Svetislav Vukmirica (; born 24 December 1972) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2014 to 2016 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.
Early life and career Vukmirica was born in Kikinda, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is a graduate of the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law and subsequently worked in Kikinda as a teacher and trainee prosecutor.
He has practiced judo at a competitive level and has led both the Kikinda Judo Club "Partizan" and the International Judo Camp in the city."Међународни камп у Кикинди", Radio Television of Serbia, 20 April 2017, accessed 15 October 2020. In 2017, he was appointed to the complaints commission of the Sports Association of Vojvodina."Slobodan Boškan novi predsednik Sportskog saveza Vojvodine", Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 15 October 2020.
Politician Municipal Vukmirica started his political career as a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He received the lead position on the party's electoral list for the Kikinda municipal assembly in the 2008 Serbian local elections.Službeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 6 (1 May 2008), p. 4. The party won two seatsSlužbeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 9 (16 May 2008), p. 2. and he subsequently took a mandate in the assembly.Službeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 12 (3 June 2008), p. 2. (Between 2000 and 2011, mandates in Serbian elections were distributed at the discretion of successful parties or coalitions, and it was common practice for the mandates to be distributed out of numerical order. Vukmirica did not automatically receive a mandate by virtue of leading his party's list, although he ultimately chose to serve in the assembly.)
The Democratic Party of Serbia initially joined a coalition government led by the Serbian Radical Party in Kikinda following the 2008 local elections, and Vukmirica was selected as president (i.e., speaker) of the municipal assembly when that body convened in June.Službeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 12 (3 June 2008), p. 2. The coalition government fell apart in October following a split within the ranks of the Radicals, and Vukmirica stood down from the position.R. Rajić, "Radikali odlaze 2. oktobra", Blic, 23 September 2008, accessed 15 October 2020. In 2010, he joined the Serbian Progressive Party.
Serbia's electoral system was reformed in 2011, such that mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Vukmirica received the fourth position on the Progressive list in the 2012 local electionsSlužbeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 47 Number 7 (25 April 2012), p. 11. and was re-elected when the list won twelve mandates.Službeni List (Municipality of Kikinda), Volume 47 Number 10 (14 May 2012), p. 3. The Progressives initially served in opposition but formed a new coalition government in September 2013, and Vukmurica was appointed to a term as deputy mayor."Promena vlasti u Kikindi", Radio Television of Serbia, 13 September 2013, accessed 15 October 2020. This source incorrectly lists Vukmirica as having still been a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia.
Vojvodina provincial politics Vukmirica appeared in the thirtieth position on the Democratic Party of Serbia's electoral list in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election.Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине 11. мај 2008. године (Изборна листа 6 - “КОАЛИЦИЈА ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА СРБИЈЕ-НОВА СРБИЈА – Војислав Коштуница”), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 15 October 2020. The list won four proportional mandates, and Vukmirica was not chosen for his party's delegation. He later ran as the Serbian Progressive Party's candidate for Kikinda's second constituency seat in the 2012 Vojvodina provincial election and was defeated in the second round by Miloš Šibul of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.
Member of the National Assembly Vukmirica received the 110th position on the Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In list in the 2014 parliamentary electionИзбори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ - BUDUĆNOST U KOJU VERUJEMO), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 18 August 2020. and was elected when the list won a landslide victory with 158 seats. For the next two years, he served as part of the government's parliamentary majority. In a July 2014 interview, he highlighted his work as a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Romania."ИНТЕРВЈУ: СВЕТИСЛАВ ВУКМИРИЦА, НАРОДНИ ПОСЛАНИК", Serbian Progressive Party – Kikinda, 26 July 2014, accessed 15 October 2020.
He was given the 167th position on the successor Aleksandar Vučić — Serbia Is Winning list in the 2016 parliamentary election.Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ - СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 18 August 2020. The list won 131 mandates, and on this occasion he was not returned. Since 2016 After leaving the national assembly, Vukmirica was appointed as director of the Gerontology Center in Kikinda.M. N. Stevanović, "Ministarstvo rada „zaboravilo“ na hitnu adaptaciju gerontoloških centara", Danas, 22 February 2020, accessed 15 October 2020.
Electoral record Provincial (Vojvodina) + 2012 Vojvodina assembly electionKikinda II (constituency seat) - First and Second RoundsРезултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (22 Кикинда II) (2012), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 14 April 2018. Miloš Šibul League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak 2,644 17.38 7,741 53.81 Svetislav Vukmirica Let's Get Vojvodina Moving–Tomislav Nikolić (Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement) (Affiliation: Serbian Progressive Party) 3,959 26.02 6,644 46.19 Savo Dobranić (incumbent) Choice for a Better Vojvodina (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 2,398 15.76 Gojko Grubor Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), United Serbia (JS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDP Serbia) (Affiliation: Socialist Party) 1,284 8.44 Branislav Bajić Citizen's Group: Strength of Kikinda 1,255 8.25 Paja Francuski U-Turn 941 6.18 Ferenc Lepár Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 847 5.57 Karolj Damjanov United Regions of Serbia–Karolj Damjanov 811 5.33 Mladen Koprivica Democratic Party of Serbia 556 3.65 Nikola Jankov Serbian Radical Party 520 3.42 Total valid votes 15,215 100 14,385 100
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