Saša Šućurović Explained

Saša Šućurović (Serbian: Саша Шућуровић; born 1968) is a Serbian politician. He was mayor of Novi Bečej, Vojvodina, from 2012 to 2016 and has served in the Assembly of Vojvodina since November 2016 as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).

Private career

Šućurović is an entrepreneur.^[1]

Political career

Liberal Democratic Party

Šućurović was a prominent member of Serbia's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for many years, appearing as a candidate on its electoral lists in the 2007, 2008, 2012, and 2014 Serbian parliamentary elections^[2] and the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election,^[3] although he did not receive a mandate on any of these occasions. He was an assistant to Novi Bečej mayor Milivoj Vrebalov following the 2008 Serbian local elections and was himself chosen as mayor after the 2012 elections with the support of twenty out of thirty-one members in the local assembly.^[4] In this capacity, he supported construction of a docking facility to improve tourism opportunities in the community.^{[5] [6]}

League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

Šućurović left the LDP in September 2015 following a period of tension with the party establishment and joined the LSV on the same day.^[7] In April 2016, he refuted Vojvodina president Bojan Pajtić's suggestion that his municipal administration was obstructing the restoration of Heterlend Castle.^[8] His term as mayor came to an end in June of the same year when the Serbian Progressive Party formed a new local administration.^[9]

The LSV contested the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election in alliance with the LDP and the Social Democratic Party (SDS). Šućurović received the 235th position out of 250 on their combined electoral list; this was too low a position for election to be a realistic prospect.^[10]

Šućurović also received the thirteenth position on the LSV's list in the concurrent 2016 Vojvodina provincial election and was not initially elected when the party won nine mandates. He was, however, awarded a mandate on 24 November 2016 as a replacement for Đorđe Stojšić, who had resigned.^[11] The election was won by the Progressive Party and its allies, and Šućurović serves with the opposition. He is currently a member of the committee on budget and finance, and the committee on petitions and motions.^[12]

References

1. http://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Poslanici.aspx?id=1476&s=poslanici Saša Šućurović
2. Šućurović received the 249th position out of 250 in both in the 2007 and 2008 elections; these lists were mostly alphabetical, and the letter "Š" appears at the end of the Serbian alphabet. During this period, mandates were awarded to political parties rather than individual candidates and it was common practice for the mandates to be assigned to candidates out of numerical order. Šućurović could have been assigned a mandate on either occasion, although in the event he was not. The system was removed in 2011, such that mandates were granted in numerical order. The LDP contested the 2012 election with the Preokret (U-Turn) coalition; Šućurović received the twenty-ninth position as was not elected when the list won nineteen mandates. He received the fiftieth position on the LDP's list in the 2014 election; it did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Либерално демократска партија - Грађански савез Србије - Социјалдемократска унија - Лига социјалдемократа Војводине - Чедомир Јовановић), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 July 2017; Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ЛИБЕРАЛНО ДЕМОКРАТСКА ПАРТИЈА - ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 July 2017; Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - ПРЕОКРЕТ Либерално демократска партија, Српски покрет обнове, Социјалдемократска унија, Богата Србија, Војвођанска партија, Демократска партија Санџака, Зелена еколошка партија - зелени, Партија Бугара Србије), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017; and Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - ЛДП, БДЗС, СДУ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.
3. http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/sadrzaj/2008IL3.pdf ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА - КАНДИДАТА ЗА ПОСЛАНИКЕ У СКУПШТИНУ АУТОНОМНЕ ПОКРАЈИНЕ ВОЈВОДИНЕ (ЛИБЕРАЛНО ДЕМОКРАТСКА ПАРТИЈА-ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ)
4. https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/novi-becej-sasa-sucurovic-ponovo-predsednik-opstine/2b5hmfl "Novi Bečej: Saša Šućurović ponovo predsednik opštine"
5. "Sinteza - Daily Overview, Top Business Stories, Sep 20, 2012," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 21 September 2012.
6. https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1248285 Marko Gagić, "Grad kao brend"
7. https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/smenjen-predsednik-vojvodanskog-ldp-presao-u-lsv/4b9qx0e "Smenjen predsednik vojvođanskog LDP, prešao u LSV"
8. https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/sucurovic-opstina-ne-sprecava-zavrsetak-dvorca-heterlend/1xvl2we "Šućurović: Opština ne sprečava završetak dvorca Heterlend"
9. https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/novi-becej-naprednjaci-formirali-vlast-sa-ds-lsv-optuzuje-koalicija-zarad-privatnog/cr2392n "NOVI BEČEJ: Naprednjaci formirali vlast sa DS, LSV optužuje: Koalicija zarad privatnog interesa"
10. http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (БОРИС ТАДИЋ, ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - САВЕЗ ЗА БОЉУ СРБИЈУ – Либерално демократска партија, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Социјалдемократска странка)
11. http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Aktuelnosti?v=2&i=1 Саопштење са треће седнице (четвртак, 24.11.2016.)
12. http://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Poslanici.aspx?id=1476&s=poslanici Saša Šućurović