Srboljub Bubnjević

Srboljub Bubnjević (; born 14 January 1966) is a politician and administrator in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2016 as a member of the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS).

Private career Bubnjević is from Novi Sad and is a sociology professor in private life.

Politician and administrator Bubnjević was first elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2008 provincial election, winning a narrow victory in Novi Sad's seventh division. The DS contested this election as the dominant party in the For a European Vojvodina alliance, which won a majority of seats in the assembly; Bubnjević served as a government supporter in the term that followed. He also received the thirty-ninth position on the electoral list of the For a European Novi Sad alliance in the concurrent 2008 Serbian local elections. The alliance won a plurality victory with thirty out of seventy-eight seats and afterwards formed a local coalition government. Bubnjević did not take a seat in the city assembly but was instead appointed as director of the city-run funeral company Lisje.

In July 2011, Bubnjević was responsible for causing an automobile accident while driving an official Lisje car with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. The accident did not result in any injuries or serious property damage. Bubnjević acknowledged the incident, described it as a private matter, and said that he was prepared to face the legal consequences for his actions. He was not removed from his position.

He offered to resign as Lisje director in September 2011, following changes in Serbia's conflict-of-interest laws that appeared to prevent him from holding the office while also serving in the provincial assembly. He subsequently withdrew his resignation pending a review by the Anti-Corruption Agency. Ultimately, he was not found to be in a conflict and continued serving in the role until 2012.

Bubnjević was one of the largest donors to the DS from Novi Sad in 2012. Critics charged that he, and other company directors appointed by the city administration, were required to give five per cent of their earnings to the party. He rejected this charge, saying that the contribution was voluntary.

Bubnjević was re-elected for Novi Sad's seventh division in the 2012 Vojvodina provincial election. The DS contested this election at the head of the Choice for a Better Vojvodina alliance, which won a plurality victory and was able to form a coalition government afterwards; Bubnjević continued serving as a government supporter. The DS also initially held power in Novi Sad after the concurrent 2012 Serbian local elections, and Bubnjević was on this occasion appointed by the city administration as assistant director of the public company Čistoća. He stood down from the role when the DS city administration was defeated later in the year.

He was not a candidate in the 2016 provincial election.

Electoral record Provincial (Vojvodina) + 2012 Vojvodina assembly electionNovi Sad VII (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds Candidate Party or Coalition Votes % Votes % Srboljub Bubnjević (incumbent) Choice for a Better Vojvodina (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 5,507 26.06 10,094 52.54 Petar Novaković Let's Get Vojvodina Moving 5,080 24.04 9,117 47.46 Petar Krstić League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 2,705 12.80 Novak Trkulja Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–United Serbia–Social Democratic Party of Serbia 2,555 12.09 Milorad Mirčić Serbian Radical Party 2,294 10.86 Ostoja Simetić Democratic Party of Serbia 1,037 4.91 Milja Obradović Maja Gojković–United Regions of Serbia 985 4.66 Željko Milešev Serb Democratic Party 968 4.58 Total valid votes 21,131 100 19,211 100

+ 2008 Vojvodina assembly electionNovi Sad VII (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds Candidate Party or Coalition Votes % Votes % Srboljub Bubnjević For a European Vojvodina: Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 4,435 21.50 6,188 51.18 Vučeta Tošković Serbian Radical Party 5,669 27.49 5,903 48.82 Branko Bošković Citizens' Group: Maja Gojković 2,672 12.96 Petar Viđikant Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 2,460 11.93 Paja Dobanovački Coalition: Together for Vojvodina - Nenad Čanak 2,171 10.53 Milanko Grbić Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia 1,636 7.93 Milan Paroški People's Movement for Vojvodina 1,581 7.67 Total valid votes 20,624 100 12,091 100 Invalid ballots 1,088 290 Total votes casts 21,712 12,381 32.60