Vlastimir Jovanović (; (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 Jovanović is a professor of world literature based in Niš."Izbor poslanika u Skupštinu SCG" , Glas javnosti, 12 February 2004, accessed 27 January 2021. Father of three children. He has been a member of the Radical Party's Central Fatherland Administration.Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 901 (September 2000), p. 13.
Politician Jovanović 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.""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).
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.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. 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.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.
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.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. 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.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.
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.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. He took his seat when the assembly convened in January 2004."Skupština čeka demokrate" , Glas javnosti, 13 January 2004, accessed 3 January 2021. 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."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. He served in the federal parliament until 2006, when the state union dissolved as a result of Montenegro's declaration of independence.See Посланици, , Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, accessed 3 January 2022.
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.ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2004, , 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 , Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 33/2002; made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021. In this role, he served in opposition to mayor Smiljko Kostić's administration."Demokrate i radikali ruše Smiljka Kostića", Glas javnosti, 20 July 2005, accessed 3 January 2022. 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 Local (City of Niš)
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