Nataša Micic
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Nataša Mićić is a Serbia
n politician. She is an MP
in the Serbian parliament and the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Born Nataša Jovanović, Mićić graduated with a law degree, and found employment as the clerk at the Užice Municipal Court during early 1990s. She left the post in 1998 to pursue career as a lawyer. Even though she was almost 33 at the time, she ended up as one of the founders of the Otpor
student movement, acting as their spokesperson and legal counsel.
member in 1996 while still employed at Užice
court. By the time Slobodan Milošević
was overthrown in the autumn of 2000, Mićić was a high ranking GSS official (within a large DOS coalition
at the time). In late December 2000, DOS overwhelmingly won the parliamentary elections and GSS members were allocated their share of political posts. Nataša Mićić became the parliamentary
vice-president in January 2001 – deputy to Dragan Maršićanin
from Democratic Party of Serbia
(DSS).
resigned his post on 6 December 2001 as a result of the growing conflict between DSS
MPs and the remaining DOS
MPs, Mićić immediately replaced him as the president of National Assembly and the chairman of its Constitutional Committee.
As Milan Milutinović
's mandate as the President of Serbia
expired, and two presidential elections were voided because turnout fell short of required 50%, she became the acting President of Serbia
on 30 December 2002, with a constitutional obligation to call another election within 60 days of taking over the acting post. She did not do so in the required period, leading to a chorus of criticism.
Following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić on 12 March 2003, a state of emergency
was immediately declared under her command.
By May of the same year, the situation had calmed and the state of emergency was lifted. For Mićić, however, the fall of 2003 would become a crucial period in her political career.
Firstly, on 17 September 2003, over six months after the required constitutional period expired, she finally announced a 16 November date for a third attempt at electing a President for Serbia. She then experienced continuous parliamentary pressure because of the voting scandal involving DOS MP Neda Arnerić
.
On 16 October 2003 after the ruling DOS coalition was left without a parliamentary majority for the first time in almost three years, a motion for a no-confidence vote proceeding started for the parliamentary president Nataša Mićić. The parliamentary discussion on this issue finished on 29 October 2003, but the actual non-confidence vote was postponed for a fortnight.
In the end, it proved unnecessary, as on 13 November 2003, just three days before the presidential elections that would later be void again because of low turnout, Mićić dissolved parliament and called for parliamentary elections on 28 December 2003.
entered the new parliamentary elections on the Democratic Party
(DS) ballot, and was given 2 seats out of the total 31 that the DS
list got.
Nataša Mićić became one of GSS MPs, while Goran Svilanović
got the other seat. In December 2004, she was elected to be GSS president. After the merger of the Civic Alliance of Serbia
into the Liberal Democratic Party in 2007, she became the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
municipal board in Užice
. In late March 2006 her husband was in the news for reportedly calling up and threatening Nenad Kovačević, a journalist from the daily Danas
. Kovačević said Miodrag Mićić called him up on 30 March 2006, reportedly angry about his piece in the previous day's issue of Danas
that among other things mentioned the fact that six Serbian Assembly
Members of Parliament from Užice
declared their personal monthly income to be over RSD
1.2 million (~€15,000). Nobody was mentioned by name but Miodrag Mićić apparently thought it obvious that the article was alluding to him and his wife, so he decided to menace Kovačević over the phone by reportedly proclaiming: "If anything happens to my home, my wife or my child, the same will happen to your family and your kids; you singled out my home and my family by writing this article".
Miodrag Mićić admitted to calling up Kovačević and reacting hastily after getting into an argument, but denied using those exact words.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n politician. She is an MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
in the Serbian parliament and the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
Born Nataša Jovanović, Mićić graduated with a law degree, and found employment as the clerk at the Užice Municipal Court during early 1990s. She left the post in 1998 to pursue career as a lawyer. Even though she was almost 33 at the time, she ended up as one of the founders of the Otpor
Otpor
Otpor! was a civic youth movement that existed as such from 1998 until 2003 in Serbia , employing nonviolent struggle against the regime of Slobodan Milošević as their course of action. In the course of two-year nonviolent struggle against Milosevic, Otpor spread across Serbia and attracted more...
student movement, acting as their spokesperson and legal counsel.
Political career
Mićić's law and political careers frequently overlapped. She became a GSSCivic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
member in 1996 while still employed at Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
court. By the time Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
was overthrown in the autumn of 2000, Mićić was a high ranking GSS official (within a large DOS coalition
Democratic Opposition of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...
at the time). In late December 2000, DOS overwhelmingly won the parliamentary elections and GSS members were allocated their share of political posts. Nataša Mićić became the parliamentary
National Assembly of Serbia
The National Assembly of Serbia is the unicameral parliament of Serbia. It is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies elected in general elections by secret ballot, on 4 years term. The National Assembly elects the President of the National Assembly who presides over the sessions...
vice-president in January 2001 – deputy to Dragan Maršićanin
Dragan Maršicanin
Dragan Maršićanin is a Serbian politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, serving from 2004 to 2009. He was also Serbian Minister of Economy, but his position was put on hold when he decided to run for president in 2004...
from Democratic Party of Serbia
Democratic Party of Serbia
The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
(DSS).
Parliamentary President (Speaker) 2001–2003
After Dragan MaršićaninDragan Maršicanin
Dragan Maršićanin is a Serbian politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, serving from 2004 to 2009. He was also Serbian Minister of Economy, but his position was put on hold when he decided to run for president in 2004...
resigned his post on 6 December 2001 as a result of the growing conflict between DSS
Democratic Party of Serbia
The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
MPs and the remaining DOS
Democratic Opposition of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...
MPs, Mićić immediately replaced him as the president of National Assembly and the chairman of its Constitutional Committee.
As Milan Milutinović
Milan Milutinovic
Milan Milutinović is a former President of Serbia. He served as Director of the National Library of Serbia , Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Greece, Yugoslavia's Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs , and as President of Serbia from 1997 until 2002.After his presidential term...
's mandate as the President of Serbia
President of Serbia
The President of Serbia is the head of state of Serbia. Presently serving as the head of state is Boris Tadić. He was elected with a narrow majority of 50.31% in the 2008 Serbian presidential elections.-Authority, legal and constitutional rights:...
expired, and two presidential elections were voided because turnout fell short of required 50%, she became the acting President of Serbia
President of Serbia
The President of Serbia is the head of state of Serbia. Presently serving as the head of state is Boris Tadić. He was elected with a narrow majority of 50.31% in the 2008 Serbian presidential elections.-Authority, legal and constitutional rights:...
on 30 December 2002, with a constitutional obligation to call another election within 60 days of taking over the acting post. She did not do so in the required period, leading to a chorus of criticism.
Following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić on 12 March 2003, a state of emergency
State of emergency
A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours, or order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. It can also be used as a rationale...
was immediately declared under her command.
By May of the same year, the situation had calmed and the state of emergency was lifted. For Mićić, however, the fall of 2003 would become a crucial period in her political career.
Firstly, on 17 September 2003, over six months after the required constitutional period expired, she finally announced a 16 November date for a third attempt at electing a President for Serbia. She then experienced continuous parliamentary pressure because of the voting scandal involving DOS MP Neda Arnerić
Neda Arneric
Neda Arnerić is a Serbian actress.-Selected filmography:*Shaft in Africa *The Republic of Užice *The Sensual Man *Who's That Singing Over There...
.
On 16 October 2003 after the ruling DOS coalition was left without a parliamentary majority for the first time in almost three years, a motion for a no-confidence vote proceeding started for the parliamentary president Nataša Mićić. The parliamentary discussion on this issue finished on 29 October 2003, but the actual non-confidence vote was postponed for a fortnight.
In the end, it proved unnecessary, as on 13 November 2003, just three days before the presidential elections that would later be void again because of low turnout, Mićić dissolved parliament and called for parliamentary elections on 28 December 2003.
Back in opposition
The GSSCivic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
entered the new parliamentary elections on the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
(DS) ballot, and was given 2 seats out of the total 31 that the DS
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
list got.
Nataša Mićić became one of GSS MPs, while Goran Svilanović
Goran Svilanovic
Goran Svilanović is a Serbian politician, the Chairman of Working Table I of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe....
got the other seat. In December 2004, she was elected to be GSS president. After the merger of the Civic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
into the Liberal Democratic Party in 2007, she became the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Personal
She is married to Miodrag Mićić, member of GSSCivic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
municipal board in Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
. In late March 2006 her husband was in the news for reportedly calling up and threatening Nenad Kovačević, a journalist from the daily Danas
Danas
Danas, Serbian for today is a daily newspaper published in Serbia.Danas was established in mid-1997 after a group of discontented journalists from the Naša borba newspaper walked out after getting into a conflict with the paper's new private majority owner...
. Kovačević said Miodrag Mićić called him up on 30 March 2006, reportedly angry about his piece in the previous day's issue of Danas
Danas
Danas, Serbian for today is a daily newspaper published in Serbia.Danas was established in mid-1997 after a group of discontented journalists from the Naša borba newspaper walked out after getting into a conflict with the paper's new private majority owner...
that among other things mentioned the fact that six Serbian Assembly
National Assembly of Serbia
The National Assembly of Serbia is the unicameral parliament of Serbia. It is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies elected in general elections by secret ballot, on 4 years term. The National Assembly elects the President of the National Assembly who presides over the sessions...
Members of Parliament from Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
declared their personal monthly income to be over RSD
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...
1.2 million (~€15,000). Nobody was mentioned by name but Miodrag Mićić apparently thought it obvious that the article was alluding to him and his wife, so he decided to menace Kovačević over the phone by reportedly proclaiming: "If anything happens to my home, my wife or my child, the same will happen to your family and your kids; you singled out my home and my family by writing this article".
Miodrag Mićić admitted to calling up Kovačević and reacting hastily after getting into an argument, but denied using those exact words.