Ilija Maravić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Маравић; born 23 April 1962) is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the Assembly of Vojvodina since 2016 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Private career edit

Maravić has a master's degree from the Faculty of Economics in Subotica. He worked with Novi Sad's tax administration from 1993 to 2003 and in Subotica's finance department from 2003 to 2012.[1]

Politician edit

Maravić appeared in the second position on the Progressive Party's electoral list for the Subotica city assembly in the 2012 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won eight mandates.[2][3] The Progressives initially served in opposition.[4] Maravić became president (i.e., speaker) of the assembly on 21 March 2014 and served in this role until the assembly's term ended in 2016.[5][6]

He also received the 197th position on the Progressive Party's Let's Get Serbia Moving list in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, which was held concurrently with the 2012 local elections. The list won seventy-three mandates, and he was not returned.[7]

Provincial politics edit

Maravić was awarded the fifteenth position on the Progressive Party's list for the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election and was elected to the provincial assembly when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 seats.[8] He received the same list position in the 2020 provincial election and was re-elected when the list won an increased majority with seventy-six seats.[9] He is a member of the assembly committee on budget and finance and the committee on establishing equal authenticity of provincial legislation in the languages in official use.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ Ilija Maravić – BIOGRAFIJA, Vodovod Subotica, accessed 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ Službeni List (Grada Subotice), Volume 48 Number 23 (25 April 2012), p. 9.
  3. ^ Službeni List (Grada Subotice), Volume 48 Number 30 (7 May 2012), p. 3.
  4. ^ Aleksandra Isakov, "Poslovi za koje konkursi ne važe", Politika, 4 October 2012, accessed 3 February 2021.
  5. ^ Službeni List (Grada Subotice), Volume 50 Number 11 (21 March 2014), p. 1.
  6. ^ Ilija Maravić – BIOGRAFIJA, Vodovod Subotica, accessed 3 February 2021.
  7. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (POKRENIMO SRBIJU - TOMISLAV NIKOLIĆ), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 3 February 2021.
  8. ^ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа), Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020.
  9. ^ Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – ЗА НАШУ ДЕЦУ.), Izbori 2020, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Ilija Maravić", Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 3 February 2021.