Maja Gojković
Maja Gojković | |
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Маја Гојковић | |
Mayor of Novi Sad | |
In office 5 October 2004 – 16 June 2008 | |
Preceded by | Borislav Novaković |
Succeeded by | Igor Pavličić |
Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | |
In office 12 August 1999 – 4 November 2000 | |
President | Slobodan Milošević |
Prime Minister | Momir Bulatović |
Preceded by | Vuk Drašković |
Succeeded by | Miroljub Labus |
Minister without portfolio | |
In office 24 March 1998 – 11 November 1999 | |
President | Milan Milutinović |
Prime Minister | Mirko Marjanović |
Personal details | |
Born | SFR Yugoslavia | 22 May 1963
Political party | (2012–present) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Maja Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Гојковић; born 22 May 1963) is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Government of Vojvodina since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she previously served as president of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2020 and deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of culture and information from 2020 until 2024.[1]
As a member of the
Education
She attended Branko Radičević elementary school and the
Political career
Gojković is one of the founders of Serbian Radical Party, first holding the position of secretary general, then vice president of executive council and finally she was vice president of the party. She was Vojislav Šešelj's legal adviser before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
On 14 July 1995, during the Bosnian War, Gojković, who served as vice-president of Serbian Radical Party, made a statement on the Fall of Srebrenica only a few days after the start of the massacre: “We salute the rapidly action of the Army of Republika Srpska, which finally liberated Serbian Srebrenica and put an end to one of the most significant hotspot of Muslim terror.”[3]
Maja Gojković has been a representative in the parliament of the
In the 2004 Serbian local election she was elected
She was elected President of the National Assembly of Serbia on 23 April 2014.[5] In 2018, Freedom House reported that Gojković conducted parliamentary proceedings in an extremely partisan way, with a huge number of interruptions and penalties handed to opposition MPs.[6] In addition, she was criticized for suggesting to MPs from ruling coalition to vote for initiatives and proposals by ringing a bell.[7][8][9]
On 27 June 2020, Gojković was hospitalized with COVID-19.[10]
References
- ^ Маја Гојковић председница Скупштине, RTS
- ^ a b c d e "Maja Gojkovic Bio". srbija.gov.rs. Government of Serbia.
- ^ Tasić, Nebojša; Mesner, Igor (11 July 2014). "Izveštavanje srbijanskih listova u vreme pada Srebrenice i Žepe, Medijski mehanizam genocida". kontrapress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Maja Gojkovic elected parliament speaker". www.ottawa.mfa.gov.rs/. Embassy of the Republic of Serbia. 24 April 2014.
- ^ Mitrovic, Milos (23 April 2014). "Maja Gojkovic elected for Serbian Parliament speaker". balkaneu.com.
- ^ "Nations in Transit 2018, Serbia Country Profile". Freedom House. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Poslanici SNS-a "pogrešno" glasali za predlog opozicije". N1. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Skupština: "Zvonce" zbunilo vlast, glasali za predlog DJB". B92. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Who Rings the Bell?" (PDF). Free European Media 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Serbia: Top politicians test positive for coronavirus".
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