Enis Imamović
Enis Imamović | |
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Енис Имамовић | |
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Born | Novi Pazar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) | June 25, 1984
Citizenship | Serbian |
Nationality | Bosniak |
Political party | Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak |
Alma mater | State University of Novi Pazar |
Occupation | Politician |
Enis Imamović (Serbian Cyrillic: Енис Имамовић; born June 25, 1984) is a politician in Serbia 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 (Stranka demokratske akcije Sandžaka; SDA).
Early life and private career[]
Imamović was born in the Sandžak community of Novi Pazar, at the time part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He has a degree in biochemistry from the State University of Novi Pazar and is a professor of the subject.[2] He was also a professional volleyball player from 1999 to 2008.[3]
Political career[]
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.[4]
In January 2009, he charged that a mob encouraged by rival political parties sought to assassinate SDA leader Sulejman Ugljanin during a confrontation at the headquarters of the Bosniak List for a European Sandžak, a political alliance headed by the SDA.[5] The Sandžak Democratic Party, one of the rival parties identified by Imamović, rejected the assertion that anyone sought to harm Ugljanin, let alone assassinate him.[6] The incident remains a source of division in Sandžak politics and has never been fully investigated. In 2015, Imamović accused local authorities of witness intimidation and other abuses of power pertaining to the matter.[7]
Imamović received the third position on the SDA's electoral list in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election.[8] The list won two mandates. Imamović, though not immediately elected, was awarded a position in the assembly on July 25, 2012, as a replacement for Ugljanin, who led the list but resigned his mandate almost immediately after the election.[9] Imamović was promoted to the second position on the SDA's list for the 2014 election and was re-elected when the party won three seats.[10]
In 2014, he proposed a type of autonomy for the Sandžak similar to that of South Tyrol within Italy.[11]
He once again received the second position on the SDA's list for the 2016 election and was returned for a third term when the party won two seats.[12] The SDA currently sits in a parliamentary alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party, and Imamović is its deputy leader. He is also a member of the parliamentary committee on human and minority rights and gender; a member of the committee on labour, social issues, social inclusion, and poverty reduction; a deputy member of two other committees; a member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean; and a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the parliamentary dimension of the Central European Initiative.[13] Throughout his time in the assembly, Imamović has served as a member of the opposition.
He is seeking re-election in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election, holding the lead position on the SDA list.[14]
References[]
- ^ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Imamović Enis," Regional Academy for Democracy, accessed July 3, 2017.
- ^ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
- ^ ENIS IMAMOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed October 24, 2017.
- ^ "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).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Imamović: Zastrašivanje svedoka o incidentu iz 2009" Blic (source: Tanjug), June 12, 2015.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Странка демократске акције Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин Stranka demokratske akcije Sandzaka – dr. Sulejman Ugljanin) Archived September 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed May 6, 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ДОДЕЛА МАНДАТА НАРОДНИХ ПОСЛАНИКА (Одлука о додели мандата народних посланика ради попуне упражњених посланичких места у Народној скупштини од 25. јула 2012. године) Archived September 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed May 6, 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (СДА Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandzaka – dr. Sulejman Uglјanin) Archived May 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed April 28, 2017.
- ^ "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).
- ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (SDA Sandžaka – Dr. Sulejman Ugljanin СДА Санџака – Др Сулејман Угљанин) Archived April 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed April 28, 2017.
- ^ ENIS IMAMOVIC, National Assembly of Serbia, accessed July 3, 2017.
- ^ ИЗБОРИ ЗА НАРОДНЕ ПОСЛАНИКЕ НАРОДНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, 21. ЈУН 2020. ГОДИНЕ Изборне листе (УЈЕДИЊЕНА ДЕМОКРАТСКА СРБИЈА (СДА Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин SDA Sandžaka – dr. Sulejman Ugljanin), Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed June 16, 2020.
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Novi Pazar
- Members of the National Assembly of Serbia
- Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak politicians
- Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
- Substitute members of the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative