Adam Šukalo (; born 2 September 1978) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He served in the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska from 2014 to 2018 as a member of Napredna Srpska. He subsequently relocated to Belgrade, Serbia, and has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2020 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS).
Early life and career Šukalo was born in Gradiška, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He later moved to Banja Luka. Šukalo holds a Bachelor of Laws degree.ADAM ŠUKALO, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 11 August 2020.
Politician Republika Srpska Šukalo was the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska in the early 2010s, when the party was aligned with the Progressive Party in Serbia."ALЕKSANDAR VUČIĆ, ADAM ŠUKALO I MILANKO MIHAJILICA - 27.07.2011.", Serbian Progressive Party, 27 July 2011, accessed 11 August 2020. He was a Progressive candidate in the 2010 Republika Srpska general election, in which the party did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly. The Republika Srpska Progressives subsequently became divided between different factionsMilan Pilipović, "Skupštinu SNS sazvali bivši članovi stranke", Blic, 11 December 2010, accessed 11 August 2020. and Šukalo became the leader of a new party called Napredna Srpska (English: "Progressive Srpska") following a split in 2013.Wolfram Nordsieck, Parties and Elections in Europe (2020 edition), p. 69.
Napredna Srpska contested the 2014 Republika Srpska general election on an electoral list led by the Democratic People's Alliance (Demokratski narodni savez, DNS), and Šukalo was elected to the assembly after being awarded a compensatory mandate under the Republika Srpska's system of proportional representation. Following the election, Šukalo called for a "grand coalition" government between the two largest parties, the rival Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata, SNSD) and Serb Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka, SDS). In so doing, he suggested the prospect of Napredna Srpska acting as a bridge between the parties."Vladajuća koalicija u RS tvrdi da ima većinu", Blic (Source: Beta), 23 November 2014, accessed 11 August 2020. This ultimately did not occur; the DNS joined a coalition government led by the SNSD, and Napredna Srpska became part of the Alliance for Change, a coalition of opposition parties.Vida Đukić, "Novi dogovori starih partnera: Naprednjaci priželjkuju sastanak sa Pavićem", Blic, 16 November 2016, accessed 11 August 2020.
In 2017, Šukalo called for stronger inter-communal relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and identified both Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik and Party of Democratic Action leader Bakir Izetbegović as obstacles to progress."Adam Šukalo: Moja država je BiH - Bošnjaci treba da se reše Bakira, a Srbi Dodika", Nova srpska politička misao, 16 February 2017, accessed 11 August 2020.
Šukalo was replaced as leader of Naprenda Srpska by Goran Đorđić in March 2017. This occurred against the backdrop of merger negotiations with the Party of Democratic Progress (Partija demokratskog progresa, PDP)."Napredna Srpska smijenila Šukala", N1, 19 March 2017, accessed 11 August 2020. Šukalo subsequently announced that he would sit in caucus with the PDP as an independent member.Nedeljka Breberina, "Šukalo ostaje u Naprednoj Srpskoj, deluje u interesu PDP", Blic, 28 March 2017, accessed 11 August 2020.
During his time in the Republika Srpska assembly, Šukalo was a frequent critic of the Dodik administration and was known for his verbal battles with interior minister Dragan Lukač.Snežana Mitrović, "Adam Šukalo najvjerovatnije novi poslanik vladajuće stranke u Srbiji", N1, 21 June 2020, accessed 11 August 2020."Adam Šukalo na izbornoj listi SNS Aleksandra Vučića", Radio Televizija BN, 6 March 2020, accessed 11 August 2020. He was also a prominent member of the "Justice of David" movement, calling for an investigation into the death of David Dragičević."Policija privela i Adama Šukala", Aljazeera Balkans, 25 December 2018, accessed 11 August 2020. He served on the Committee for European integration and regional cooperation.ADAM ŠUKALO, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 11 August 2020. and
He sought election to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2018 Bosnian general election on the PDP's electoral list and was narrowly defeated.
Member of the National Assembly of Serbia Šukalo received the 125th position on the Serbian Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children coalition list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election"Ko je sve na listi SNS za republičke poslanike?", Danas, 6 March 2020, accessed 30 June 2020. and was elected when the list won a landslide majority with 188 out of 250 mandates. He is now a member of the committee on administrative, budgetary, mandate, and immunity issues; a deputy member of the European integration committee and the committee on constitutional and legislative issues; a substitute member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Spain, and the United States of America.ADAM SUKALO, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 20 January 2021.
Election results Republika Srpska 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina State House of Representatives election results: Republika Srpska, Division OnePartyVotes%MandatesAlliance of Independent Social Democrats116,91540.011 + 2Party of Democratic Progress53,40618.271 + 1SDS–NDP–NS–SRS52,36517.921Democratic People's Alliance30,93410.58Socialist Party13,3994.58Party of Democratic Action9,9673.41Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina4,4931.54First Serb Democratic Party3,4851.19Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska2,7430.94HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-HNS–HSP-AS BiH–HDU BiH2,3780.81Union for a Better Future of BiH1,3940.48Party of Democratic Activity4430.15Lijevo Krilo3220.11Total valid votes292,244100.00
Party of Democratic Progress candidate preference votesBallot #NameVotesNotes1Branislav Borenović24,164Elected3Adam Šukalo20,9272Mira Pekić2,984Awarded compensatory mandate4Dijana Ješić3,5995Mladen Kulundžija2,9226Dragana Đukić2,4447Saša Čekrlja2,8888Vlastimir Vidić2,001
Source: Verified results of the 2018 General Election, Central Election Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2014 Republika Srpska National Assembly election results: Division TwoPartyVotes%MandatesAlliance of Independent Social Democrats30,15440.853SDS–PUP–SRS RS21,31828.882Party of Democratic Progress4,9746.741DNS-NS-SRS4,7916.491 + 1National Democratic Movement3,2974.47Homeland2,6843.64Socialist Party2,0502.78+ 1Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska1,2861.74Fair Policy Party1,0671.45Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina8511.15For Justice and Red List4790.65Peasant Party4290.58Fighters for a New Politics2120.29HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP HB1000.14Party of Economic and Social Justice870.12Croatian Democratic Union 1990290.04Total valid votes73,808100.00
Democratic People's Alliance–Napredna Stranka–Serbian Radical Party Dr. Vojislav Šešelj candidate preference votesBallot #NameVotesNotes3Goran Đorđić1,540Elected4Vladimir Janković1,2165Zorica Jusupović1,1161Nebojša Ličanin8227Milorad Kondić4589Sanja Bajić31112Adam Šukalo260Awarded compensatory mandate11Branka Malbašić2532Vera Jelić1776Ognjen Vučen2028Milena Majstorović5510Dušan Marić173
Source: Verified results of the 2014 General Election, Central Election Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2010 Republika Srpska National Assembly election results: Division OnePartyVotes%MandatesAlliance of Independent Social Democrats55,50939.676 + 1Serb Democratic Party22,75116.263Democratic People's Alliance13,3679.551 + 1Party of Democratic Progress10,4727.481 + 1Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina5,1213.661Party of Democratic Action4,5213.231Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina4,1232.95Democratic Party of Republika Srpska4,0742.91Serbian Radical Party of Republika Srpska4,0182.87Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska3,3692.41Socialist Party–Party of United Pensioners3,0672.19National Democratic Party2,8212.02Our Party–New Socialist Party1,8411.32Serbian Radical Party Dr. Vojislav Šešelj1,7251.23Union for a Better Future of BiH1,3120.94Alliance for Serbian Democracy7170.51People's Party for Work and Betterment4620.33Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina2510.18Democratic People's Union1600.11Ecological Party1250.09Croatian Coalition800.06Liberal Democratic Party–European Ecological Party E-5330.02Total valid votes139,919100.00
Serbian Progressive Party of Republika Srpska candidate preference votesBallot #NameVotesNotes1Adam Šukalo1,3875Željko Blagojević7973Stanko Vujković56817Nevenka Glišić29016Dejan Stanišljević2762Nada Milovanović25515Milan Popović2439Jovo Biga2064Sanja Kovačević1426Radovan Bratić667Teodor Vučić1428Tanja Nedimović7610Drago Mastikosa11411Slavica Savanović8812Aleksandar Kukobat6713Svetislav Kuzmanović12314Gordana Kragulj8918Slobodan Tuta133
Source: Verified results of the 2010 General Election, Central Election Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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