Bajina Bašta, accessed 5 April 2024.