Miladin Kalinić (; born 22 June 1951) is a Serbian politician. During the 1990s, he served two terms as mayor of Sremski Karlovci and two terms in the Vojvodina provincial assembly. Since 2024, he has been the president of the Sremski Karlovci municipal assembly. A member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) for most of his political career, Kalinić joined the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) prior to the 2024 Serbian local elections.
Private career Kalinić graduated as a technological engineer in 1976 and earned a master's degree in 2007. In 2011, he began working at the College of Professional Studies for Management and Business Communications in Sremski Karlovci. Kalinić has also led tourism organizations at the local and republican levels."Sremski Karlovci dobili novo rukovodstvo iz stare stranke: Predsednik opštine Dražen Đurđić", 021.rs, 12 July 2024, accessed 14 December 2025.
Politician League of Communists of Serbia Kalinić began his political career as a member of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS), when the country was a one-party socialist state. In January 1990, he was one of a number of prominent SKS members in the Novi Sad area who accused the League of Communists of Slovenia (ZKS) leadership of deliberately fomenting a split in the federal League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) and of encouraging separatist currents in the country.Borba, 26 January 1990, p. 12.
Later in 1990, the SKS transformed itself into the Socialist Party of Serbia, which dominated Serbian politics over the next decade under the leadership of Slobodan Milošević.
SPS elected official in the 1990s Kalinić was first elected to the Vojvodina assembly for the Sremski Karlovci constituency in the May 1992 provincial election. The Socialists won a majority victory in this election, due in part to an opposition boycott, and Kalinić served as a supporter of the provincial administration. Due to ongoing skepticism about the legitimacy of the vote, a new provincial election was held in December 1992; Kalinić was not a candidate for re-election.Magyar Szó, 15 December 1992, p. 6.
Kalinić was elected to the Sremski Karlovci municipal assembly in the December 1992 Serbian local elections, which took place concurrently with the provincial vote. When the assembly convened in early 1993, Lazar Crnojački was chosen as its president (a position that was then equivalent to mayor), and Kalinić was chosen as president of its executive committee.Magyar Szó, 18 March 1993, p. 13.
In the 1993 Serbian parliamentary election, Kalinić appeared in the twenty-eighth position (out of twenty-eight) on the Socialist Party's electoral list for the Novi Sad division.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 19. и 26. децембра 1993. године и 5. јануара 1994. године – ЗБИРНЕ ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (6 Нови Сад), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 February 2024. The list won thirteen seats, and he did not receive a mandate.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 19. и 26. децембра 1993. године и 5. јануара 1994. године – РЕЗУЛТАТИ ИЗБОРА (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за народне посланике у Народну скупштину Републике Србије, одржаних 19. и 26. децембра 1993. године и 5. јануара 1994. године), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 February 2024.Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 11 (25 January 1994), pp. 193-194. (From 1992 to 2000, Serbia's electoral law stipulated that one-third of parliamentary mandates would be assigned to candidates from successful lists in numerical order, while the remaining two-thirds would be distributed amongst other candidates at the discretion of the sponsoring parties.Guide to the Early Election , Ministry of Information of the Republic of Serbia, December 1992, made available by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, accessed 14 July 2017. Kalinić could have been given a mandate despite his list position, but this did not occur.)
By 1995, Kalinić had succeeded Crnojački as mayor of Sremski Karlovci.Magyar Szó, 6 October 1995, p. 10. In June 1996, he participated in a delegation of the Standing Conference of Cities and Municipalities of Yugoslavia on a week-long visit to Moscow.Borba, 5 June 1996, p. 24.
Kalinić was re-elected to the Sremski Karlovci assembly in the 1996 Serbian local elections. The Socialists won a majority victory in the municipality with fifteen out of twenty-five seats, and he was chosen afterward for another term as mayor.Izbori Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova u Republici Srbiji, 1996, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 60.Borba, 7 June 1997, p. 3. He was also elected to a second term in the Vojvodina assembly in the 1996 provincial election and once again served as a government supporter when the Socialists won a majority victory.
In October 1997, Kalinić signed a comprehensive environmental protocol for Sremski Karlovci with Jordan Aleksić, Serbia's minister of environmental protection.Borba, 25 October 1997, p. 3.
Serbia's longtime leader Slobodan Milošević was defeated in the 2000 Yugoslavian presidential election and fell from power on 5 October 2000, a watershed moment in Serbian politics. In the concurrent 2000 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Kalinić appeared in the fourth position (out of four) on a combined Socialist Party of Serbia–Yugoslav Left (JUL) list for the Chamber of Citizens in the Novi Sad division.Borba, 25 August 2000, p. 4. The list won only one seat,ИЗБОРИ 2000: ВЕЋЕ РЕПУБЛИКА И ВЕЋЕ ГРАЂАНА САВЕЗНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Department of Statistics (2000), p. 45. which was automatically assigned to its lead candidate, Živko Šoklovački.
A local alliance known as the United Democratic Opposition of Sremski Karlovci won a majority of seats in the municipality in the 2000 Serbian local elections,Izbori, 2000. Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 47. and Kalinić's term as mayor ended shortly thereafter. Online sources do not clarify if he was personally re-elected to the assembly. He was not re-elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2000 provincial election; available online sources do not clarify if he was a candidate.
Since 2000 After 2000, Serbia introduced a system of proportional representation for local elections. In 2004, the offices of mayor and assembly president were separated.
Kalinić ran for the Sremski Karlovci constituency seat in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election as a candidate of the independent "Karlovci Initiative" group. He was eliminated in the first round of voting. The "Karlovci Initiative" won a single seat in Sremski Karlovci in the concurrent 2008 Serbian local elections, although available online sources do not indicate if Kalinić was the candidate elected.Локална самоуправа, , Municipality of Sremski Karlovci, 27 March 2009, accessed 14 July 2021.
Kalinić later became reconciled with the Socialist Party, appeared in the second position on the party's list for Sremski Karlovci in the 2012 Serbian local elections, and was re-elected to the local assembly when the list won two seats.Službeni List (Opštine Sremski Karlovci), 2012 Number 3 (21 April 2012), p. 8.Službeni List (Opštine Sremski Karlovci), 2012 Number 3 (7 May 2012), pp. 2-3. He appeared in the same position on the party's list for the 2016 local elections and was not elected when the list fell to a single seat.Službeni List (Opštine Smerski Karlovci), 2016 Number 10 (13 April 2016), p. 5.Službeni List (Opštine Sremski Karlovci), 2016 Number 12 (8 May 2016), pp. 1-2.
Prior to the 2024 Serbian local elections, Kalinić joined the Serbian Progressive Party. He appeared in the sixth position on the party's coalition list for Sremski Karlovci in that year and was re-elected to the municipal assembly when the list won a majority victory with fourteen seats.ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА: АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРЕМСКИ КАРЛОВЦИ СУТРА (Ивица Дачић – Социјалистичка партија Србије – СПС; Расим Љајић – Социјалдемократска партија Србије – СДП Србије; Милан Кркобабић – Партија уједињених пензионера, пољопривредника и пролетера Србије – Солидарност и правда – ПУПС – Солидарност и правда; Милош Вучевић – Српска напредна странка – СНС)], Local Election 2 June 2024, Sremski Karlovci Municipal Election Commission, accessed 22 October 2024. When the assembly convened in July 2024, Kalinić was chosen for another term as assembly president."Sremski Karlovci dobili novo rukovodstvo iz stare stranke: Predsednik opštine Dražen Đurđić", 021.rs, 12 July 2024, accessed 14 December 2025.
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