Deputy Mayor

Đurađ Jakšić

Address: Trg slobode 1, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Phone number: + 381 21 452 666
e-mail: djuradj.jaksic@novisad.rs

He was born on July 22, 1977 in Drniš.

In Novi Sad, he completed his education at "Đorđe Natošević" Elementary School, "Isidora Sekulić" Grammar School, and the University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Philosophy, where he earned his degree in 2003 and became a history teacher.

Having passed a professional exam and holding the title of conservation historian, he worked as an intern, specialist, and senior specialist at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the City of Novi Sad from 2005 to 2016. He has authored numerous professional works in the fields of protection and conservation. He is a part of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Serbian Society of Conservators.

From 2016 to 2024, he was employed in the Assembly of AP Vojvodina, as a full-time provincial deputy.

From May to the end of August 2024, he was employed at PUC "Waterworks and Sewerage", as an advisor to the director.

Since 2000, Mr. Jakšić has been a part of the Serbian Radical Party. He has served as the president of the Serbian Radical Party's Novi Sad City Committee since February 2009. He served as the deputy president of the City Municipality of Novi Sad from 2005 to 2008. He was chosen six times to serve as a councilor in Novi Sad City Assembly (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024). He ran for Mayor of Novi Sad in the local elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020 on behalf of the Serbian Radical Party.

In the provincial elections of 2016 and 2020, he was elected as a provincial deputy, as the first on the list of "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj - Serbian Radical Party" and in both mandates he was the president of the Parliamentary Group of the Serbian Radical Party in the Assembly of AP Vojvodina.

He has long been a part of the two highest party bodies in the Serbian Radical Party, the Presidential Collegium and the Central Fatherland Administration. He was chosen as the Serbian Radical Party's president of the Executive Board during the Central Fatherland Administration session on July 7, 2020.

At the proposal of His Eminence, the Bishop of Bačka, Irinej Bulović, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church awarded him the high Order of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-Flower. The order was presented to him on Đurđić, the holy patron day of the City of Novi Sad, on November 16, 2018, in the Congregational Church of St. George in Novi Sad.

He is a voluntary blood donor.

He speaks Russian and has good command of English.

He is married to Jelena Jakšić and is the father of four children - Anđelija (2010), Dobrila (2012), Dane (2013) and Vasilija (2017).