Stevan Vještica

Stevan Vještica (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Вјештица) was a Serbian politician in the 1990s. He was the mayor of Temerin from 1992 to 1993 and was a deputy speaker of the Vojvodina provincial assembly in the 1993–97 term. During his time in public office, Vještica was a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).

Private career

As of 1992, Vještica was an agricultural engineer.[1]

Politician

Mayor of Temerin

Vještica was elected to the Temerin municipal assembly in the May 1992 Serbian local elections, the first that were held after Serbia's de jure return to multiparty democracy in 1990. The Socialist Party won a majority of seats in the municipality, and when the new assembly convened on 29 June 1992 Vještica was chosen as its president, a position that was at the time equivalent to mayor.[2] During his brief term in office, he represented Temerin in negotiations for a potential merger with Novi Sad. In November 1992, he remarked that nothing would stand in the way of a merger if Temerin's economic independence was guaranteed.[3] Ultimately, the merger did not take place.

He was also elected for the Temerin division in the May 1992 Vojvodina provincial election, which was held concurrently with the local vote.[4][5] The Socialist Party won a landslide majority, and he served as a supporter of the government.

Deputy speaker of the Provincial Assembly

Vještica was re-elected to the Temerin municipal assembly in the December 1992 Serbian local elections.[6] Although the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) won the greatest number of seats in the municipality, the Socialists remained in power by forming a coalition government with the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). Vještica was succeeded as mayor by Branko Rujević, also of the SPS, when the new assembly met on 22 January 1993.[7][8]

He was re-elected to the provincial assembly in the December 1992 provincial election, in which the Socialists won the greatest number of seats but fell below majority status.[9][10] At the first meeting of the new assembly on 26 January 1993, Milutin Stojković of the Socialist Party was chosen as assembly president, while Vještica was chosen as one of three vice-presidents.[11] After taking this position, he said that he would strive to preserve Serbia's unity, while also seeking capital transfers to the provincial governemt and an improvement of Vojvodina's agricultural situation.[12]

He did not seek re-election to the provincial assembly in 1996.

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

December 1992 Vojvodina provincial election: Temerin
CandidatePartyVotes%
Stevan Vještica (incumbent)Socialist Party of Serbiaelected
Döme CsabaDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians
Milorad ŽikićReform Democratic Party of Vojvodina
Dušan MilojevićSerbian Radical Party
Miodrag OklješaSerb Democratic Party
Total
Source: [13][14] All candidates except Vještica are listed alphabetically.
May 1992 Vojvodina provincial election: Temerin (Second Round)
CandidatePartyVotes%
Stevan VješticaSocialist Party of Serbiaelected
Zorica JokićSerbian Radical Party
Total
Source: [15][16]

References

  1. ^ Magyar Szó, 30 June 1992, p. 7.
  2. ^ Magyar Szó, 30 June 1992, p. 7.
  3. ^ Magyar Szó, 16 November 1992, p. 5.
  4. ^ Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине 31. маја и 14. јуна 1992. године, Archived 2024-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 30 March 2025.
  5. ^ Magyar Szó, 12 June 1992, p. 7.
  6. ^ Magyar Szó, 6 January 1993, p. 7.
  7. ^ Magyar Szó, 22 January 1993, p. 7.
  8. ^ Magyar Szó, 23 January 1993, p. 16.
  9. ^ Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине на превременим изборима одржаним 20. децембра 1992. године, Archived 2024-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 June 2025.
  10. ^ Magyar Szó, 15 December 1992, p. 6.
  11. ^ Magyar Szó, 27 January 1993, p. 1.
  12. ^ Magyar Szó, 28 January 1993, p. 7.
  13. ^ Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине на превременим изборима одржаним 20. децембра 1992. године, Archived 2024-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 June 2025.
  14. ^ Magyar Szó, 15 December 1992, p. 6.
  15. ^ Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине 31. маја и 14. јуна 1992. године, Archived 2024-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 30 March 2025.
  16. ^ Magyar Szó, 12 June 1992, p. 7.
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