Vuk Radojević (Serbian: Вук Радојевић; born 1978) is an agrarian economist and politician in Serbia. He is currently serving his third term as mayor of Bečej and was the minister of agriculture, water management, and forestry in the Government of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2020. Radojević is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.
Radojević was born in Bečej, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was raised in the community and subsequently earned a bachelor's degree (2002), master's degree (2007), and Ph.D. (2018) from the University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Agriculture, focusing on the field of agro-economy. His master's thesis considered export opportunities of agro-industrial products to the European Union.[1]
Radojević sought election to the Assembly of Vojvodina in the 2012 provincial election in the Bečej electoral division. He was defeated in the second round.
He also appeared in the lead position on a coalition electoral list for the Bečej municipal assembly in the concurrent 2012 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won eight mandates.[2] [3] The Democratic Party won a minority victory in election, but the Progressives were able to form coalition government with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians with Radojević as mayor.[4] He served in this role for the next four years, led the Progressive alliance to a majority victory in Bečej in the 2016 Serbian local elections, and was chosen for a second term as mayor following the election.[5] [6] [7]
His second term as mayor was very brief; days after the appointment, a new government of Vojvodina was announced and Radojević was named as provincial agriculture minister.[8] In October 2016, he announced loans of 132 million dinars to agricultural producers.[9] In subsequent years, he travelled to Israel and Cyprus to discuss potential agricultural investments in Serbia and Vojvodina.[10] [11] In an interview toward the end of his term in 2020, he said that more young people in Serbia were becoming involved with agricultural production.[12] He stood down from the provincial cabinet after the 2020 Vojvodina provincial election.
Radojević again led the Progressive Party's coalition list for Bečej in the 2020 Serbian local elections and was re-elected when the list won another majority victory.[13] [14] He was once again chosen as mayor in April 2022.[15]
| Candidate | Party or Coalition | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slobodan Zlokolica | Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtić | 3,382 | 18.67 | 10,410 | 64.68 | |
| Vuk Radojević | Let's Get Vojvodina Moving–Tomislav Nikolić (Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement) (Affiliation: Serbian Progressive Party) | 2,881 | 15.91 | 5,685 | 35.32 | |
| Laslo Feher | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | 2,634 | 14.54 | |||
| Zoltan Guljaš | "Miša Vrebalov–U-Turn" | 1,981 | 10.94 | |||
| Milica Gobelić | Democratic Party of Serbia | 1,484 | 8.19 | |||
| Jelena Češljević | Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)–United Serbia (JS)–Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDP Srbije) | 1,167 | 6.44 | |||
| Dragan Živkov | Serbian Radical Party | 972 | 5.37 | |||
| Vera Guljaš | League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak | 797 | 4.40 | |||
| Igor Kiš | Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians | 787 | 4.35 | |||
| István Tari | Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians–VMDK | 707 | 3.90 | |||
| Zubcsik Gábor | Hungarian Hope Movement | 477 | 2.63 | |||
| Čila Mešter-Kuti | Hungarian Civic Alliance | 476 | 2.63 | |||
| Magdolna Šlajf | United Regions of Serbia–Mlađan Dinkić | 366 | 2.02 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,111 | 100 | 16,095 | 100 | ||