Dragana Potpara Explained

Dragana Potpara (Serbian: Драгана Потпара; born 1977) is a politician and administrator in Serbia. She served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2020 and is now a secretary of state in Serbia's ministry of public administration and local self-government. Potpara is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Early life and career

Potpara attained the title of master economist from a private university in Novi Sad. She has directed an environmental protection fund and was head of the municipal department of social activities in Kula, Vojvodina, where she resides.[1] [2]

Politician

Potpara received the fifty-second position on the Progressive Party's electoral list in the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates.[3] She was a member of the committee on budget and finance and the committee on education and science.[4] She did not seek re-election in 2020.

Secretary of State

Potpara was appointed as a secretary of state in Serbia's department of public administration and local self-government in early 2021.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://mduls.gov.rs/drzavni-sekretar-2/?script=lat DRŽAVNI SEKRETAR – Dragana Potpara
  2. https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/srbija.73.html:641865-Po-navici-obijaju-saltere Z. Rajić, "Po navici obijaju šaltere"
  3. http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2016 Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа)
  4. http://mduls.gov.rs/drzavni-sekretar-2/?script=lat DRŽAVNI SEKRETAR – Dragana Potpara
  5. http://mduls.gov.rs/drzavni-sekretar-2/?script=lat DRŽAVNI SEKRETAR – Dragana Potpara