Đurađ Jakšić | |
Birth Date: | 1977 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Drniš, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Party: | Serbian Radical Party |
Relations: | Married |
Children: | Four |
Residence: | Novi Sad, Serbia |
Occupation: | Politician |
Alma Mater: | University of Novi Sad |
Đurađ Jakšić (Serbian: Ђурађ Јакшић, pronounced as /dʑǔradʑ jǎkʃitɕ/; born 22 July 1977) is a Serbian historian and politician.[1]
He ran for mayor of Novi Sad in the 2012 and 2016 mayoral elections. Jakšić is the Serbian Radical Party president of the city council of Novi Sad.[2]
In December 2012, he arose controversy by forming a petition requesting a street in Novi Sad be named after Slobodan Milošević.[3] He previously arose controversy in March 2007 when he suggested that Veljko Milanković and Mladen Bratić get streets named after them in Novi Sad.[4]