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517:(Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via
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incited Igor
Novaković to commit the crime, and Novaković hired Aleksandar Marinković to actually carry out the arson attack. When Marinković threw a Molotov cocktail into the garage, the fire quickly spread to the rest of Jovanović's house. For his role in the attack, Simonović was sentenced to four years and three months in prison. He maintains his innocence in the matter.
194:. He formed a local coalition government after the election and was chosen as mayor for a second time on 15 June 2012. His term in office was again relatively brief; he resigned on 28 December 2012, having been appointed as general director of Serbian railways. He served in the latter position until his removal in July 2014.
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On 23 February 2021, the Second Basic Court in
Belgrade found Simonović guilty of inciting the arson attack. The verdict issued by Judge Slavko Žugić found that Simonović had encouraged police officer Vladimir Mihailović to send a warning to Jovanović by burning the latter's car; Mihailović, in turn,
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and had frequently accused
Simonović of nepotism and corruption. In the aftermath of the attack, one of Jovanović's colleagues said that he and Jovanović had repeatedly reported threats against them to the Belgrade prosecutor's office, without receiving a response. Simonović was arrested on suspicion
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in the parliament that followed. Simonović was not initially chosen for his party's assembly delegation but was awarded a mandate as the replacement for another party member on 12 February 2004 and served for the remainder of the term. (From 2000 to 2011, mandates in
Serbian parliamentary elections
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His tenure as director was controversial. In late 2013, the Union of
Railways Workers of Serbia called for his removal, citing poor labour-management relations and a series of problems affecting the company. In February 2014, workers from the union reiterated their demands in a protest outside the
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were awarded to sponsoring parties or coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be assigned out of numerical order. Simonović's position on the list had no bearing on whether or when he received a mandate.)
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and was elected when the list won eight of out thirty-five seats. There was no clear winner in the election, and the
Radicals initially served in opposition. Simonović became mayor of the municipality for the first time on 23 June 2005 when a new local
100:. On election day, he and three other Radical Party members broke a number of ballot boxes in what was described as a protest against non-compliance with the election rules. For this offense, he spent twenty-seven days in the
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on its formation in 2008. In
February 2021, he was convicted of inciting an arson attack that resulted in serious damage to the home of an opposition journalist. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison in March 2023.
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Serbia's election system was reformed in 2011, such that parliamentary mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Simonović was given the 158th position on the
Progressive Party's
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and once again appeared in the lead position on the
Progressive list in Grocka. On this occasion, the list won a majority victory with twenty seats. He was selected for a third term as mayor after the election.
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Simonović was appointed as director of
Serbian Railways in December 2012. Shortly after his appointment, he said that Serbian trains and lines would be modernized in the next five years thanks to a planned
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and was selected for a second mandate when the list won eighty-one seats. The Radicals continued to serve in opposition. Simonović was given the eighty-second position on the Radical list for the
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The Radicals won eighty-two out of 250 seats in the 2003 election, emerging as the largest single party in the national assembly but falling well short of a majority; they ultimately served in
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and received a mandate for another term when the list won thirteen seats. After this election, he left the Radicals and became the local leader of the Progressives.
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was thrown through a window in his garage. Jovanović and his wife escaped without serious injury. Jovanović was an editor of the information portal
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in an extraordinary press conference. Simonović formally resigned as mayor of Grocka on 20 March 2019.
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loan of $ 800 million dollars. In early 2014, he announced the launch of electric train service from
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He appeared in the sixty-third position on the Radical Party's list for the
38:; born 8 July 1959) is a Serbian former politician. He was a member of the
979:"Novinar: Tužilaštvo obavešteno o pretnjama, nikada nismo dobili odgovor"
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of inciting the attack on 25 January 2019; his arrest was announced by
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Simonović appeared in the sixty-sixth position on the Radical Party's
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V. Jeremić, "Simonović osuđen zbog paljenja kuće Milanu Jovanoviću"
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On 20 March 2023, Simonović was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Simonović worked for Serbian Railways for eleven years. During the
903:"Vozovi na struju od danas saobraćaju prema Kosovskoj Mitrovici"
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Katarina Živanović, "Dragoljub Simonović – uhapšeni naprednjak"
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Katarina Živanović, "Dragoljub Simonović – uhapšeni naprednjak"
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Katarina Živanović, "Dragoljub Simonović – uhapšeni naprednjak"
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Katarina Živanović, "Dragoljub Simonović – uhapšeni naprednjak"
863:"Simonović imenovan za generalnog direktora Železnica Srbije"
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M.T. Kovačević, "Grocka: Za 15 godina 11 predsednika opštine"
75:, he described himself as a mechanical technician. In the
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from 2004 to 2008, served three terms as mayor of the
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685:, Volume 52 Number 13 (30 April 2008), p. 30.
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