Uglješa Marković (; born 18 January 1991) is a Serbian politician. He has served in the Serbian national assembly since 2020 as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).
Early life and private career Marković was born in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, in what was then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was raised in the city and holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in economics.UGLJEŠA MARKOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 1 May 2021.UGLJESA MARKOVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 4 April 2024.
Politician Socialist Party activist Marković was raised in a family of SPS supporters and became a party member in 2013. He was elected as president of the Socialist Youth of Serbia on 17 December 2017.Aleksandar Miladinović, "29 godina SPS-a: 'Način života' ili 'stranka devedesetih'", British Broadcasting Corporation Serbian, 20 July 2019, accessed 1 May 2021."Uglješa Marković izabran za predsednika Mladih socijalista Srbije", Nova srpska politička misao, 17 December 2017, accessed 1 May 2021.
In a 2019 interview, he was asked for his opinion of SPS founder and former Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. Marković described Milošević as a leader who emerged "at the wrong time, in the wrong place," though adding that his legacy included two landmark accomplishments for Serbia: the Dayton Agreement and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.Aleksandar Miladinović, "29 godina SPS-a: 'Način života' ili 'stranka devedesetih'", British Broadcasting Corporation Serbian, 20 July 2019, accessed 1 May 2021.
Municipal politics Marković received the eighth position on the Socialist Party's electoral list for the Stari Grad municipal assembly in the 2016 Serbian local elections.Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 60 Number 28 (13 April 2016), p. 57. The list won four seats; he was not immediately elected but received a mandate on 29 September 2016 as the replacement for another party member.Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 60 Number 94 (30 September 2016), p. 31.Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 60 Number 34 (25 April 2016), p. 31. He was promoted to the fifth position on the SPS list in the 2020 local elections and was re-elected when the list won six mandates.Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 64 Number 72 (10 June 2020), p. 43.Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 64 Number 79 (22 June 2020), p. 27. During his time in the municipal assembly, he served on the committee for the implementation of Stari Grad's youth policy.UGLJEŠA MARKOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 1 May 2021. He was not a candidate in the 2024 Serbian local elections.
Parliamentarian Marković was given the fourth position on the Socialist Party's list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. This was tantamount to election, and he was indeed elected when the list won thirty-two mandates."Ko je sve na listi SPS-JS za republičke poslanike?", Danas, 7 March 2020, accessed 30 April 2021. During the campaign, he highlighted the importance of Serbia's public health system established in the socialist era.Marko Tašković, "UGLJEŠA MARKOVIĆ, PREDSEDNIK OMLADINE SPS Epidemija korone je dokazala da je zdravstveni sistem iz doba socijalizma efikasan", Blic, 27 May 2020, accessed 1 May 2021. The SPS continued its participation in a coalition government led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) after the election, and Marković supported the administration in the assembly.
In his first term, Marković was a member of the administrative committee and the economy committee; a deputy member of the foreign affairs committee, the finance committee, and the spatial planning committee; the head of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with Slovakia and Suriname; and a member of the friendship groups with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Ghana, the Holy See, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Sierra Leone, Sweden, and Tunisia.УГЉЕША МАРКОВИЋ, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 3 August 2022.
He was given the third position on the Socialist Party's list in the 2022 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list won thirty-one seats."Ko su kandidati liste SPS-JS-ZS 'Ivica Dačić – Premijer Srbije' za poslanike", Danas, 17 February 2022, accessed 28 April 2022. He was promoted to chair of the spatial planning committee in the parliament that followed and was also a member of the foreign affairs committee, a deputy member of the economy committee and the security services control committee, again the leader of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Suriname, and a member of the friendship groups with Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Caribbean countries, China, Egypt, France, Ireland, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and the Pacific Island countries, Russia, Slovenia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Arab Emirates.UGLJESA MARKOVIC, , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 3 August 2022. He was briefly a deputy member of Serbia's delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) parliamentary assembly, where Serbia has observer status."Socijalista Uglješa Marković na čelu skupštinskog Odbora za prostorno planiranje", Danas, 1 September 2022, accessed 5 January 2023.Members (Serbian delegation), , NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 16 December 2022, accessed 5 January 2023. He was no longer listed as a member as of January 2023. See Members (Serbian delegation), 5 January 2023.
Marković received the sixteenth position on the SPS's list in the 2023 parliamentary election and was elected to a third term when the list won eighteen mandates."Lista SPS-JS-Zeleni Srbije bez iznenađenja- osim Marka Miloševića sve provereni kadrovi", Danas, 4 November 2023, accessed 28 March 2024. He currently serves as deputy leader of the Socialist Party's parliamentary group and is the chair of the spatial planning committee, a deputy member of the foreign affairs committee and the security services control committee, a member of the working group for the improvement of the electoral process, the head of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with the Comoros, and a member of the friendship groups with Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Greece, Hungary, Mali, Russia, and South Korea, as well as the group with Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island countries.UGLJESA MARKOVIC, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 4 April 2024.
In June 2024, Marković and Snežana Paunović, Serbia's delegates to a conference of the Berlin Process in Montenegro, walked out due to what they described as unjustified attacks against Serbia and its president Aleksandar Vučić."Delegacija srpskog parlamenta napustila konferenciju u Crnoj Gori zbog napada na Vučića i Srbiju", Politika, 26 June 2024, accessed 26 October 2024.
He was elected as spokesperson of the SPS on 17 July 2024."САОПШТЕЊЕ ЗА ЈАВНОСТ: 34 године од оснивања Социјалистичке партије Србије", Socialist Party of Serbia, 17 July 2024, accessed 8 October 2024.
Council of Europe Marković was a substitute member of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from January 2023 to April 2024. He served with the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group and was an alternate member of the committee on social affairs, health, and sustainable development.Mr Uglješa MARKOVIĆ (Serbia, SOC), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accessed 9 September 2023.
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