Vukota Govedarica
Vukota Govedarica | |||||||||||||
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Вукота Говедарица | |||||||||||||
| Municipal Mayor of Gacko | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 November 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ognjen Milinković | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 March 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Party | Serb Democratic Party (1999–present) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Olivera Govedarica | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Novi Sad | ||||||||||||
Vukota Govedarica (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукота Говедарица; born 9 March 1976) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the municipal mayor of Gacko since November 2024. He previously served as member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska from 2006 to 2018, and again from 2022 to 2024. He was president of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) from 2016 to 2019.
Born in Gacko in 1976, Govedarica graduated from the University of Novi Sad. He was elected to the Gacko Municipal Assembly in 2004. He was then elected to the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in the 2006 general election, and served as member until November 2018. Govedarica ran for president of Republika Srpska in the 2018 general election, but was not elected after winning 41.82% of the vote. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2022 general election. He was elected municipal mayor of his hometown Gacko in the 2024 municipal elections.
A member of the SDS since 1999, Govedarica was elected as the party's president in 2016. He was succeeded by Mirko Šarović in 2019.