Milorad Soldatović
Milorad Soldatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Солдатовић; born 1964) is a politician in Serbia. He was the mayor of Opovo for most of the period from 2004 to 2015 and also served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2012. Originally a member of the Strength of Serbia Movement (Pokret Snaga Srbije, PSS), he was later an independent.
Private career[edit]
Soldatović is a graduated agricultural engineer.[1]
Politician[edit]
Serbia briefly introduced the direct election of mayors in the 2004 local electoral cycle. Soldatović ran as the PSS's candidate in Opovo and was narrowly elected in the second round of voting. He later appeared on the party's electoral list in the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election; the list did not cross the electoral threshold to win assembly representation.[2] Following this election, he left the PSS and started a local political movement in Opovo.
The direct election of mayors was abandoned with the 2008 local elections; since this time, Serbian mayors have been chosen by the elected members of city and municipal assemblies. Soldatović led his movement to victory in Opovo in this cycle and was selected for a second term as mayor.[3] He was also elected to the Vojvodina assembly for Opovo's constituency seat in the concurrent 2008 provincial election and appeared on Branislav Lečić's list in the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election; the latter list did not cross the electoral threshold.[4]
Vojvodina's conflict-of-interest laws were reformed during Soldatović's term in the provincial assembly, and he resigned as mayor in late 2011 to avoid continuing to serve in a dual mandate.[5] He did not seek re-election to the provincial assembly in 2012 but instead returned to municipal politics, leading his own list again in Opovo in the 2012 local elections.[6] The list, which was by this time aligned with the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS), won a plurality victory, and Soldatović returned to the mayor's office.[7]
There was a change in Opovo's government in September 2015; Soldatović resigned as was replaced by a delegate from the Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS).[8] He once again led his own list in the 2016 local elections; the list won eight seats, finishing second against the Progressives, and he served in opposition.[9] He was not a candidate in 2020.
Electoral record[edit]
Provincial (Vojvodina)[edit]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Milorad Soldatović | Citizens' Group: Milorad Soldatović | 1,650 | 30.93 | 1,862 | 52.47 | |
| Jovan Rackov | For a European Serbia–Boris Tadić | 1,056 | 19.80 | 1,687 | 47.53 | |
| Predrag Ginculj | Serbian Radical Party | 925 | 17.34 | |||
| Boško Nikolić | Citizens' Group: I Love the Banat Country | 511 | 9.58 | |||
| Jovica Jožica | Together for Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak | 393 | 7.37 | |||
| Stevan Milićev | Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica | 337 | 6.32 | |||
| Nedeljko Stašević | Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) | 257 | 4.82 | |||
| Stevan Nikolić | Liberal Democratic Party | 205 | 3.84 | |||
| Total | 5,334 | 100.00 | 3,549 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 5,334 | 93.76 | 3,549 | 98.04 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 355 | 6.24 | 71 | 1.96 | ||
| Total votes | 5,689 | 100.00 | 3,620 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [10] | ||||||
Local (Opovo)[edit]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milorad Soldatović (incumbent) | Strength of Serbia Movement | 1,590 | 51.03 | |
| [11] | 1,526 | 48.97 | ||
| Total | 3,116 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [12] | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ Milorad Soldatović, istinomer.rs, accessed 5 July 2022.
- ^ He received the 152nd on the list. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (6 Покрет снага Србије - Богољуб Карић), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ Milorad Soldatović, istinomer.rs, accessed 5 July 2022.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (19 Покрет Моја Србија - Бранислав Лечић), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ^ Aktuelnosti: 29 November 2011, Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Municipality of Opovo, accessed 5 July 2022.
- ^ REZULTATI IZBORA 2012 (Opovo - Rezultati izbora 2012.), Archived 2012-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Center for Free Elections and Democracy, accessed 20 December 2021; ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2012., Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 11, 40.
- ^ "Predsednik opštine Opovo podneo ostavku posle 11 godina na vlasti", Blic, 15 September 2015, accessed 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Opovo dobilo novog predsednika opštine posle 11 godina", Blic, 25 September 2016, accessed 4 July 2022.
- ^ ЗАПИСНИК О РАДУ ОПШТИНСКЕ ИЗБОРНЕ КОМИСИЈЕ НА УТВРЂИВАЊУ КОНАЧНИХ РЕЗУЛТАТА СА ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ ОПОВО ОДРЖАНИХ 24. АПРИЛА 2016. И ПОНОВЉЕНИХ ИЗБОРА ОДРЖАНИХ 02.05.2016. ГОДИНЕ
- ^ Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (37 ОПОВО) Archived 2021-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.
- ^ The identity of Soldatović's second-round opponent does not appear to be available online.
- ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., "REPUBLICKI ZAVOD ZA STATISTIKU - Republike Srbije". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021.