Vlastimir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Властимир Јовановић;( 1 September 1951, Niš - 21 June 2008,Niš) is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia and the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (Srpska radikalna stranka, SRS).
Private career
editJovanović is a professor of world literature based in Niš.[1] Father of three children. He has been a member of the Radical Party's Central Fatherland Administration.[2]
Politician
editJovanović became chair of the Radical Party's board in Niš in the late 1990s. During the early period of the Kosovo War in November 1998, he accused international forces in Kosovo and Metohija of permitting the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to act with impunity. He was quoted as saying, "The international community is allowing the terrorists to lay waste to Kosmet and the situation is becoming increasingly similar to that of March, before the security forces took action to square up with the terrorists."[3]
Jovanović led the SRS's electoral list for Niš in the 2000 Yugoslavian parliamentary election. The party did not win any seats in the division.[4] He also sought election to the City Assembly of Niš for the city's fifteenth district in the concurrent 2000 Serbian local elections and, like all Radical Party candidates in the city in this cycle, was defeated.[5]
The 2000 Yugoslavian election saw Vojislav Koštunica defeat Slobodan Milošević for the federation's presidency, an event that precipitated widespread changes in Serbian politics. A transitional government was established in Serbia, and a new parliamentary election was called for December 2000. As the result of reforms enacted prior to the election, all of Serbia was counted as a single electoral division, and all mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions, irrespective of numerical order.[6] Jovanović received the fifty-sixth position on the Radical Party's electoral list and was not awarded a mandate when the party won twenty-three seats.[7][8]
Jovanović received the forty-ninth position on the SRS's list in the 2003 parliamentary election and, on this occasion, was awarded a mandate when the list won eighty-two seats.[9] He took his seat when the assembly convened in January 2004.[10] Although the Radicals won more seats than any other party, they fell well short of a majority and ultimately served in opposition.
His term in the national assembly was brief. By virtue of its performance in the 2003 parliamentary election, the Radicals had the right to appoint thirty delegates to the assembly of Serbia and Montenegro. Jovanović was one of the delegates chosen; by virtue of accepting this position, he was required to resign his seat in the republican parliament.[11][12] He served in the federal parliament until 2006, when the state union dissolved as a result of Montenegro's declaration of independence.[13]
Jovanović also led the SRS's list for the Niš city assembly in the 2004 local elections and was elected when the list won twelve mandates.[14][15] In this role, he served in opposition to mayor Smiljko Kostić's administration.[16] He also ran for mayor of the Niš municipality of Medijana in 2004 and was defeated in the second round by Dragoslav Ćirković, the candidate of the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS).
Vlastimir died after a short illness in June 2008.
Electoral record
editLocal (City of Niš)
edit| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Dragoslav Ćirković | Democratic Party–Boris Tadić | 8,216 | 35.15 | 13,799 | 59.22 | |
| Vlastimir Jovanović | Serbian Radical Party–Tomislav Nikolić | 3,585 | 15.34 | 9,501 | 40.78 | |
| Rade Arsić | information missing | 2,734 | 11.70 | |||
| Miodrag Medar | Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica[17] | 2,565 | 10.97 | |||
| Radosav Tanasković | information missing | 2,191 | 9.37 | |||
| Biljana Živković | Socialist Party of Serbia[18] | 1,923 | 8.23 | |||
| Dragan Stevanović | Political Organization for Democratic Change New Serbia–Velimir Ilić[19] | 1,311 | 5.61 | |||
| Ratko Đenić | information missing | 848 | 3.63 | |||
| Total | 23,373 | 100.00 | 23,300 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [20] | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Izbor poslanika u Skupštinu SCG", Glas javnosti, 12 February 2004, accessed 27 January 2021.
- ^ Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 901 (September 2000), p. 13.
- ^ "Serbian Radicals - international inaction may force new Kosovo offensive," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European - Political, 11 November 1998 (Source: Beta news agency, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 1255 gmt 11 Nov 98).
- ^ Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 1201 (September 2000), p. 5; ИЗБОРИ 2000: ВЕЋЕ РЕПУБЛИКА И ВЕЋЕ ГРАЂАНА САВЕЗНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Department of Statistics (2000), p. 59.
- ^ Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 1201 (September 2000), p. 3; Izbori, 2000. Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 122.
- ^ Serbia's Law on the Election of Representatives (2000) stipulated that parliamentary mandates would be awarded to electoral lists (Article 80) that crossed the electoral threshold (Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 28 February 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 23. децембра 2000. године и 10. јануара 2001. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (1 Српска радикална странка – др Војислав Шешељ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ PRVA KONSTITUTIVNA SEDNICA, 22.01.2001., Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 3 January 2022.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (2. СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА - др ВОЈИСЛАВ ШЕШЕЉ) Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Skupština čeka demokrate", Glas javnosti, 13 January 2004, accessed 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Izbor poslanika u Skupštinu SCG", Glas javnosti, 12 February 2004, accessed 27 January 2021.
- ^ DRUGO VANREDNO ZASEDANJE, 12.02.2004., Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 3 January 2022.
- ^ See Посланици, "Скупштина СЦГ - Посланици". Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, accessed 3 January 2022. - ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2004, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), City of Niš, 22 November 2004, accessed 23 December 2021. - ^ In the 2004 local elections, the first one-third of mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. Jovanović received an automatic mandate. See Law on Local Elections Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 33/2002; made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Demokrate i radikali ruše Smiljka Kostića", Glas javnosti, 20 July 2005, accessed 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Do Tvrđave i džamije pešice", Glas javnosti, 18 August 2004, accessed 2 January 2022.
- ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2004, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), City of Niš, 22 November 2004, accessed 2 January 2022. Živković is the lead candidate on the Socialist list for the Medijana council. - ^ "Čistka u niškom odboru Nove Srbije", Glas javnosti, 18 January 2006, accessed 2 January 2022.
- ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2004, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), City of Niš, 22 November 2004, accessed 23 December 2021; ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., "REPUBLICKI ZAVOD ZA STATISTIKU - Republike Srbije". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021.