Usame Zukorlić

Usame Zukorlić
Усаме Зукорлић
Minister without portfolio
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2024
Prime MinisterMiloš Vučević
Vice-President of the National Assembly of Serbia
In office
2 August 2022 – 1 May 2024
PresidentVladimir Orlić
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 August 2022 – 1 May 2024
Personal details
Born1992 (age 31–32)
Constantine, Algeria
Political partySPP
Children4
ParentMuamer Zukorlić
EducationInternational University
Faculty of Islamic Studies
OccupationPolitician

Usame Zukorlić (Serbian Cyrillic: Усаме Зукорлић; born 1992) is a Serbian politician and economist serving as minister without portfolio since 2024. He was previously a member of the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024. An ethnic Bosniak, he has been the president of the Justice and Reconciliation Party since 2021.

Early life

Zukorlić was born in Constantine, Algeria in 1992. His father was Muamer Zukorlić, a Bosniak mufti and politician, while his mother, Umeja Abu Taha, was a Palestinian who was born in Brazil.[1] He attended primary and secondary school in Novi Pazar, and later studied at the International University, where he obtained his master's degree in economics, and Faculty of Islamic Studies.[2]

Career

Zukorlić has been the member of the Justice and Reconciliation Party, previously known as Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak, since the early 2010s.[2] He previously served as the head of the youth wing of the party.[3] Following the death of his father in November 2021, Muamer Zukorlić, he was appointed as head of the party.[4][5]

Shortly before he got elected as president of the Justice and Reconciliation Party, the National Assembly elected him as deputy president of the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK).[6] Zukorlić was chosen as the ballot representative of his party for the 2022 general election.[7] He had expressed his support to continue the cooperation between SPP and the Serbian Progressive Party,[8] while during the electoral campaign, his party campaigned on education reforms and anti-discrimination politics.[9][10] Following the election, he was elected as MP in the National Assembly.[11] Zukorlić was elected vice-president of the National Assembly on 2 August.[12]

Personal life

Zukorlić was married in 2012 and the couple has four children.[13] Besides his native Bosnian, he speaks English and Arabic. He had also worked as a teacher at the Gazi Isa-beg madrasa and was the deputy president of the Sandžak Television.[2] He is the head of BioSan, IT San company, and Developmental Educational Society, which helped to establish the "Gazi Sinan-beg" youth center in Novi Pazar in 2017.[14][15]

In 2015, it was alleged that Zukorlić conspired attacks against Đorđe Balašević.[16] Zukorlić was later involved in an incident in 2018, after which he filed a complaint against two newspapers that allegedly published false claims about the incident.[17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Usame Zukorlić". Istinomer (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Ko je Usame Zukorlić?". Sandžak Press (in Bosnian). 14 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Novosel, Slađana (17 November 2021). "Usame Zukorlić: Od oca ostalo sinu". Danas (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Usame Zukorlić na čelu Stranke pravde i pomirenja". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 14 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Sin Muamera Zukorlića, Usame Zukorlić izabran za predsednika Stranke pravde i pomirenja". Euronews (in Serbian). 14 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Usame Zukorlić zamenik predsednika RIK-a". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Lista "Muftijin amanet – SPP – Usame Zukorlić" na RTS-u predstavila program za parlamentarne izbore". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Zukorlić: Očekujemo nastavak saradnje sa SNS". Danas (in Serbian). 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Demić (SPP): Jedan od ciljeva unapređenje obrazovanja". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Poštovanje prava žena i dece: Poruka izborne liste "Muftijin amanet"". Novosti (in Serbian). 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  11. ^ "IPSOS/CeSID: Prvi preliminarni rezultati parlamentarnih izbora". N1 (in Serbian). 3 April 2022. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Usame Zukorlić: SPP će imati potpredsednika Skupštine Srbije". Tanjug (in Serbian). 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Muftija Zukorlić oženio sina Osamu, 400 zvanica na raskošnom venčanju!". Telegraf (in Serbian). 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Novi Pazar: Svečano otvoren Omladinski centar "Gazi Sinan-beg"". Preporod Info (in Bosnian). 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Usame Zukorlić: Budućnost Balkana zavisi od saradnje muslimana i hrišćana". Sandžak Press (in Bosnian). 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  16. ^ Lakić, Suzana; Kočović, Nikola (12 November 2015). "Zukorlićev sin naručio tekstove protiv Balaševića". Blic (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Evo kako je počeo sukob ispred BNV: Usame Zukorlić po nalogu prvi nasrnuo". Radio Television of Novi Pazar (in Bosnian). 24 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Sin Muamera Zukorlića izazvao incident". Sandžak Haber (in Bosnian). 24 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Usame Zukorlić uputio žalbu povodom laži iznesenihu Sandžahkaberu i Sandžačkim novinama". Sandžak Press Agency (in Bosnian). 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.