Siniša Ljepojević (; born 1956) is a Serbian journalist and politician. He has served in the Serbian parliament since 2024, initially as a member of the We – Voice from the People (MI–GIN) political organization and later as an independent.
Private career Ljepojević was born in Gerzovo in the Mrkonjić Grad municipality, in what was then the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He was employed by the Tanjug news agency for several years as a journalist and correspondent based in London.Синиша Љепојевић, Prometej, accessed 14 February 2025.
He has written several articles for Serbia's Novi Standard newspaper in recent years. Among other things, he has supported Brexit, defended Boris Johnson at the time of the 2019 United Kingdom general election as a champion of "the people" against "the elites,"Siniša Ljepojević, "Izbori u Britaniji ili moć običnog čoveka", Novi Standard, 13 December 2019, accessed 14 February 2025. described the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic as "primarily a political project of the globalist elite" and an effort to destroy the independence of nation-states,Siniša Ljepojević, "Pozadina projekta korona i njegova upotreba", Novi Standard, 12 November 2020, accessed 14 February 2025.Siniša Ljepojević, "(Ne)uspeli pokušaj novog kolonijalizma", Novi Standard, 29 October 2021, accessed 14 February 2025. referred to Elizabeth II as having been the last remaining symbol of Britain's lost greatness (while implying that she may have died from a COVID-19 booster short),Siniša Ljepojević, "Britanske brige nakon smrti kraljice", Novi Standard, 12 September 2022, accessed 14 February 2025. described Serbia's acceptance of the 2023 Ohrid Agreement as capitulation to external powers and evidence of the country's political collapse,Siniša Ljepojević, "Srbija pred istorijskim slomom", Novi Standard, 28 February 2023, accessed 14 February 2025. and castigated Keir Starmer's government for cutting benefits to the elderly while pledging military support for Ukraine.Siniša Ljepojević, "Tumaranja političke Britanije", Novi Standard, 22 September 2024, accessed 14 February 2025.
Shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ljepojević said that the growing military tensions in Europe were due in large part to "Washington's efforts to re-colonize and control the European continent" and the crisis could be an impetus for the western powers to bring Bosnia and Herzegovina into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a means of eliminating the influence of Russia and China in the country.Вељко Зељковић, "Синиша Љепојевић, политички аналитичар: Специјалне изасланике не занима добробит грађана", Glas Srpske, 18 February 2022, accessed 14 February 2025.
Ljepojević lives in the Belgrade municipality of Palilula."Ko je sve na listi 'Mi glas iz naroda – profesor doktor Branimir Nestorović'", N1, 27 November 2023, accessed 14 February 2025.
Politician Ljepojević appeared in the second position on the We – Voice from the People electoral list in the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected when the list unexpectedly won thirteen mandates."Ko je sve na listi 'Mi glas iz naroda – profesor doktor Branimir Nestorović'", N1, 27 November 2023, accessed 14 February 2025. He took his seat when the new assembly convened in February 2024. Shortly thereafter, the We movement split into two factions, with list holder Branimir Nestorović leaving to form a new group called We – Power of the People (MI–SN). Ljepojević initially remained with MI–GIN."'Od MI-2 do MI-5': Nakon cepanja pokreta 'MI – Glas iz naroda' na dnevnom redu samo jedno pitanje", Danas, 22 February 2024, accessed 14 February 2025. He said that Nestorović had insisted on becoming president of the official "We" political party then being formed, a demand that was rejected by others in the movement."Синиша Љепојевић: Несторовић напустио покрет, већина била против да он буде председник", Politika, 22 February 2024, accessed 14 February 2025.
The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies won the 2023 election, and both of the We factions now serve in opposition. Ljepojević does not hold any committee responsibilities in parliament. He is a member of the parliamentary friendship group with Syria, which he joined prior to Bashar al-Assad's fall from power.SINISA LJEPOJEVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 15 February 2025.SINISA LJEPOJEVIC, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 15 February 2025.
In May 2025, Ljepojević left MI–GIN and became an independent parliamentarian.SINIŠA LJEPOJEVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 29 August 2026.
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