Saša Janković
| Saša Janković | |
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| Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia | |
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In office 23 July 2007 – 7 February 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Zoran Pašalić |
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24 April 1970 Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Awards | French National Order of Merit |
Saša Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Јанковић, pronounced [sâʃa jǎːŋkoʋit͜ɕ]; born 27 April 1970) is Serbian lawyer, journalist, human rights activist and politician who served as the National Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia between 2007 and 2017. He resigned his post in February 2017 in order to run at the 2017 Serbian presidential election, where he came second with 16.36% of the vote.
Janković was born in Loznica, Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia) on 24 April 1970. In his school years, he was a talented handball player, but also practiced karate and recreational archery.
In a scenario of extraordinary circumstances, Janković lost citizenship in the newly-formed Federal Republic of Yugoslavia when war broke out in Yugoslav territories due to his father having been born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The new Yugoslav government listed Janković as a refugee when the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina formally declared independence from Yugoslavia. Since Janković was born in Loznica, he tried to file a complaint to the Committee of Petitions and Appeals to correct his "refugee" status, but his complaint was ignored. Due to his refugee status, Janković went into hiding for several months due to the prospect of being deported and sent to war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to this, Janković was mobilized in Yugoslav Army and spent several months in a war during the war in Croatia.
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