Milovan Jakovljević () is a Serbian politician. He served in the Serbian parliament from 2022 to 2024 and is now a member of the Ivanjica municipal assembly. Jakovljević is a member of Dveri.
Private career Jakovljević is a graduated economist and war veteran living in Ivanjica. He is a raspberry producer and owns the fire protection company Plamen.Милован Јаковљевић, , Dveri, accessed 8 February 2025.
Politician Early years (2012–22) Jakovljević joined Dveri in 2012, became president of its Ivanjica board in 2014, and became the party's coordinator for the Zlatibor District in 2016. He was elected to the party presidency in 2018 and has served as a party vice-president.Милован Јаковљевић, , Dveri, accessed 8 February 2025.
Dveri ran a combined electoral list with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) in Ivanjica for the 2016 Serbian local elections, and Jakovljević appeared in the second position.Službeni List (Opštine Ivanjica), Volume 9 Number 5 (12 April 2016), p. 4. The list narrowly missed crossing the electoral threshold for representation in the local assembly.Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Ivanjica), Volume 9 Number 6 (4 May 2016), pp. 1-2.
Parliamentarian (2022–24) Dveri ran a combined list with Žika Gojković's branch of the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (POKS) in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election. Jakovljević appeared in the sixth position on the list and was elected when the alliance won ten seats.Vojin Radovanović, "Ko su kandidati za poslanike na listi Patriotskog bloka za kraljevinu Srbiju?", Danas, 23 February 2022, accessed 20 July 2023. The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies won a majority victory, and Dveri served in opposition for the term that followed. Jakovljević was a member of the agriculture committee, the chair of a sustainable development subcommittee, and a member of a subcommittee for monitoring the agricultural situation in marginal areas. He was also a deputy member of the defence and internal affairs committee and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, and Turkey.MILOVAN JAKOVLJEVIC, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 February 2025.
In April 2023, Jakovljević said that Serbia should improve anti-hail protection for farmers and increase subsidies for crop insurance."Jakovljević (Dveri): Treba povećati broj protivgradnih stanica, i subvencije za osiguranje useva", 3 April 2023, accessed 8 February 2025. He also criticized the lack of regulation and long-term planning in Serbia's raspberry market and called for greater protections, including a ban on the re-export of raspberries imported under the Serbian brand."Jakovljević (Dveri): Srpske maline su razvojna šansa, a ne problem" Danas, 2 May 2023, accessed 8 February 2025. See also "Jakovljević: Srbija bi mogla da hrani 70 miliona ljudi, ali ne postoji grana koja nije ugrožena", Danas, 20 September 2023, accessed 8 February 2025.
For the 2023 parliamentary election, Dveri fielded a combined list with the far-right Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ), and Jakovljević again appeared in the sixth position."Proglašena izborna lista stranke Zavetnici i pokreta Dveri: Pogledajte ko su kandidati", Danas, 5 November 2023, accessed 22 April 2024. The list did not cross the threshold for assembly representation, and his term ended when the new assembly convened in early 2024.
Municipal representative (2024–present) Dveri did not field an electoral list in Ivanjica for the 2024 Serbian local elections, but Jakovljević led an independent list called the Household List of Working People and was elected when it won a single seat.ИЗБОРНА ЛУСТА ГРУПА ГРАЂАНА "ДОМАЋИНСКА ЛИСТА РАДНИХ ЉУДИ", Local Election 2 June 2024, Ivanjica Municipal Election Commission, accessed 24 December 2024. The Progressives and their allies won a majority victory, and he once again serves in opposition.УКУПАН ИЗВЕШТАЈ О РЕЗУЛТАТИМА ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ ИВАЊИЦА, Ivanjica Municipal Election Commission, 19 June 2024, accessed 24 December 2024.
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