Vidoje Petrović

Vidoje Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Видоје Петровић; born 28 June 1961) is a politician in Serbia. He is a longtime mayor of Loznica and has served three terms in the National Assembly of Serbia as a member of G17 Plus and the United Regions of Serbia. Petrović is now a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Early life and career

Petrović was born in Lešnica, a village in the municipality of Loznica, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Belgrade Military Academy, worked in the ministry of the interior for sixteen years, and oversaw the first cohort of graduates from the Belgrade Police Academy.[1]

Political career

Municipal

Petrović was elected as mayor of Loznica via a direct vote in the 2004 municipal elections and was returned to the position via indirect election (i.e., by a vote of the city assembly) in 2008,[2] 2012 and 2016. Petrović also served in the Chamber of the Local Authorities in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe from 2004 to 2011, initially as a delegate for Serbia and Montenegro and subsequently for Serbia after Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006.[3]

In November 2006, Petrović and United States ambassador of Serbia Michael C. Polt inaugurated a Local Economic Development office in Loznica, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In June 2010, he joined with Serbian economy minister Mlađan Dinkić to announce that the Italian clothing company Golden Lady would construct a factory in Loznica.[4][5] Petrović and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić announced in 2018 that the Chinese car parts company Minth would invest in a factory in the city.[6]

He subsequently promoted investment in the electric vehicle sector in Loznica in 2019, noting the presence Rio Tinto's Jadar mine in the municipality as an incentive.[7]

Member of the National Assembly

Petrović appeared on the electoral list of G17 Plus in the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election, receiving the 172nd position out of 250 on a list that was mostly alphabetical.[8] The list won thirty-four mandates, and he was not selected for a mandate. (From 2000 to 2011, parliamentary mandates were assigned at the discretion of the successful parties, and it was common practice for mandates to be awarded out of numerical order. Petrović could have been assigned a mandate notwithstanding his position on the list, but he was not.) G17 Plus participated in Serbia's coalition government after the election, and Petrović served in the ministry of finance in March to October 2004.[9]

He again appeared on the G17 Plus list for the 2007 parliamentary election. The list won nineteen mandates, and on this occasion he was selected for the party's assembly delegation.[10][11] G17 Plus joined an unstable coalition government led by the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) and the rival Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS) after the election, and Petrović served as a supporter of the administration.

The DS–DSS coalition collapsed in early 2008, and a new election was called. G17 Plus participated in the Democratic Party's For a European Serbia coalition, which emerged as the largest group in the assembly with 102 out of 250 seats. Petrović appeared as a G17 Plus candidate on the list and was selected for a second mandate following the election.[12][13] After extended negotiations, For a European Serbia formed a new coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia and other parties, and Petrović again served as a supporter of the ministry. His term in the assembly was brief; he resigned on 29 October 2008.[14]

Serbia's election laws were reformed in 2011, such that mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates from successful lists. G17 Plus contested this election as part of the United Regions of Serbia (Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije, URS) coalition. Petrović received the ninth position on its list and was re-elected when the alliance won sixteen seats.[15] The URS initially participated in a coalition government led by the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia. Petrović's term in office was again brief. Following the 2011 reforms, he could not hold a dual mandate as mayor and member of the assembly, and he resigned his mandate on 29 August 2012.[16][17] In April 2013, G17 Plus formally merged into the URS. Petrović was promoted to the fourth position on the URS's list for the 2014 election, but the list did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly.[18]

The URS dissolved after the 2014 election. Petrović joined the Progressive Party in 2015.[19]

References
  1. Градоначелник Лознице Видоје Петровић, loznica.rs, accessed 16 January 2020. It is not specified if Petrović served in the internal affairs ministry of Yugoslavia or Serbia.
  2. "Formirana vlast u Loznici", Radio Television of Serbia, 7 August 2008, accessed 16 January 2020.
  3. Градоначелник Лознице Видоје Петровић, loznica.rs, accessed 16 January 2020.
  4. "INDUSTRIA: GOLDEN LADY APRE TERZO STABILIMENTO IN SERBIA," ANSA - Political and Economic News Service, 16 June 2010.
  5. "Italy's Golden Lady To Build Third Factory in Serbia," SeeNews, 17 June 2010.
  6. "China's Minth to build 100 mln euro car parts factory in Serbia," SeeNews – The Corporate Wire, 5 October 2018, accessed 16 January 2020.
  7. "veicoli elettrici; Serbia, la miniera di litio polo per l’automotive," Il Sole 24 Ore Digital Replica Edition of Print Edition, 16 April 2019.
  8. Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Г17 ПЛУС - МИРОЉУБ ЛАБУС) Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 16 January 2020.
  9. Градоначелник Лознице Видоје Петровић, loznica.rs, accessed 16 January 2020.
  10. Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Г17 плус - Млађан Динкић) Archived 2018-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 16 January 2020. Petrović received the 183th position. The list was again primarily alphabetical.
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  14. 11 June 2008 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia], accessed 16 January 2020.
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  16. "Samo Bratislav Gašić podneo ostavku zbog duple funkcije", Vesti, 27 August 2012, accessed 16 January 2020.
  17. 31 May 2012 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 16 January 2020.
  18. Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године; ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (УЈЕДИЊЕНИ РЕГИОНИ СРБИЈЕ - МЛАЂАН ДИНКИЋ) Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 July 2017.
  19. "Gradonačelnik Loznice postavljen za poverenika SNS", Blic (Source: Tanjug), 5 July 2015, accessed 16 January 2020.
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