Olja Petrović (; born 5 December 1990) is a Serbian politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Serbia in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.
Early life and career Petrović was born in Pirot, Republic of Serbia, in what was then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She holds a master of laws degree.OLJA PETROVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 4 December 2020.
Politician Municipal politics Petrović was appointed as a member of Pirot's city council (i.e., the executive branch of the city government) as a Progressive Party representative in 2018, serving in the role until 2020. She also was a participant in the party's Academy of Young Leaders program during this time."Usvojena odluka o Budžetu za prvih 6 meseci. Priprema se novi Prostorni plan i Katastar za 2019. godinu. Olja Petrović-SNS novi član Gradskog veća Pirot. Bratislav Ćirić direktor JP Toplana, Slaviša Svilarov Direktor JP za planiranje i uređivanje građevi", pirot.rs, September 2018, accessed 1 July 2020.Gradsko veće, pirot.rs, accessed 1 July 2020."Počelo prikupljanje potpisa za podršku izbornoj listi 'Aleksandar Vučić-za našu decu'," Pirotske Vesti, 4 March 2020, accessed 1 July 2020. She was given the fourth position on the party's electoral list for the Pirot municipal assembly in the 2020 Serbian local electionsЗбирна изборна листа (), City of Pirot, accessed 4 December 2020. and was elected when the list won a majority victory with thirty-six mandates.J.A. & Lj.F., "U Pirotu izlaznost 55 %, najviše glasova za SNS, još 5 lista prešlo cenzus", Južne vesti, 22 June 2020, accessed 4 December 2020.
Parliamentarian Petrović was given the twelfth position on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children electoral list for the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election."Ko je sve na listi SNS za republičke poslanike?", Danas, 6 March 2020, accessed 30 June 2020. This was tantamount to election, and she was indeed elected when the list won a landslide majority with 188 mandates. She is now a member of the assembly committee on constitutional and legislative issues and the agriculture, forestry, and water management committee; a deputy member of the environmental protection committee; a deputy member of the European Union–Serbia stabilization and association committee; the leader of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Greece, Mexico, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Russia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America.OLjA PETROVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 4 December 2020.
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