Enis Imamović
Енис Имамовић
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Assumed office
25 July 2012
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
In office
25 January 2021 – 9 October 2022
Personal details
Born (1984-06-25) June 25, 1984
Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosniak
Political partyParty of Democratic Action of Sandžak
Alma materState University of Novi Pazar
OccupationPolitician

Enis Imamović (Serbian Cyrillic: Енис Имамовић; born 25 June 1984) is a Serbian politician from the country's Bosniak community. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2012 as a member of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA).

Early life and private career

Imamović was born in Novi Pazar, in the Sandžak region of what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He has a degree in biochemistry from the State University of Novi Pazar and is a professor of the subject. He was also a professional volleyball player from 1999 to 2008.[1][2]

Politician

Imamović joined the SDA's youth wing in 2003. In 2008, he was elected as a SDA vice-president and appointed as a party spokesperson.[3]

In January 2009, he charged that a mob encouraged by rival parties sought to assassinate SDA leader Sulejman Ugljanin in a confrontation at the headquarters of the SDA's Bosniak List for a European Sandžak alliance.[4] The Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP), the SDA's principal rival, rejected the claim that anyone sought to harm Ugljanin, let alone assassinate him.[5] In 2015, Imamović accused local authorities of witness intimidation and other abuses of power pertaining to the incident.[6]

Parliamentarian

2012–2016

Imamović received the third position on the SDA's electoral list in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election. The party won two mandates; Imamović was not immediately elected but was awarded a seat on 25 July 2012 as the replacement for Ifeta Radončić, who had resigned on the same day the assembly convened.[7][8][9] The SDA initially served in an assembly group with the People's Party (NP); Maja Gojković was the group's leader, and Imamović was its deputy leader.[10] This arrangement did not last, and the SDA deputies afterward served on their own, without affiliation to any assembly group. In this sitting of parliament, Imamović was a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.[11] The SDA was part of the government during this time, and he served as a supporter of the administration.

Imamović was promoted to the second position on the SDA's list for the 2014 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the party won three seats.[12] After the election, the SDA left the government and moved into opposition, forming an assembly group with the Party for Democratic Action (PDD), a party representing Serbia's Albanian community. In his second term, Imamović was a member of the committee for the economy, regional development, trade, tourism, and energy; a deputy member of the committee for labour, social affairs, social inclusion, and poverty reduction; a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; and a member of the friendship groups with Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[13] In 2014, he proposed a type of autonomy for the Sandžak similar to that of South Tyrol within Italy.[14]

2016–22

Imamović again received the second position on the SDA's list in the 2016 parliamentary election and was elected for a third term when the party won two seats.[15] The SDA sat in an assembly group with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV), and Imamović became the group's deputy leader. In this parliament, he was a member of the committee on human and minority rights and gender equality; a member of the committee on labour, social issues, social inclusion, and poverty reduction; a deputy member of the committee for culture and information and the committee on the rights of the child; a member of a working group for the rights of minorities; a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; and a deputy member of its delegation to the parliamentary dimension of the Central European Initiative.[16][17]

He was promoted to the lead position on the SDA's list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected to a fourth term when the party won three mandates.[18] The SDA afterward formed an assembly group with the Albanian Democratic Alternative (a coalition led by the PDD), and Imamović once again served in the role of deputy leader. He was a member of the committee for European integration; a deputy member of the labour committee; the president of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Luxembourg; and a member of the friendship groups with Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[19]

He was also appointed as a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 25 January 2021. In the PACE, he was a full member of the committee on social affairs, health, and sustainable development; and a full member of the committee on migration, refugees, and displaced persons. He did not serve with any parliamentary grouping.[20]

2022 election and after

Imamović again appeared in the lead position on the SDA's list in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list won two seats.[21] After the election, the SDA became part of an assembly group called European Regions, which also included delegates from Vojvodina and from Serbia's Albanian community. Imamović was the group's deputy leader.[22] The group ceased to exist when one of its members, Tomislav Žigmanov, was appointed as a minister in the Serbian government.[23] The SDA delegates are not currently members of any assembly group.

Imamović is now a member of the environmental protection committee, a deputy member of the health and family committee, a member of Serbia's delegation to the South-East European Cooperation Process parliamentary assembly, and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestine, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[24] His term in the PACE ended on 9 October 2022.[25]

Except for the period from 2012 to 2014, Imamović has been an opposition member for his entire tenure in the Serbian national assembly.[26]

Municipal politics

Imamović received the first position on the SDA's list for the Novi Pazar city assembly in the 2016 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won eleven mandates.[27][28] He resigned his seat on 27 June 2016.[29] He appeared in the second position on the party's list for the 2020 local elections and was again elected when the list won nine seats.[30][31] He once again resigned on 6 August 2021.[32]

References

  1. ↑ "Imamović Enis," Regional Academy for Democracy, accessed July 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Serbia: Sandzak party spokesman says rival group attempted to "kill" leader," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, January 20, 2009 (Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1909 gmt 19 Jan 09). The confrontation was sparked by the SDA-led coalition's refusal to obey a court order (subsequently overturned) requiring them to move their headquarters from Novi Pazar's House of Culture. See "Serbia: Court overturns decision on Sandzak bloc's use of controversial premises," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, March 13, 2009 (Source: Radio-Televizija Jedinstvo, Novi Pazar, in Serbian 1745gmt 13 Mar 09).
  5. ↑ "Serbia's Bosniak leader holds rally to demand "justice for Sandzak"," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, January 19, 2016 (Source: Slavka Bakracevic: "Ugljanin: Autonomy Cure for Bosniak Problems," Politika website, Belgrade, in Serbian Jan 17, 16.
  6. ↑ "Imamović: Zastrašivanje svedoka o incidentu iz 2009" Blic (source: Tanjug), June 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (11 Странка демократске акције Санџака - др Сулејман Угљанин Stranka demokratske akcije Sandzaka - dr. Sulejman Ugljanin), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 28 September 2021.
  8. ↑ 31 May 2012 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 11 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Enis Imamović – novi narodni poslanik u Skupštini Srbije", Sandžak Press, 27 July 2012, accessed 10 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Novi poslanički klub: Narodna partija, SDA i Bogata Srbija", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 2 August 2012, accessed 10 November 2022.
  11. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (10 СДА Санџака - др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandzaka - dr. Sulejman Uglјanin), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 July 2021.
  13. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Serbian paper suspicious of calls for region's autonomy," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, September 26, 2014 (Source: Zarko Rakic: "Tyrol on the Pester Plateau," Politika website, Belgrade, in Serbian Sep 25, 14; "Pundits say calls for autonomy to be taken seriously given Kosovo experience," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, September 29, 2014 (Source: Mirjana Cekerevac: "Why Scotland and South Tyrol Are Inspiration for Autonomists," Politika website, in Serbian Sep 28, 14).
  15. ↑ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године – Изборне листе (9 SDA Sandžaka – Dr. Sulejman Ugljanin СДА Санџака – Др Сулејман Угљанин), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 July 2021.
  16. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  17. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2020-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  18. ↑ ИЗБОРИ ЗА НАРОДНЕ ПОСЛАНИКЕ НАРОДНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, 21. ЈУН 2020. ГОДИНЕ – Изборне листе (11 СДА Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandžaka – dr. Sulejman Ugljanin), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 16 June 2020.
  19. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2021-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  20. ↑ Mr Enis IMAMOVIĆ, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 10 November 2022.
  21. ↑ "Ko su kandidati za poslanike na listi 'SDA Sandžaka – dr Sulejman Ugljanin'", Danas, 2 March 2022, accessed 10 November 2022.
  22. ↑ ЕНИС ИМАМОВИЋ, Archived 2022-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  23. ↑ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
  24. ↑ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 10 November 2022.
  25. ↑ Mr Enis IMAMOVIĆ (Serbia, NR), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 27 July 2023.
  26. ↑ For the SDA's current status in opposition, see Nikola Kočović, "Imamović: Nećemo podržati novu Vladu, bošnjačkim ministrima težak zadatak", Danas, 26 October 2022, accessed 11 November 2022.
  27. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 23 Number 2 (12 April 2015), p. 23.
  28. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 23 Number 4 (27 April 2016), pp. 1-3.
  29. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 23 Number 7 (29 June 2016), p. 141.
  30. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 27 Number 7 (8 June 2020), p. 5.
  31. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 27 Number 9 (23 June 2020), p. 3.
  32. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Novog Pazara), Volume 28 Number 9 (9 August 2021), p. 1.
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