Vladeta Janković
Vladeta Janković (; born 1 September 1940) is a Serbian politician. A former member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Janković previously served as the Yugoslav ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2004 and the Serbian ambassador to the Holy See from 2008 to 2012. Janković left DSS in 2014 after its former president, Vojislav Koštunica, announced that he was leaving the party, leading Janković to retire from politics. His eight-year break from politics ended in January 2022 when the United Serbia (US) opposition coalition named Janković as their ballot carrier and candidate for Mayor of Belgrade at the City Assembly election. Following the election, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly. Janković served as the acting president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 1 to 2 August 2022. Additionally, Janković is a literary scholar, university professor, writer, and a former diplomat. Early life and career Vladeta Janković was born on 1 September 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father Dragoslav Janković was a left-wing university professor and his mother Bosiljka Janković (née Kokanović) was a librarian. His father was from Vranje, while his mother was of Bosnian Serb, Croatian Serb and