Bogoljub Zečević

Bogoljub Zečević
Богољуб Зечевић
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
In office
22 January 2001 – 27 January 2004
Personal details
Born (1965-01-21) 21 January 1965
PartySPO (?–1998)
DHSS (1998–?)
POKS (current)

Bogoljub Zečević (Serbian Cyrillic: Богољуб Зечевић; born 21 January 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served in the Serbian parliament from 2001 to 2004 as a member of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS). As of 2026, he is the president of the regional board of the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (POKS) for the Zlatibor District.

Early life and career

Zečević was born in Užice, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is an economist and entrepreneur, and has worked as a housing association manager.[1]

Politician

Serbian Renewal Movement

Zečević became politically active in 1991.[2] During the mid-1990s, he was a member of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO).

The SPO contested the 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election as part of the Zajedno (English: Together) coalition, a group of parties opposed to Slobodan Milošević's administration. Zečević appeared in the third position out of four on the Zajedno electoral list for the Užice division; the list won a single mandate, and he was not elected.[3][4]

Zajedno won a majority victory in Užice in the 1996 Serbian local elections, which took place concurrently with the Yugoslavian vote.[5] Zečević was elected to the city assembly and in December 1996 was appointed to the assembly's executive committee (i.e., the executive branch of the municipal government).[6]

He appeared in the ninth position (out of nine) on the SPO's list for Užice in the 1997 Serbian parliamentary election.[7] The party won two seats in the division, and he was not given a mandate.[8][9] (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 or coalitions.[10] Zečević could have been assigned the SPO's "optional" mandate despite his list position, but he was not.)

Christian Democratic Party of Serbia

Four SPO members of the Užice city assembly, including Zečević, left the party in late 1998 to join the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia.[11] Zečević later became president of the party's municipal committee for Užice.[12]

In 2000, the DHSS joined the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), a broad and ideologically diverse coalition of parties opposed to Milošević's continued rule. DOS candidate Vojislav Koštunica defeated Milošević in the 2000 Yugoslavian presidential election, and Milošević fell from power on 5 October 2000. Serbia's government also fell after Milošević's defeat in the Yugoslavian vote, and a new Serbian parliamentary election was scheduled for December 2000. Prior to the vote, Serbia's electoral laws were changed such that the entire country became a single at-large electoral district and all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions, irrespective of numerical order.[13]

Zečević appeared in the ninety-second position on the DOS's electoral list in the 2000 Serbian election and was assigned a mandate after the list won a landslide majority victory with 176 out of 250 seats. He took his seat when the assembly convened in January 2001.[14][15] In parliament, he served on the committee for trade and tourism and the committee for relations with Serbs abroad.[16]

The DHSS left the DOS alliance in 2002 and contested the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election as the main party in a coalition called Independent Serbia. Zečević appeared in the twenty-eighth position in the coalition's electoral list.[17] The list fell below the electoral threshold for assembly representation, and his term ended when the new assembly convened in January 2004.

In the 2004 Serbian local elections, Zečević led a coalition electoral list of the DHSS and the Labour Party of Serbia (LPS) in Užice. This list, too, fell below the electoral threshold.[18][19]

Serbia's electoral laws were reformed again in 2011, such that all mandates in elections held under proportional representation were assigned to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. Zečević was a nominal candidate in the 2016 Serbian local elections in Užice, appearing in the twenty-second position (out of twenty-three) on an independent list called "For Change."[20] The list did not cross the electoral threshold.[21]

Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia

Zečević later joined the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia and became president of the party's board for the Zlatibor District.[22] In 2021, the POKS joined a coalition called the National Democratic Alternative (NADA). Zečević appeared in the 156th position on the coalition's list in the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election; election from this position was not a realistic prospect, and was not elected when the list won thirteen seats.[23]

The POKS formed a coalition with the Dveri and the People's Party (Narodna) for the 2024 Serbian local elections in Užice, and Zečević appeared in the second position on the coalition's list, which fell below the electoral threshold.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ Извршни одбор: Координатор ИО ПОКС за златиборски округ, Богољуб Зечевић, Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, accessed 9 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Извршни одбор: Координатор ИО ПОКС за златиборски округ, Богољуб Зечевић, Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, accessed 9 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "KANDIDATI ZA SAVEZNE POSLANIKE", uzice.net, 15 October 1996, accessed 14 March 2026.
  4. ↑ ИЗБОРИ '96: ВЕЋЕ ГРАЂАНА САВЕЗНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Department of Statistics (1996), p. 53.
  5. ↑ Izbori Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova u Republici Srbiji, 1996, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 77.
  6. ↑ Skupstina opstine Uzice: IZABRANI CLANOVI IZVRSNOG ODBORA, Užice na internetu, 31 December 1996, accessed 9 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. и 28. септембра и 5. октобра 1997. године – ЗБИРНЕ ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (19 Ужице), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. и 28. септембра и 5. октобра 1997. године – РЕЗУЛТАТИ ИЗБОРА (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за народне посланике у Народну скупштину Републике Србије, одржаних 21. и 28. септембра и 5. октобра 1997. године (Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. и 28. септембра и 5. октобра 1997.) године, Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 February 2024.
  9. ↑ PRVA SEDNICA, 03.12.1997., Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 24 January 2026.
  10. ↑ Guide to the Early Election Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Information of the Republic of Serbia, December 1992, made available by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, accessed 14 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "SEDNICA SKUPSTINE OPSTINE UZICE", Užice na internetu, 24 December 1998, accessed 9 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "PROSTORIJE DEMOHRISCANSKE STRANKE", Užice na internetu, 24 January 1999, accessed 9 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Serbia's Law on the Election of Representatives (2000) stipulated that parliamentary mandates would be awarded to electoral lists (Article 80) that crossed the electoral threshold (Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 6 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 23. децембра 2000. године и 10. јануара 2001. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (4 Демократска опозиција Србије – др Војислав Коштуница (Демократска странка, Демократска странка Србије, Социјалдемократија, Грађански савез Србије, Демохришћанска странка Србије, Нова Србија, Покрет за демократску Србију, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Реформска демократска странка Војводине, Коалиција Војводина, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Демократска алтернатива, Демократски центар, Нова демократија, Социјалдемократска унија, Санxачка демократска партија, Лига за Шумадију, Српски покрет отпора – Демократски покрет), Archived 2023-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  15. ↑ PRVA KONSTITUTIVNA SEDNICA, 22.01.2001., Otvoreni Parlament, 22 January 2001, accessed 16 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Детаљи о народном посланику: ЗЕЧЕВИЋ, БОГОЉУБ, Archived 2003-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 May 2026.
  17. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (10. САМОСТАЛНА СРБИЈА - др ВЛАДАН БАТИЋ (Демохришћанска странка Србије, Демократска странка "Отаџбина", Демократски покрет Румуна Србије, Сељачка странка, Српска Правда)), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Službeni List (Opštine Užice), Volume 39 Number 5 (8 September 2004), p. 113.
  19. ↑ Službeni List (Opštine Užice), Volume 39 Number 9 (27 September 2004), p. 138.
  20. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Užica), Volume 51, Number 10 (13 April 2016), p. 72.
  21. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Užica), 2016 Number 11 (25 April 2016), pp. 1-3.
  22. ↑ Извршни одбор: Координатор ИО ПОКС за златиборски округ, Богољуб Зечевић, Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, accessed 9 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "Pogledajte ko su kandidati na listi koalicije NADA – Novi DSS i POKS", Danas, 7 November 2023, accessed 25 April 2024.
  24. ↑ ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА ИВАНА ПАРЛИЋ НАЈБОЉЕ ЗА УЖИЦЕ, ПАТРИОТСКА КОАЛИЦИЈА ДВЕРИ – НАРОДНА СТРАНКА – ПОКС ПОДНОСИОЦА КОАЛИЦИЈА ИВАНА ПАРЛИЋ НАЈБОЉЕ ЗА УЖИЦЕ, ПАТРИОТСКА КОАЛИЦИЈА ДВЕРИ – НАРОДНА СТРАНКА – ПОКС, Local Election 2 June 2024, Užice City Election Commission, accessed 7 September 2024.
  25. ↑ ИЗВЕШТАЈ О СПРОВЕДЕНИМ ИЗБОРИМА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ГРАДА УЖИЦА ОДРЖАНИХ 2. ЈУНА 2024. ГОДИНЕ, Užice City Election Commission, 13 June 2024, accessed 1 September 2024.
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