Maja Gojković
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| Maja Gojković Маја Гојковић |
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70th Mayor of Novi Sad
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| In office 2004 – 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Borislav Novaković |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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| Born | May 22, 1963 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Maja Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Гојковић; born May 22, 1963 in Novi Sad) is the current mayor of the city of Novi Sad, capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in Serbia.
[edit] Education
She attended the Branko Radičević elementary school and the Gymnasioum Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. After getting her law degree from University of Novi Sad in 1987, she passed her bar exam in 1989. A year later she started working in her family's law firm "Gojković".
[edit] Political career
Gojković is one of the founders of Serbian Radical Party, first holding the position of secretary general, then vice president of executive council, and now she is vice president of the party. She is Vojislav Šešelj's legal adviser before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Maja Gojković has been a representative in the parliament of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since 1991. From 1996 until 2000 she was a member of Vojvodina parliament. In 1998 and 1999 she was a non-portfolio minister in Serbian Government. Gojković also served as vice chairman of the federal government of FR Yugoslavia in 1999. Before running for mayor of Novi Sad she held a place in the federal parliament of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. She was the vice president of the Serbian Radical Party until 2006.
In 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 2007 declared that she might be willing to run for President, but when the statement sparked a huge controversy in the SRS core, insinuating the possibility that she might ran on the 2007 presidential election instead of Tomislav Nikolic, she clarified that she meant 2012. She then broke off relations with the Serbian Radical Party and remains away ever since.
[edit] External links
- About Maja Gojkovic (Serbian)
- Official Website (Serbian)
| Preceded by Borislav Novaković |
Mayor of Novi Sad 2004 - present |
Succeeded by - |
