President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad | |
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Style | President |
Residence | No official residence |
Seat | City Hall |
Appointer | City Assembly |
Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | Zoran Vučević |
Formation | 29 November 2004 |
Deputy | Branka Bežanov |
The President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad is the speaker of the City Assembly of Novi Sad (the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative seat of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). The President's term lasts four years, and is elected by members of each new assembly. The current President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad is Jelena Marinković Radomirović (SNS), since 21 August 2020. [1]
The offices of the President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad and the Mayor of Novi Sad were merged and held by the same person until 2004, when they were separated.
According to the current legislation, the City Assembly elects the President and Deputy President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad from the complement of the councilors for the four years’ term. [2]
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Zoran Vučević | 29 November 2004 | 16 June 2008 | 3 years, 200 days | Serbian Radical Party | ||
Aleksandar Jovanović (born 1976) | 16 June 2008 | 29 June 2012 | 4 years, 13 days | League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina | ||
Aleksandra Jerkov (born 1982) | 29 June 2012 | 14 September 2012 | 77 days | League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina | ||
Sinišia Sević (born 1972) | 14 September 2012 | 13 March 2015 | 2 years, 180 days | Socialist Party of Serbia | ||
Jelena Crnogorac (born 1982) | 13 March 2015 | 17 June 2016 | 1 year, 96 days | United Serbia | ||
Zdravko Jelušić (born 1960) | 17 June 2016 | 21 August 2020 | 4 years, 65 days | Serbian Progressive Party | ||
Jelena Marinković Radomirović (born 1987) | 21 August 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 167 days | Serbian Progressive Party |
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