Ombudsman (Serbia)
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The Serbian Ombudsman (Заштитник грађана / Zaštitnik građana in Serbian, literally meaning "Protector of Citizens") is an independent institution of the Government of Serbia, responsible for investigating and addressing complaints made by citizens against other government institutions.
The Serbian Ombudsman was established in 2006 after the ratification of the country's current constitution. The first ombudsman was Saša Janković, elected on 14 June 2007 and re-elected on 4 August 2012.[1] The ombudsman is appointed for a five-year term by the National Assembly, to which it reports every year or at their request.
The ombudsman is not allowed to hold any other public or professional function. The ombudsman is aided by four deputies (Заменици / Zamenici) specialised in legal domains such as Children’s Rights and Gender Equality, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Rights of National Minorities and Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.
The current ombudsman is Zoran Pašalić, elected on 20 July 2017, with the votes of 142 MPs.[2][3] The current deputies are Gordana Stevanović (Children’s Rights and Gender Equality), Vladana Jović (Rights of Persons with Disabilities), Robert Sepi (Rights of National Minorities) and Miloš R. Janković (Protection of Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty and Head of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture), elected on 26 November 2013.[4] The office of the ombudsman is in Belgrade, at 16 Deligradska Street (in Savski Venac).
List of officeholders
Source: [5]
- Status
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Saša Janković (born 1970) |
14 June 2007 | 23 July 2012 |
| – | 
|
Miloš R. Janković (born 1961) |
23 July 2012 | 4 August 2012 |
| (1) |
|
Saša Janković (born 1970) |
4 August 2012 | 21 April 2017 |
| – |
|
Miloš R. Janković (born 1961) |
21 April 2017 | 20 July 2017 |
| 2 |
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Zoran Pašalić (born 1958) |
20 July 2017 | Incumbent |
References
- ^ "Saša Janković ponovo izabran za ombudsmana" (in Serbian). RTS. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Who is Protector of Citizens?". ombudsman.org.rs. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Zoran Pašalić izabran za zaštitnika građana" (in Serbian). RTS. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Deputy Protectors of Citizens". ombudsman.org.rs. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Serbian ministries, etc". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
External links
- (in English) Serbian Ombudsman – official site