Enis Imamović () is a Serbian politician from the country's Bosniak community. He served in the Serbian national assembly from 2012 to 2024 and was a leading member of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA) for many years until leaving the party in late 2023.
Early life and private career Imamović was born in Novi Pazar, in the Sandžak region of what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He has a degree in biochemistry from the State University of Novi Pazar and is a professor of the subject. He was also a professional volleyball player in his youth."Imamović Enis," Regional Academy for Democracy, accessed July 3, 2017.ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
Politician Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak Imamović joined the SDA's youth wing in 2003. In 2008, he was elected as one of the party's vice-presidents and appointed as a party spokesperson.ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
In January 2009, Imamović charged that a mob encouraged by rival parties sought to assassinate SDA leader Sulejman Ugljanin during a confrontation at the Novi Pazar headquarters of the SDA-led Bosniak List for a European Sandžak alliance."Serbia: Sandzak party spokesman says rival group attempted to "kill" leader," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, January 20, 2009 (Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1909 gmt 19 Jan 09). The confrontation was sparked by the SDA-led coalition's refusal to obey a court order (subsequently overturned) requiring them to move their headquarters from Novi Pazar's House of Culture. See "Serbia: Court overturns decision on Sandzak bloc's use of controversial premises," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, March 13, 2009 (Source: Radio-Televizija Jedinstvo, Novi Pazar, in Serbian 1745gmt 13 Mar 09). The Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP), the SDA's principal rival at the time, rejected the claim that anyone sought to harm Ugljanin, let alone assassinate him."Serbia's Bosniak leader holds rally to demand "justice for Sandzak"," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, January 19, 2016 (Source: Slavka Bakracevic: "Ugljanin: Autonomy Cure for Bosniak Problems," Politika website, Belgrade, in Serbian Jan 17, 16. Imamović later accused local authorities of witness intimidation and other abuses of power relating to the incident."Imamović: Zastrašivanje svedoka o incidentu iz 2009" Blic (source: Tanjug), June 12, 2015.
Parliamentarian 2012–2016 Imamović was given the third position on the SDA's electoral list in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election. The party won two mandates; he was not immediately elected but received a seat on 25 July 2012 as the replacement for Ifeta Radončić, who resigned on the day the assembly convened.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (11 Странка демократске акције Санџака - др Сулејман Угљанин Stranka demokratske akcije Sandzaka - dr. Sulejman Ugljanin), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 July 2021.31 May 2012 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 11 November 2022."Enis Imamović – novi narodni poslanik u Skupštini Srbije", Sandžak Press, 27 July 2012, accessed 10 November 2022. The SDA initially served in a parliamentary group with the People's Party (NP), with Maja Gojković serving as the group's leader and Imamović as its deputy leader."Novi poslanički klub: Narodna partija, SDA i Bogata Srbija", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 2 August 2012, accessed 10 November 2022. This arrangement did not last, and the SDA deputies afterward served on their own, without affiliation to any assembly group. In this sitting of the assembly, Imamović was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022. The SDA was part of Serbia's coalition government in this period, and he served as a supporter of the administration.
Imamović was promoted to the second position on the SDA's list for the 2014 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the party won three seats.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (10 СДА Санџака - др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandzaka - dr. Sulejman Uglјanin), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024. The SDA left the government after the election and moved into opposition, forming an assembly group with the Party for Democratic Action (PDD), a party representing Serbia's Albanian community. In his second term, Imamović was a member of the economy committee, a deputy member of the labour committee, a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, and a member of the friendship groups with Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022. In September 2014, he proposed a type of autonomy for the Sandžak similar to that of South Tyrol in Italy."Serbian paper suspicious of calls for region's autonomy," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, September 26, 2014 (Source: Zarko Rakic: "Tyrol on the Pester Plateau," Politika website, Belgrade, in Serbian Sep 25, 14); "Pundits say calls for autonomy to be taken seriously given Kosovo experience," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, September 29, 2014 (Source: Mirjana Cekerevac: "Why Scotland and South Tyrol Are Inspiration for Autonomists," Politika website, in Serbian Sep 28, 14).
2016–22 Imamović again received the second position on the SDA's list in the 2016 parliamentary election and was elected for a third term when the list won two seats.Избори за народне посланике 2016. године – Изборне листе (9 SDA Sandžaka – Dr. Sulejman Ugljanin СДА Санџака – Др Сулејман Угљанин), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024. The SDA sat in an assembly group with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) after the election, and Imamović served as its deputy leader. In this parliament, he was a member of the labour committee and the committee on human and minority rights and gender equality, a deputy member of the committee for culture and information and the committee on the rights of the child, a member of a working group for the rights of minorities, a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, and a deputy member of its delegation to the parliamentary dimension of the Central European Initiative.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
He was promoted to the lead position on the SDA's list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected to a fourth term when the party won three mandates.ИЗБОРИ ЗА НАРОДНЕ ПОСЛАНИКЕ НАРОДНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, 21. ЈУН 2020. ГОДИНЕ – Изборне листе (11 СДА Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandžaka – dr. Sulejman Ugljanin), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 16 June 2020. The SDA afterward formed an assembly group with the Albanian Democratic Alternative (a coalition led by the PDD), and Imamović once again served in the role of deputy leader. He was a member of the committee for European integration, a deputy member of the labour committee, the president of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Luxembourg, and a member of the friendship groups with Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022. In July 2021, he took part in a SDA–Albanian Democratic Alternative delegation that met with Albin Kurti, prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo (which is not recognized by Serbia). During the meeting, the SDA indicated its support for the independence of Kosovo."Ugljanin i Kamberi kod Kurtija: Priznajemo nezavisnost Kosova", KosSev, 8 July 2021, accessed 19 October 2024.
Imamović was also appointed as a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 25 January 2021. In the PACE, he was a full member of social affairs committee and the migration committee. He did not serve with any assembly grouping.Mr Enis IMAMOVIĆ, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 10 November 2022.
2022 election and after Imamović again appeared in the lead position on the SDA's list in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list won two seats."Ko su kandidati za poslanike na listi 'SDA Sandžaka – dr Sulejman Ugljanin'", Danas, 2 March 2022, accessed 10 November 2022. After the election, the SDA became part of an assembly group called European Regions that also included delegates from Vojvodina and from Serbia's Albanian community. Imamović was the group's deputy leader.ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022. The group ceased to exist when one of its members, Tomislav Žigmanov, was appointed as a minister in the Serbian government.ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017. The SDA delegates did not serve with any assembly group after this time.
In the 2022–24 term, Imamović was a member of the environmental protection committee, a deputy member of the health and family committee, a member of Serbia's delegation to the South-East European Cooperation Process parliamentary assembly, and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022. His term in the PACE ended on 9 October 2022.Mr Enis IMAMOVIĆ (Serbia, NR), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 27 July 2023.
Imamović met with Albin Kurti again in February 2023, as part of a SDA–PDD delegation that called for reciprocity of rights between the Kosovo Serb community and Bosniaks and Albanians living in Serbia."Albanians and Bosniaks living in Serbia demand reciprocity of rights", KOHA, 4 February 2023, accessed 19 October 2024.
Excluding the period from 2012 to 2014, Imamović was an opposition member for his entire tenure in the Serbian national assembly.For the SDA's current status in opposition, see Nikola Kočović, "Imamović: Nećemo podržati novu Vladu, bošnjačkim ministrima težak zadatak", Danas, 26 October 2022, accessed 11 November 2022.
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