Tihomir Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Тихомир Петковић; born 29 March 1958) is a politician in Serbia. He served three terms as the mayor of Užice and has been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2020. Formerly a prominent local figure in the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS), Petković has been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) since 2013.

Private career

Petković graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1983. He subsequently managed the private trading company Gradina and worked for NIS Jugopetrol.[1]

Politician

Municipal

Petković appeared in the third position on the DSS's electoral list for the Užice municipal assembly in the 2004 Serbian local elections[2] and was given a mandate after the list won seven seats.[3][4] Two years later, he was elected as mayor of the municipality in a by-election. At the time, mayors in Serbia were chosen by direct election; Petković defeated a candidate from a coalition led by the rival Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) in the second round of voting and served as mayor for the next two years. Concurrently, he was also one of Serbia's delegates to the Chamber of Local Authorities in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in the Council of Europe.[5]

Serbia changed its municipal election laws prior to the 2008 local elections, such that mayors were selected by local assemblies rather being directly elected. Petković led the DSS coalition list for Užice in this electoral cycle and was re-elected to the assembly when the list won seventeen mandates.[6][7][8] The election was won by the DS and its allies, and Petković stood down as mayor. He again led the DSS list for the 2012 local elections[9] and was re-elected when the list won seven mandates.[10]

Petković left the DSS in 2013 and joined the Progressive Party.[11] He was appointed to a second term as mayor of the city the following year, after the resignation of Saša Milošević.[12][13] He led the Progressive list in the 2016 local elections[14] and continued as mayor after the list won a majority victory.[15][16]

On returning to the mayor's office in 2014, Petković identified the city's water supply as his primary concern; in September 2016, he announced the beginning of a major reconstruction project of the city's drinking water facility.[17][18] He did not seek re-election at the local level in 2020.

Parliamentarian

Petković appeared in the seventy-first position on the DSS list in 2012 Serbian parliamentary election. The list won twenty-one mandates, and he was not returned.[19]

He received the 142nd position on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children list in the 2020 parliamentary election[20] and was elected to the national assembly when the list won a landslide majority with 188 mandates. He is now a member of the assembly's foreign affairs committee and the committee on the economy, regional development, trade, tourism, and energy, and a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with Austria, Belarus, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Russia.[21]

Electoral record

Municipal

2006 Užice mayoral by-election[22][23]
Tihimor Petković Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia–G17 Plus–New Serbia 5,899 26.69 9,566 53.26
Milomir Sredojević Coalition: Best for Užice Democratic Party–Serbian Renewal Movement–Social Democratic Party 4,254 19.24 8,394 46.74
Dragiša Stanojčić Serbian Radical Party 3,864 17.48
Milovan Petrović Citizen's Group: For Beautiful and Richer Užice 3,395 15.36
Dragoljub Kostić Citizen's Group: League for Užice 3,117 14.10
Jovan Mirosavljević Liberal Democratic Party 964 4.36
Veličko Mićović Civic Alliance of Serbia 355 1.61
Blagoje Radojičić Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement 258 1.17
Total valid votes 22,106 100 17,960 100

References

  1. ↑ Tihomir Petković: Curriculum vitae, City of Užice, accessed 27 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 39 Number 5 (8 September 2004), Municipality of Užice, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 39 Number 9 (27 September 2004), Municipality of Užice, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 39 Number 12 (1 November 2004), Municipality of Užice, p. 1.
  5. ↑ Le Congrès des Pouvoirs Locaux et Régionaux de l'Europe Compte rendu des débats 14ème Session, 30 May–1 June 2007, p. 20.
  6. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 43 Number 6 (30 April 2008), City of Užice, p. 3.
  7. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 43 Number 7 (14 May 2008), City of Užice, p. 2.
  8. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 43 Number 8 (24 June 2008), City of Užice, p. 1.
  9. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 47 Number 6 (22 April 2012), City of Užice, p. 4.
  10. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 47 Number 8 (8 May 2012), City of Užice, p. 1.
  11. ↑ N. Kovačević, "Petković viđen za gradonačelnika", Danas, 3 June 2013, accessed 27 August 2020.
  12. ↑ V. Lojanica, "Užički odbornici izabrali Tihomira Petkovića za gradonačelnika", Blic, 15 August 2014, accessed 27 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Užice dobilo novog gradonačelnika", Radio Television of Serbia, 15 August 2014, accessed 27 August 2020.
  14. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 51 Number 10 (13 April 2016), City of Užice, p. 1.
  15. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 51 Number 11 (25 April 2016), City of Užice, pp. 2-3.
  16. ↑ "Petković ponovo gradonačelnik", Danas, 22 June 2016, accessed 27 August 2020.
  17. ↑ N. Janković, "Gradonačelnik Tihomir Petković: Užicu je voda prva briga", Novosti, 8 October 2014, accessed 27 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Petković: Uskoro početak rekonstrukcije Fabrike vode za piće u Užicu", Blic (Source: Beta), 21 September 2016, 21 September 2016, accessed 27 August 2020. See also Branko Pejović, "Užice se dogodine vraća na vodoakumulaciju Vrutci", Politika, 26 May 2017, accessed 27 August 2020.
  19. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА СРБИЈЕ - ВОЈИСЛАВ КОШТУНИЦА), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 27 August 2017.
  20. ↑ "Ko je sve na listi SNS za republičke poslanike?", Danas, 6 March 2020, accessed 30 June 2020.
  21. ↑ TIHOMIR PETKOVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 January 2021.
  22. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 41 Number 14 (3 July 2006), Municipality of Užice, p. 1.
  23. ↑ Službeni List, Volume 41 Number 16 (31 July 2006), Municipality of Užice, p. 1.
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