Đorđe Božić

Božić was elected to the Serbian national assembly for Stara Pazova's first division in the 1990 Serbian parliamentary election, winning in the first round of voting. He took his seat when the assembly convened in early 1991. The Socialists won a majority victory overall, and Božić served as a supporter of the administration. He was also elected to the Stara Pazova municipal assembly in the May 1992 Serbian local elections and was chosen afterward as assembly president, a position that was then equivalent to mayor.^[3]

Božić's parliamentary term coincided with the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. In October 1992, he was one of a number of parliamentarians who introduced motions in the national assembly, contending that their municipalities could not handle the massive influx of refugees from areas affected by the conflict. Božić contended that Stara Pazova had taken in thirteen thousand refugees, many of them younger students, and that the municipality's existing revenues could not handle the demand for new school equipment, transportation and accommodation, and additional textbooks. He spoke against a proposed new Law on Public Expenditures, arguing that it would simply make the situation worse.^[4]

Serbia's electoral laws were reformed prior to the 1992 Serbian parliamentary election: the country was divided into nine divisions, each with multiple members elected via proportional representation. One-third of the assembly mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists in numerical order, while the remaining two-thirds were assigned to other candidates on the lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions.^[5] Božić appeared in the fourteenth position on the Socialist Party's list for the Novi Sad division and was not assigned a new mandate after the list won nine seats.^[6][7][8] His term ended when the new assembly convened in January 1993.

The Socialists won a narrow victory over the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in Stara Pazova in the December 1992 Serbian local elections. Neither side commanded a majority of seats in the assembly, and in early 1993 Božić was succeeded as mayor by Dobrivoje Stevelić, an independent representative who became assembly president with the support of the Socialists.^[9]

Božić was later elected to the Vojvodina provincial assembly for Stara Pazova's third division in the 1996 Vojvodina provincial election and took his seat when the assembly convened in early 1997. The Socialists won a majority victory, and he again served as a government supporter. He was not re-elected in the 2000 provincial election; available online sources do not indicate if he was a candidate.

An individual named Đorđe Božić later served as president of the Srem District Chamber of Commerce, although it is not confirmed if this is the same person.^[10]