Kosta Stakić

Stakić is a graduated economist. He was raised in a family of wine producers in Neštin, a village in the Bačka Palanka municipality, and has expanded his family's business. In a 2010 interview, he was described as owning twenty-two thousand vines, used for producing Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Vranac and Black Muscat. He also owns several apple, pear, peach, and apricot trees; his harvest in 2010 amounted to over one hundred tons of fruit.[https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/ostavio-politiku-da-bi-pravio-vino/2frkzxk "Ostavio politiku da bi pravio vino"], Blic, 14 November 2020, accessed 13 July 2021.

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors in the 2004 local elections, and Stakić was the DS's candidate in Bačka Palanka. He finished fourth against Dragan Bozalo of the Serbian Radical Party. Members of the Bačka Palanka municipal assembly were elected in the same cycle, but the assembly was not legally constituted afterwards. Another assembly election was held the following year; the Democratic Party won eight seats, and Stakić served with his party's assembly delegation.[https://mondo.rs/Info/Srbija/amp/a8734/SRS-osvojila-najvise-glasova-u-Backoj-Palanci.html "SRS osvojila najviše glasova u Bačkoj Palanci"], Mondo, 19 December 2005, accessed 13 July 2021.Одборници Скупштине Општине Бачка Паланка [search under "Uprava"], {{Cite web |url=http://www.backapalanka.org.yu/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2023-05-22 |archive-date=2006-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060404154120/http://www.backapalanka.org.yu/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}, Municipality of Bačka Palanka, 4 April 2006, accessed 13 July 2021.

The direct election of mayors was abandoned after the 2004 election. Stakić appeared in the lead position on the DS's For a European Serbia electoral list for Bačka Palanka in the 2008 local elections and led the party's assembly delegation after the list won sixteen mandates, finishing a close second against the Radical Party.Službeni List (Opštine Bačka Palanka), Volume 43 Number 8 (30 April 2008), p. 3.Službeni List (Opštine Bačka Palanka), Volume 43 Number 11 (28 May 2008), pp. 6-7.Službeni List (Opštine Bačka Palanka), Volume 43 Number 12 (5 June 2008), p. 2. For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See [https://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/4326 Law on Local Elections (2007)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317055008/https://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/4326 |date=2022-03-17 }}, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 129/2007); made available via [http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/5/topic/6 LegislationOnline], accessed 29 May 2021. Stakić did not automatically receive a mandate by virtue of leading the list. In the immediate aftermath of the election, the Radicals formed a new coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS), and Dragan Bozalo continued as mayor.[http://www.rtv.rs/sk/vojvodina/dragan-bozalo-ponovo-predsednik-opstine-backa-palanka_63320.html "Dragan Bozalo ponovo predsednik opštine Bačka Palanka?"], Radio-Television of Vojvodina, 28 May 2008, accessed 12 July 2021.[http://www.rtv.rs/sk/vojvodina/backa-palanka-kao-da-je-brza-palanka_64263.html "Bačka Palanka - kao da je „Brza" Palanka"], Radio-Television of Vojvodina, 3 June 2008, accessed 12 July 2021.Službeni List (Opštine Bačka Palanka), Volume 43 Number 12 (5 June 2008), p. 7. In November 2008, however, the DS formed a new coalition that included both the Socialists and the DSS, and Stakić was chosen as mayor in his place.Službeni List (Opštine Bačka Palanka), Volume 43 Number 23 (5 November 2008), pp. 2-3.[https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/nova-opstinska-vlast-u-backoj-palanci_91114.html "Nova opštinska vlast u Bačkoj Palanci"], Radio-Television of Vojvodina, 3 November 2008, accessed 12 July 2021. While in office, he attempted to deal with a long-standing issue of residents in the villages of Neštin and Vizić facing legal hurdles when crossing Croatian territory to access the rest of Bačka Palanka.[https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/preko-reke-i-druge-drzave-do-opstinskog-mesta_109179.html "Preko reke i druge države do - opštinskog mesta"], Radio-Television of Vojvodina, 8 February 2009, accessed 13 July 2021.

He remained in office for a year and a half; in April 2010, the Radicals formed a new coalition with the DSS (following the defection of a For a European Serbia delegate), and Bozalo returned to office again.[https://www.rtv.rs/sr_ci/politika/izborna-klackalica-u-backoj-palanci_184713.html "Izborna klackalica u Bačkoj Palanci"], Radio Television of Vojvodina, 19 April 2010, accessed 12 July 2021. Stakić did not seek re-election to the municipal assembly in 2012.

From 2004 to 2016, Vojvodina used a system of mixed proportional representation for provincial elections: half the delegates were chosen by election in single-member constituencies, and the other half were chosen by proportional representation on electoral lists. Stakić was elected for the Bačka Palanka constituency in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election, defeating Bozalo in the second round of voting. The Democrats and their allies won a majority government, and Stakić served as a supporter of the administration.

In the 2012 provincial election, he appeared in the thirty-fourth position on the DS's Choice for a Better Vojvodina list. The list won sixteen proportional mandates, and Stakić was not elected. He has not sought a return to politics since this time.[http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2012 Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - "ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉУ ВОЈВОДИНУ-БОЈАН ПАЈТИЋ" - кандидати за посланике)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710090218/http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=izborneliste&i=2012 |date=2020-07-10 }}, Избори 2012, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 12 July 2021.

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