Cvetko Veljković
Цветко Вељковић
Member of the Assembly of Kosovo
Assumed office
17 November 2022
Personal details
BornŠtrpce, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyGI SPO

Cvetko Veljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Цветко Вељковић, Albanian: Cvetko Veljkoviq) is a Kosovo Serb politician serving as a member of the Assembly of Kosovo since 17 November 2022.[1] He is a member of the Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival (GI SPO).

Biography

Veljković was born in Štrpce, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.[2] He holds a degree in economy.[3]

In May 2020, Veljković was appointed head of the Office for Communities by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, replacing Nenad Rašić who resigned earlier.[2][3][4] Following his appointment, it was revealed that some years earlier Veljković had posted songs dedicated to Ratko Mladić on his Facebook account, raising controversy.[5]

Veljković was an MP candidate of Civic Initiative for Freedom, Justice and Survival (GI SPO) in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election.[6] On 3 February 2021, Veljković was detained by Kosovo police in Štrpce because the member of the local electoral commission Emran Avrdi accused him of making death threats towards him.[7] During the election campaign, Veljković and Rašić, together with Albin Kurti, visited Štrpce.[8] GI SPO only won 1,508 votes or 0.17% of the popular vote, hence Veljković failed to get elected to the Assembly of Kosovo.[9] Veljković, however, managed to enter the Assembly on 17 November 2022 as a replacement for one of the Serb List (SL) MP's who resigned on 7 November 2022.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "120 members of the parliament (MPs)". Assembly of Kosovo. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. 1 2 "Šta su portali pisali o Cvetku Veljkoviću pred izbore 2021: Sa Kurtijem u poseti Štrpcu - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  3. 1 2 "Cvetko Veljković šef Kancelarije za pitanje zajednica". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Kurti appoints Cvetko Veljković as political adviser". KosovaPress. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. ↑ "Kurti e bëri këshilltar, kush është Cvetko Vejlkoviq, 'patrioti i flaktë' shpërndante këngë për Radko Mlladiqin". DOSJA.AL. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. ↑ "Podrška Beograda glavni izborni adut Srpske liste". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  7. ↑ "Kandidat za poslanika GI SPO Cvetko Veljković iz Štrpca priveden zbog pretnji smrću članu OIK-a". www.tvmost.info. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  8. ↑ KoSSev (2021-02-09). "Trajković iz Mitrovice: Građani biraju između dobra i zla, moguća koalicija sa Kurtijem". KoSSev (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  9. ↑ IZBORI ZA SKUPŠTINU KOSOVA 2021
  10. ↑ "U Prištini novih deset srpskih poslanika". Politika Online. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
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