Kosovar-Serbian politician
Srđan Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Поповић, Albanian: Srgjan Popoviq; born 16 September 1978) is a Kosovar and Serbian politician who is currently serving as the mayor of Gračanica, a Serbian enclave in Kosovo since 2017.[1][2]
Biography
Early life and career
Popović was born in 1978 in Pristina which at that time was a part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He finished middle and high school in Pristina and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Priština.[2]
During the Kosovo War he was a volunteer in the NGO Center for Peace and Tolerance and worked as a coordinator of humanitarian aid. After the war he worked for OSCE as an educator for the Serb members of the election committee. He also worked as a coordinator for the displaced people from the war and was active within the Serbian enclaves.[2]
From 2008 to 2011, he was the Director of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Gračanica.[2]
Political career
His first real political engament was in 2011 when he served as a political Adviser at the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning in the Government of Kosovo. In September 2011, he was named as a new Director of the Office for Community Affairs and Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister.[2]
From 2015 to 2017, after Velimir Rakić passed away, Popović replaced him as a member of the Assembly of Kosovo as a representative of the Serb List.[2][3]
Popović was elected new Mayor of Gračanica after the 2017 Kosovan local elections in which he won 87.2% of the popular vote.[4]
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