Vladislav Živanović () is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the municipal government of Sombor and was elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina in the 2020 provincial election. Živanović is a member of the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije, POKS).
Early life and career Živanović was born in Sombor, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was raised in the municipality, trained in catering and worked in the field for a number of years, and began working for the PTT Saobracaja Srbija in 2006. In 2012, he was certified as a professional economist."Владислав Живановић председник ГО ПОКС Сомбор!", Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, 24 September 2017, accessed 26 August 2020.
Politician Municipal politics Živanović entered political life as a member of the Serbian Renewal Movement (Srpski pokret obnove, SPO). He received the fourth position on the SPO's electoral list for the Sombor municipal assembly in the 2012 Serbian local electionsЗБИРНУ ИЗБОРНУ ЛИСТУ – ПРЕДЛОГА КАНДИДАТА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ У СКУПШТИНУ ГРАДА СОМБОРА, p. 7. and was elected when the list won four mandates.Službeni List, Volume 5 Number 6 (25 May 2012), City of Sombor, p. 55. He served in the assembly for two years and was appointed as deputy mayor in April 2014 when a new local coalition government was formed. At the time of his appointment, he was president of the SPO for the West Bačka District and a member of its executive board at the republic level."ВЛАДИСЛАВ ЖИВАНОВИЋ ЗАМЕНИК ГРАДОНАЧЕЛНИКА СОМБОРА", Serbian Renewal Movement, undated , accessed 26 August 2020. During this period, Živanović also chaired Sombor's committee for traffic safety."СО: Нови радар за полицију", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 18 December 2014, accessed 26 August 2020.
He was promoted to the second position on the SPO's list in the 2016 local electionsРЕШЕЊЕ О УТВРЂИВАЊУ ЗБИРНЕ ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ КАНДИДАТА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ГРАДА СОМБОРА, City of Sombor, p. 4. and was elected to a second term when the list again won four seats.Službeni List, Volume 9 Number 7 (25 April 2012), City of Sombor, p. 55. He became a member of city council (i.e., the executive branch of the city government) after the election, with responsibility of co-ordinating projects of importance for the city."Владислав Живановић председник ГО ПОКС Сомбор!", Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, 24 September 2017, accessed 26 August 2020."КОНСТИТУИСАНА СКУПШТИНА ГРАДА СОМБОРА", Serbian Progressive Party – Sombor, 10 June 2016, accessed 26 August 2020. He stood down from the council in 2017."Владислав Живановић", Novo Lice Sombora, undated, accessed 26 August 2020.
The SPO split in 2017, and several dissident members left the party to form the POKS. Živanović was a founding member of the new party and was chosen as president of its city board in Sombor in September 2017."Сомборци масовно на едукацији о монархији", Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, 31 May 2020, accessed 26 August 2020. He also became president of the POKS executive board for Vojvodina when the provincial wing was formally established in December 2017."Да се Војводина поново пробуди!", Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, 10 December 2017, accessed 26 Agustu 2020.
He appeared in the lead position on the POKS list for the Sombor municipal assembly in the 2020 local electionsИзборне листе кандидата за одборнике у скупштину Града Сомбора (Изборна листа 6 НОВО ЛИЦЕ СОМБОРА (Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије, Монархистички фронт), Izbori 2020, City of Sombor, accessed 26 August 2020. and was re-elected when the list won five mandates.ИЗВЕШТАЈ о спроведеним изборима, City of Sombor, accessed 26 August 2020.
Member of the Assembly of Vojvodina Živanović received the second position on the POKS list for the Vojvodina provincial assembly in the 2020 provincial election and was elected when the list won five mandates.Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 6 ЗА КРАЉЕВИНУ СРБИЈУ - ЗА СРПСКО ВОЈВОДСТВО (Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије, Монархистички фронт) - Жика Гојковић) - Изборна листа , Izbori 2020, Provincial Electoral Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 25 August 2020. He is currently the deputy leader of the POKS group in the assembly, the leader of the committee on co-operation with the national assembly committees in the exercise of competencies of the province, and a member of the committee on health, social policy, labour, demographic policy, and social child care."Vladislav Živanović", Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 25 December 2020.
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