Jovan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Јовановић; born 10 June 1970) is a Serbian politician and diplomat. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016, originally with the reformist It's Enough – Restart association and later with the Civic Platform. Jovanović was previously Serbia's ambassador to Indonesia and several other countries in Southeast Asia.
Jovan Jovanović | |
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| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 11 August 2016 – 3 August 2020 | |
| Ambassador of Serbia to Indonesia | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1970 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Political party | Enough is Enough (2016–2017) Civic Platform (2017–present) Serbia Centre (2022–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade University of Pittsburgh Harvard University |
Early life and career
editJovanović is a graduate of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences and has a master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He has been an Edward Mason Fellow and a Harvard International Student Fellow of Harvard Kennedy School,[1] where he also received a Masters of Public Administration,[2] and has been active in numerous media, academic, and administrative projects since 2000.
Jovanović was a foreign policy advisor in the office of Serbia's deputy prime minister between 2004 and 2006, working with ministers Miroljub Labus and Ivana Dulić-Marković. In 2010, he was a special assistant to Dino Patti Djalal, spokesperson for Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.[3] From 2012 to 2014, Jovanović served as Serbia's ambassador to Indonesia[4] and was also a non-resident ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia,[5] Singapore,[6] Malaysia,[7] the Philippines,[8] Vietnam,[9] Brunei, East Timor, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[10]
Parliamentary career
editJovanović received the seventeenth position on the It's Enough – Restart electoral list in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election.[11] The list won sixteen mandates, and he narrowly missed direct election. He was able to enter the assembly on August 11, 2016, following the resignation of Svetlana Kozić, an elected member further up the list.[12] He initially served as an opposition member in the parliamentary grouping led by Saša Radulović.
In February 2017, Jovanović and two of his parliamentary colleagues left the It's Enough – Restart group and started a new organization called the Civic Platform. The new group supported Saša Janković's bid for the Serbian presidency in the 2017 presidential election.[13] In May 2017, the three members of this group joined with two parliamentarians from the New Party to start a new parliamentary caucus known as the Independent MPs Club.[14] At the assembly group's formation, they announced that the leadership would rotate among different members.[15] Jovanović was the group's first leader in the assembly.[16]
In 2019, Jovanović received a nomination for the T. Washington Fellows at University of Washington.[17]
He is a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with Indonesia, Poland, Spain, and the United States of America.[18]
Along with several other opposition parties, the Civic Platform boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.[19] In 2022, he joined the Serbia Centre organization led by Zdravko Ponoš.[20]
References
edit- ^ "H. E. Mr. Jovan Jovanovic's Visit to the ASEAN Foundation to Pave the Way for Possible Cooperation" Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, ASEAN Foundation, 7 February 2013, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ https://www1.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2012/11/MFA-Press-Statement-Presentation-of-Credentials-Ceremony-19-November-2012 [dead link]
- ^ MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 19 November 2012, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, 19 November 2012, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ "President Receives Seven New Ambassadors," LKBN Antara, 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Foreign Minister of Serbia To Visit Cambodia Next Year", AKP Phnom Penh, 18 December 2012, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 19 November 2012, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, 19 November 2012, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Seven Envoys Present Credentials to Agong," Bernama Daily Malaysian News, 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Philippines/Serbia: PCCI to explore more trade with Serbia," Thai News Service, 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Vietnam: President greets new ambassadors," Thai News Service, 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Serbia Pursues Closer Relationship with ASEAN", ASEAN Secretariat News, 28 May 2013, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (ДОСТА ЈЕ БИЛО – САША РАДУЛОВИЋ) Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 18 March 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Додела мандата, Додела мандата (Одлука о додели мандата народних посланика ради попуне упражњених посланичких места у Народној скупштини од 10. августа 2016. године) Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ Bivši poslanici Dosta je bilo podržavaju Jankovića, mondo.rs, 28 February 2017, accessed 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Bivši poslanici DJB i Nove stranke osnovali novi poslanički klub", Blic (source: Tanjug), 31 May 2017, accessed 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Bivši poslanici DJB i Nove stranke osnovali novi poslanički klub", Blic, 31 May 2017, accessed 23 March 2018.
- ^ JOVAN JOVANOVIC, National Assembly of Serbia, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Додела мандата, Додела мандата (Одлука о додели мандата народних посланика ради попуне упражњених посланичких места у Народној скупштини од 10. августа 2016. године) Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ Jovan Jovanovic, National Assembly of Serbia, accessed 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Opozicija: Intenzivirane podele, postoji realna opasnost od građanskih sukoba" Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, N1, 3 May 2020, accessed 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Ponoš: Sklanjanje SNS sa vlasti nije završetak posla, već prvi i neophodan korak". N1 (in Serbian). 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.