Stefan_Jovanović_(politician)
Stefan Jovanović (politician)
Serbian politician
Stefan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Јовановић; born 1989) is a Serbian politician who served as a member of the National Assembly from 1 August 2022 to 6 February 2024.[1] He is a spokesperson and secretary general of the People's Party.[2]
Stefan Jovanović | |
|---|---|
| Стефан Јовановић | |
Jovanović in October 2021 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1 August 2022 – 6 February 2024 | |
| President | Vladimir Orlić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Narodna (2017–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Niš |
Jovanović was born in 1989 in Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Niš. As a result of his engagement in the field of student rights protection, in 2014 he was unanimously elected as the first student ombudsman of the student parliament of the University of Niš.[3]
After graduation, he started working as an advisor in the field of legal issues and administration at the Center for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, whose president is Vuk Jeremić.[4][3]
He was part of Jeremić's team during his candidature for the position of the secretary-general of the United Nations.[3]
He is the manager of the "Mihailo Miško Jeremić" Foundation, which was founded by Vuk Jeremić.[3]
Political career
In October 2017, at the founding assembly of the People's Party, he was elected secretary general of the party.[3] In January 2021, he was elected spokesperson of the party.[2]
In the 2022 general election, the People's Party contested as part of the United for the Victory of Serbia alliance and Jovanović was elected MP. Following the constitution of the National Assembly, Jovanović was named the deputy head of the People's Party parliamentary group.[1] After their leader of parliamentary group Miroslav Aleksić left People's Party in August 2023, Jovanović was named the head of the parliamentary group.[5]
- "Народна скупштина Републике Србије | Народни посланик". www.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- "Stefan Jovanović izabran i za portparola Narodne stranke". Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- Dedeić, Siniša. "Stefan Jovanović". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- "Генерални секретар Стефан Јовановић". www.narodna.org.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-14.