Marinika Tepić
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Marinika Tepić (née Čobanu;[1] Serbian Cyrillic: Мариника Тепић, née Чобану; born 8 August 1974) is a Serbian politician. She is a vice-president of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) and a prominent opponent of Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić and the governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
Marinika Tepić | |
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Мариника Тепић | |
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | |
Assumed office 1 August 2022 | |
In office 3 June 2016 – 3 August 2020 | |
In office 16 April 2014 – 24 April 2014 | |
Secretary for Sports and Youth in the Government of Vojvodina | |
In office 11 July 2012 – 20 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Modest Dulić |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Batez |
Personal details | |
Born | Marinika Čobanu (1974-08-08) 8 August 1974 (age 49) Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Political party | LSV (2008–17) Nova (2017–18) SSP (2019–present) |
Spouse | Milan Tepić |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Tepić was secretary for sports and youth in the government of Vojvodina from 2012 to 2016 and has served several terms in the National Assembly of Serbia. Prior to joining the SSP on its formation in 2019, she was at different times a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) and the New Party (Nova). She is now the leader of the SSP group in the national assembly.
She has frequently accused Aleksandar Vučić of undermining Serbia's democratic institutions and of stealing elections to remain in power.[2][3]