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Maja Gojković

b. 1963

Serbian politician

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Born 1963. Maja Gojković is a Serbian lawyer, politician and jurist.

Maja Gojković (; born 22 May 1963) is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Government of Vojvodina since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she previously served as president of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2020 and deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of culture and information from 2020 until 2024.

As a member of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), she served as minister without portfolio from 1998 to 1999 and deputy prime minister of Yugoslavia from 1999 to 2000. She later became the mayor of Novi Sad, an office she served from 2004 to 2008, after which she left SRS and formed the People's Party (NP) which merged into SNS in 2012.

Education She attended Branko Radičević elementary school and the Gymnasium Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. After getting her degree from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1987, she passed the bar exam in 1989. A year later she started working in her family's law firm.

Maja Gojković has been a representative in the parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since 1992. From 1996 until 2000 she was a member of Vojvodina parliament. For having supporting a coalition with Boris Tadić and his Democratic Party independently of the People's Party, she and other such members were expelled from the URS. The party is now defunct and she is a member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.

In the 2004 Serbian local election she was elected Mayor of Novi Sad, for the first time by popular vote, beating then mayor Borislav Novaković. She thus became the first woman to perform mayoral duties in Novi Sad's history. In 2018, Freedom House reported that Gojković conducted parliamentary proceedings in an extremely partisan way, with a huge number of interruptions and penalties handed to opposition MPs. In addition, she was criticized for suggesting to MPs from ruling coalition to vote for initiatives and proposals by ringing a bell.

On 27 June 2020, Gojković was hospitalized with COVID-19.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Novi Sad, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium (Novi Sad)
Positions held
List of mayors of Novi Sad, Member of the National Assembly of Serbia, Substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Also known as
Maja Gojkovic

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Maja Gojković?

Serbian politician

When was Maja Gojković born?

Maja Gojković was born on 22 May 1963 in Novi Sad.

What is Maja Gojković's occupation?

Maja Gojković is a lawyer, politician and jurist.

What nationality is Maja Gojković?

Maja Gojković is Serbian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Maja Gojković

· Wikidata: Q1280390

· DBpedia: Maja Gojković

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