Usame Zukorlić

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Usame Zukorlić
Усаме Зукорлић
Vice-President of the National Assembly of Serbia
Assumed office
2 August 2022
PresidentVladimir Orlić
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
1 August 2022
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 a member of the National Assembly since 1 August 2022. An ethnic Bosniak, he has been the president of the Justice and Reconciliation Party since 2021.

Early life[edit]

Zukorlić was born in Constantine, Algeria in 1992. His father was Muamer Zukorlić, a Bosniak mufti and politician, while his mother is Palestinian.[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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.
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