Vladimir Kovačević (businessman)

Vladimir Kovačević
Владимир Ковачевић
Personal details
Political party	Narodna (until 2021) Nova–D2SP (2022–present)
Occupation	Businessman politician

Vladimir Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ковачевић) is a Serbian businessman and politician. A former high-ranking member of the People's Party (Narodna), he is now the president of Nova–D2SP.

Business career

Kovačević owns multiple companies and three factories in the pharmaceutical and textile industries.[1][2]

Political career

Kovačević was a high-ranking member of the People's Party (Narodna) and the president of its economy and entrepreneurship board. He left Narodna in October 2021, citing the failure to highlight economic issues and problems.[3] Kovačević criticised Narodna's leader Vuk Jeremić.[4]

In December 2021, he founded Experts Should Have A Say (D2SP) political organisation.[5] In July 2022, D2SP merged with the New Party (Nova), forming the Nova-D2SP political party with Kovačević being elected president of the party.[6][7] Kovačević is heading the Serbia in the West coalition's electoral list in the 2023 parliamentary and Belgrade City Assembly elections.[8]

Personal life

Kovačević resides in Belgrade.[8]

References

1. "Da se struka pita: U ime biznisa - Vesti - Nedeljnik Vreme". www.vreme.com (in Serbian). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
2. marko (26 September 2013). "Vladimir Kovačević, predsednik "Fine Group" – Izvozimo tamo gde je najteže". Pluton Logistics (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
3. K, T. (28 October 2021). "Vladimir Kovačević istupio iz Narodne stranke: Da biste sačuvali integritet kada stvari ne idu dobro, vi se povučete". Euronews.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
4. "Vladimir Kovačević: Suština problema je u Vuku Jeremiću - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
5. "Vladimir Kovačević osnovao pokret "Da se struka pita" - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 11 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
6. "Saznajemo: Ujedinjuju se Nova stranka i "Da se struka pita", predsednik organizacije Vladimir Kovačević, bivši funkcioner Narodne stranke - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
7. služba, Press (4 July 2022). "Ujedinjenje NOVE stranke i pokreta Da se struka pita". NOVA - Da se struka pita. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
8. Beograd, N1 (27 November 2023). "Ko je sve na listi "Srbija na Zapadu"". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 December 2023.