Goran Rakić

Goran Rakić
Goran Rakić
	Горан Ракић
	Rakić in July 2020 in Pristina.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2020
Prime Minister	Avdullah Hoti
Minister of Administration and Local Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2020
Prime Minister	Avdullah Hoti
Preceded by	Emilija Redžepi
Mayor of North Mitrovica
	In office; 23 February 2014 – 3 June 2020
Preceded by	Krstimir Pantić
Succeeded by	Aleksandar Spirić (acting)
Personal details
Born	1971 (age 49–50); Titova Mitrovica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia; (now Kosovo)
Nationality	Kosovan; Serbian;
Political party	Serb List
Other political; affiliations	Serbian Progressive Party
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Priština

Goran Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Ракић, Albanian: Goran Rakiq; born 1971) is a Kosovar and Serbian politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] and as the Minister of Administration and Local Government. He is a former mayor of North Mitrovica and the current president of the Serb List, an ethnic Serb minority political party.

Early life

Goran Rakić was born in 1971 in Titova Mitrovica (Kosovska Mitrovica / Mitrovica) which was then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia, to an ethnic Serb family. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Priština.[1] He was employed as the director of JKP "Standard" Kosovska Mitrovica, and before that in the Fire Station Kosovska Mitrovica.

Political career

He has been performing the function of the mayor of the municipality of North Mitrovica after swearing an oath to the Republic of Kosovo in 2014. He won his second four-year term in 2017 Kosovan local elections. Since 2017, Rakic has been the president of the Serb List, which has power in all ten Serb-majority municipalities, as well as all ten guaranteed seats in the Assembly of Kosovo for the Serb community.[2] He is also the president of the municipality board of the Serbian Progressive Party in North Mitrovica.[1]

In the summer of 2017, Rakić and Milan Radoičić, a vice president president of the Serb List met with Behgjet Pacolli, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo in Budva to discuss the possibility of the Serb List joining the government of Kosovo and supporting Ramush Haradinaj as the prime minister.[3]

In January 2019, he said that Serbs will never allow the reunification of North and South Mitrovica as that would be a cover for ethnic cleansing against the Kosovo Serbs.[4]

Rakić and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Avdullah Hoti

On 3 June 2020, he took the office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and the Minister of Administration and Local Government in the Hoti cabinet.[5]

In July 2020, Serb List caused a controversy in Kosovo by announcing that they will support Serbia's COVID-19 curfew measures and have vowed to locally implement them in Kosovo. They also vowed to support Aleksandar Vučić in the “fight” for Kosovo during the dialogue.[6] Shortly after, a parliamentary resolution initiated by Vjosa Osmani, the Speaker of the Parliament, condemning a statement by the Serb List failed to pass.[7]

On 27 July 2020, Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency started an investigation against Rakić and other high ranking Serb officials in Kosovo due to the suspicion that they violated the law because they did not report their property and income to the Anti-Corruption Agency.[8]

Rakić and the British Ambassador to Kosovo, Nicholas Abbott in July 2020.

Personal life

He is married and has two children.[2]

Notes and references

Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 99 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

Tasić, Piše: Jelena. "Izabrani gradonačelnik". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
"Kabinet gradonačelnika". Zubin Potok. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
"KRIK objavio fotografiju - Pacoli, Rakić i Radoičić zajedno na jahti". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
"GRADONAČELNIK GORAN RAKIĆ PORUČIO: Srbi nikada neće dozvoliti ujedinjenje severnog i južnog dela Кosovske Mitrovice! Ujedinjenje Mitrovice paravan je za etničko čišćenje!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
"Izabrana nova Vlada Kosova, podržala je i Srpska lista". Glas Amerike (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
"Kosovo Serbs to Follow Vucic's Curfew Order, Says Coalition Partner 'Serb List'". Exit - Explaining Albania. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
"Resolution Condemning Kosovo Coalition Ally's Support of Serbia in Dialogue Fails to Pass". Exit - Explaining Albania. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
CINS, Piše (27 July 2020). "Agencija pokrenula postupak protiv Gorana Rakića i još dva srpska funkcionera sa Kosova". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2020.

External links

Српска листа - Косово и Метохија - Званични сајт

Government offices
Preceded by Emilija Redžepi	Minister of Administration and Local Government 2020–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Slavko Simić	President of the Serb List 2017–present	Incumbent

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[status-1] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 99 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

[:0-2] Tasić, Piše: Jelena. "Izabrani gradonačelnik". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[:1-3] "Kabinet gradonačelnika". Zubin Potok. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[4] "KRIK objavio fotografiju - Pacoli, Rakić i Radoičić zajedno na jahti". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[5] "GRADONAČELNIK GORAN RAKIĆ PORUČIO: Srbi nikada neće dozvoliti ujedinjenje severnog i južnog dela Кosovske Mitrovice! Ujedinjenje Mitrovice paravan je za etničko čišćenje!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[6] "Izabrana nova Vlada Kosova, podržala je i Srpska lista". Glas Amerike (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[7] "Kosovo Serbs to Follow Vucic's Curfew Order, Says Coalition Partner 'Serb List'". Exit - Explaining Albania. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[8] "Resolution Condemning Kosovo Coalition Ally's Support of Serbia in Dialogue Fails to Pass". Exit - Explaining Albania. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[9] CINS, Piše (27 July 2020). "Agencija pokrenula postupak protiv Gorana Rakića i još dva srpska funkcionera sa Kosova". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2020.