President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad

President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad
Coat of arms of Novi Sad
Incumbent Sinišia Sević since 14 September 2012
Style	President
Residence	No official residence
Seat	City Hall
Appointer	City Assembly
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Zoran Vučević
Formation	29 November 2004

The President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad is the speaker of the City Assembly of Novi Sad (the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative seat of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). The President's term lasts four years, and is elected by members of each new assembly. The current President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad is Sinišia Sević (SPS).

The offices of the President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad and the Mayor of Novi Sad were merged and held by the same person until 2004, when they were separated.

Office

According to the current legislation, the City Assembly elects the President and Deputy President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad from the complement of the councilors for the four years’ term.^[1]

Authorities (competences)

• Organizing the work of the City Assembly;
• Summoning sessions, suggesting the agenda and presiding over the City Assembly sessions;
• Looking after implementation of the transparency of work of the City Assembly;
• Signing bylaws adopted by the City Assembly, and
• Performing any other operations entrusted by the City Assembly.^[1]

List of Presidents

№	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of Office		Party
1		Zoran Vučević	29 November 2004	16 June 2008	Serbian Radical Party
2		Aleksandar Jovanović (1976– )	16 June 2008	29 June 2012	League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
3		Aleksandra Jerkov (1982– )	29 June 2012	14 September 2012	League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
4		Sinišia Sević (1972– )	14 September 2012	Incumbent	Socialist Party of Serbia

Footnotes

1. City of Novi Sad - Assembly of the City of Novi Sad

See also

• List of mayors of Novi Sad