Slobodan Gojković

Slobodan Gojković
Слободан Гојковић
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
In office
3 December 2009 – 31 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1951-09-29) 29 September 1951
PartyDS (until c. 2012)
ZZS (c. 2012-?)
SDS (current)

Slobodan Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Гојковић; born 29 September 1951) is a Serbian politician. He served in the Serbian parliament from 2009 to 2012 and has held high municipal office in Prijepolje. A member of the Democratic Party (DS) for many years, he later joined Boris Tadić's breakaway Social Democratic Party (SDS).

Early life and career

Gojković is a graduated sociologist and has worked at the National Employment Service in Prijepolje.[1] In the 1990s, he was director of the municipality's House of Revolution.[2][3]

Politician

Democratic Party

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors for the 2004 Serbian local elections, and Gojković ran as the Democratic Party's mayoral candidate in Prijepolje. He was defeated, finishing fifth in the first round of voting. He also led the party's electoral list in the concurrent election for the municipal assembly and was elected when the list won six seats.[4][5][6] The Democratic Party joined a local coalition government after the election, and Gojković served as vice-president (i.e., deputy speaker) of the assembly for the term that followed.[7][8]

Gojković also received the forty-ninth position on the Democratic Party's list in the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election.[9] The list won sixty-four seats, and he was not given a mandate.[10] (From 2000 to 2011, all mandates in Serbian parliamentary election were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties and coalitions, irrespective of numerical order.[11] Gojković's position on the list had no specific bearing on his chances of election.)

The Democratic Party contested the 2008 parliamentary election as the main party in an alliance called For a European Serbia (ZES). Gojković appeared in the forty-first position on the list (which was mostly alphabetical) and did not immediately receive a mandate after the list won 102 seats.[12][13] The election did not produce a clear winner, but after protracted negotiations the ZES alliance formed a new coalition government at the republican level with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).

The direct election of mayors proved to be a short-lived experiment and was abandoned with the 2008 Serbian local elections, which took place concurrently with the parliamentary vote. Since this time, mayors have been chosen by the elected members of the local assemblies. Gojković appeared in the second position on the DS's list in Prijepolje for the first 2008 local vote; the list won five seats.[14][15] Because the local government was not constituted by the legal deadline, a repeat election was held in November 2008. For this vote, the DS and SPS ran on a combined list, which also included G17 Plus and the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO). Gojković was given the third position on the list and was assigned a mandate after it won nine seats.[16][17][18] The DS–SPS alliance joined a new local coalition government after the election, and Gojković led the alliance's assembly group.[19]

Parliamentarian

Gojković was given a parliamentary mandate on 3 December 2009 as a replacement for fellow DS member Dragan Vujadinović, who had resigned.[20] He served in the national assembly as a government supporter. Gojković was a member of the labour committee[a] and the privatization committee; a deputy member of the industry committee, the committee for Kosovo and Metohija, and the gender equality committee; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovakia, and Slovenia.[21]

Serbia's electoral laws were reformed in 2011, such that all mandates in elections held under proportional representation were assigned to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. Gojković appeared in the 133rd position on the DS's Choice for a Better Life list in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election and was not re-elected when the list fell to sixty-seven seats.[22]

Together for Serbia/Social Democratic Party

The DS and the SPS continued their alliance in Prijepolje for the 2012 Serbian local elections, which took place concurrently with the parliamentary vote. Gojković appeared in the fifth position on their combined list and was re-elected when it won nine seats.[23][24] A somewhat unusual governing coalition came to power after the election, comprising the Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP)–Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) alliance, the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA S), the DS, the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS).[25]

Gojković subsequently left the Democratic Party and served as an independent member in the assembly.[26] At some point, in the 2012–16 term, he became the leader of the Prijepolje municipal board of Together for Serbia (ZZS), a party that had broken away from the DS in late 2012.[27]

Together for Serbia contested the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election as part of former DS leader Boris Tadić's alliance. Gojković appeared in the 241st position (out of 250) on their list, apparently as a ZZS candidate.[28] Election from this position was a mathematical impossibility, and he was not elected when the list won eighteen seats.

Gojković supported Prijepolje's new coat of arms, which included symbols of importance to both the Serb and Bosniak communities, in early 2016.[29]

Together for Serbia contested the 2016 local elections in Prijepolje in an alliance with the SRS and the DSS; some DS candidates also appeared on their combined list.[30] Gojković appeared in the fourth position on the list and was not re-elected when it won three seats, bringing his tenure in the municipal assembly to an end.[31][32]

Gojković subsequently joined Tadić's Social Democratic Party and appeared in the forty-seventh position on its list in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election.[33] The list did not cross the electoral threshold for assembly representation. The SDS later contested the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election in an alliance with Enough Is Enough (DJB), and Gojković appeared in the ninety-third position on their combined list.[34][35] This list, too, did not cross the threshold.

Electoral record

Local (Prijepolje)

2004 Prijepolje municipal election: Mayor of Prijepolje
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Mr. Nedžad TurkovićSandžak Democratic Party–Rasim Ljajić3,14819.687,39670.72
Aziz Hadžifejzović"List for Sandžak Dr. Sulejman Ugljanin" (Affiliation: Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak)2,81617.613,06229.28
Branko Ćubić ĆubaSerbian Radical Party–Tomislav Nikolić2,63416.47
Vukosav TomaševićDemocratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica2,59716.24
Slobodan GojkovićDemocratic Party–Boris Tadić1,0966.85
Budimir Tešević BudeSocial Democracy9686.05
Milan GačevićNew Serbia–Velimir Ilić8025.01
Dragomir MalešićCitizens' Group: For Prijepolje5573.48
Dragan ĆosovićSocialist Party of Serbia5503.44
Prof. Dr. Milan Martinović MišoSocial Democratic Party3071.92
Veka RadonjićStrength of Serbia Movement–Bogoljub Karić2251.41
Nebojša ŽunićSerbian Renewal Movement1851.16
Slobodan MartinovićG17 Plus–Miroljub Labus1100.69
Total15,995100.0010,458100.00
Valid votes15,99598.6210,45897.56
Invalid/blank votes2231.382622.44
Total votes16,218100.0010,720100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,89447.8533,89531.63
Source: [36][37][38]

Notes

  1. ↑ Formally known as the Committee on Labour, Veterans, and Social Affairs.

References

  1. ↑ "Slobodan Gojković novi poslanik DS", Danas, 10 December 2009, accessed 17 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Borba, 15 September 1994, p. 19.
  3. ↑ Borba, 6 September 1995, p. 16.
  4. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 24 (7 September 2004), p. 5.
  5. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 28 (6 October 2004), pp. 1-2.
  6. ↑ In the 2004 local elections, the first one-third of mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. See Law on Local Elections Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 33/2002; made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 30 (25 November 2024), p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Štrpci, 15 godina kasnije", B92, 27 February 2008, accessed 17 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (1 Демократска странка - Борис Тадић), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Spisak poslanika za Skupštinu Srbije", Politika, 13 February 2007, accessed 24 December 2024.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (1 ЗА ЕВРОПСКУ СРБИЈУ - БОРИС ТАДИЋ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  13. ↑ R. Ognjanović, "U klupama novi poslanici", Novosti, 10 June 2008, accessed 29 June 2022.
  14. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 51 (30 April 2008), p. 2.
  15. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 54 (15 May 2008), p. 1.
  16. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 60 (28 October 2008), p. 2.
  17. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 62 (19 November 2008), pp. 1-2.
  18. ↑ For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See Law on Local Elections (2007) Archived 2022-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 129/2007); made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021. Gojković was not automatically elected by virtue of his list position.
  19. ↑ I. Kriještorac, "Čelnik skupštine (ni)je potpisao deklaraciju", Danas, 6 August 2009, accessed 17 May 2026.
  20. ↑ 71. седница Републичке изборне комисије, Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  21. ↑ СЛОБОДАН ГОЈКОВИЋ, Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 20 April 2012, accessed 17 May 2026.
  22. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (1 ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉИ ЖИВОТ- БОРИС ТАДИЋ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 13 April 2024.
  23. ↑ Službeni List (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 12 Number 3 (24 April 2012), p. 6.
  24. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 12 Number 5 (7 May 2012), pp. 1-2.
  25. ↑ "Vukosav Tomašević novi predsednik prijepoljske Skupštine", Radio STO Plus, 4 July 2012, accessed 16 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "Prijepolje dobilo novi grb i Dan opštine", PP Media, 5 February 2016, accessed 17 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "Proglašena lista 'Složno za Prijepolje'", PP Media, 6 April 2016, accessed 17 May 2026.
  28. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (11 БОРИС ТАДИЋ - Нова демократска странка - Зелени, ЛСВ - Ненад Чанак, Заједно за Србију, VMDK, Заједно за Војводину, Демократска левица Рома), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  29. ↑ "Prijepolje dobilo novi grb i Dan opštine", PP Media, 5 February 2016, accessed 17 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "Prijepolje dobilo novi grb i Dan opštine", PP Media, 5 February 2016, accessed 17 May 2026.
  31. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 15 Number 6 (13 April 2016), p. 12.
  32. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 15 Number 9 (5 May 2016), pp. 1-4.
  33. ↑ "Још један Пријепољац кандидат за народног посланика", foruminfo.rs, 9 March 2022, accessed 17 May 2026.
  34. ↑ "RIK proglasio listu DJB-SDS: Ko je sve na ovoj listi", N1, 23 November 2023, accessed 27 May 2024.
  35. ↑ "Коалиција „Добро јутро Србијо“ представила свој програм у Пријепољу", foruminfo.rs, 13 December 2023, accessed 17 May 2026.
  36. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 24 (7 September 2004), p. 1.
  37. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 26 (24 September 2004), p. 3. An obvious error in this source has been corrected.
  38. ↑ Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Prijepolje), Volume 2 Number 28 (6 October 2004), p. 3.
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