Marko Bastać

Marko Bastać (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Бастаћ, born 1984) is a Serbian politician who has been serving as the president of the Stari Grad municipality since May 2016. He is a member of the Party of Freedom and Justice.

Marko Bastać
Марко Бастаћ
Bastać in 2019.
President of the Stari Grad Municipality
Assumed office
12 May 2016
Preceded byDejan Kovačević
Personal details
Born1984 (age 36–37)
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
NationalitySerbian
Political partyDemocratic Party (unknown–2016)
Party of Freedom and Justice (2019–present)
Alma materFaculty of Contemporary Arts
OccupationPolitician

Early life and career

He was born in 1984 in Belgrade and graduated from the Faculty of Contemporary Arts.[1] In his youth he joined the Democratic Party and participated in many local activisim projects and in 2004 he became a member of the assembly of Stari Grad.[2] He gained work experience as an editor of shows in the production company "Emotion" from 2006 to 2009, as well as in the Government Gazette in 2009.[1] In 2010, he became a municipal councilor and started a series of successful projects in Stari Grad.

He was the initiator of the action "Third grade students on line" in which third grade students of all schools in Stari Grad are given a netbook computer. Later he started the Volunteer Center of the municipality and participated in creating what has been called one of the best youth offices in Belgrade as well as the Contact Center which provides answers to all questions of citizens and communicates with users of numerous free programs.[2]

He was a ballot carrier for the Democratic Party's list for the 2016 Serbian local elections called "Guardians of the Old Town", which won the largest number of mandates in that municipality.[3] On 12 May 2016, Bastać was elected the new president of the municipality of Stari Grad.[4]

In December 2016, he left the Democratic Party.[5]

In 2018, he participated in the Belgrade City Assembly election with his group of citizens "What are you doing – Marko Bastać", and finished thirteenth with 0.44% of the votes.[6] In 2019, he joined the Party of Freedom and Justice, and has served as the president of the city board of the party until June 2020.[7]

Personal life

He is married, and has two children.[8]

References
  1. "Председник Градске општине Стари град". Стари град (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Marko Bastać". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. B, E. "Ko je ZAISTA pobedio na Vračaru i Starom Gradu?". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. Nikoletić, Piše: I.; Miljković, M. "Marko Bastać novi predsednik opštine Stari grad". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "MARKO BASTAĆ NAPUSTIO DEMOKRATSKU STRANKU: DS optužio da nema platformu za borbu protiv SNS". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. "Konačni rezultati: SNS-u 44,99 odsto, lista oko Đilasa 18,93". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. I.G.Ž. "ĐILAS SMENIO BASTAĆA Raspušten Opštinski odbor SSP na Starom gradu". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "Marko Bastać: Čuvar Starog grada". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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