József Tóbiás (Vojvodina politician)

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József Tóbiás
Tóbiás József
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Assumed office
6 February 2024
Member of the Assembly of Vojvodina for Ada
In office
16 July 2008 – 2 June 2016
Preceded byJózsef Micsíz
Succeeded byposition eliminated
Personal details
Born (1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 52)
Senta, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyDS (until 2016)
VMSZ (since 2018)

József Tóbiás (Serbian Cyrillic: Јожеф Тобиаш, romanized: Jožef Tobiaš; born 31 August 1971) is a Serbian politician from the country's Hungarian community. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2016, has been the president (i.e., speaker) of the Ada municipal assembly since 2020, and has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since February 2024. Previously with the Democratic Party (DS), Tóbiás has been a member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) since 2018.

Early life and private career[edit]

Tóbiás was born in Senta, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is an entrepreneur, working in a business that has been overseen by his family for three generations. He received a certificate in handball coaching in 2011 and has received awards from the Vojvodina Handball Association and the Hungarian Handball Association.[1]

Politician[edit]

Democratic Party[edit]

Tóbiás was elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2008 provincial election, winning the Ada constituency seat in the second round of voting. The Democratic Party and its allies won a majority government, and he served as a supporter of the provincial administration. He was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election, in which the DS and its allies fell narrowly below a majority and afterward formed a coalition government with other parties. In his second term, he was a member of agriculture committee and the committee for national equality.[2] He was not a candidate in the 2016 provincial election.

Tóbiás also appeared in the second position on the DS's electoral list for Ada in the 2008 Serbian local elections and was given a mandate when the party won a plurality victory with ten out of twenty-nine seats.[3][4][5][6] Zoltán Bilicki of the Democratic Party served afterward as mayor in a coalition administration.[7] Tóbiás later received the fourth position on the DS list in the 2012 local elections and was re-elected when the list won a majority victory with sixteen mandates.[8] Bilicki continued to serve as mayor.

In early 2016, Bilicki left the Democratic Party and founded his own citizens' group in Ada, which won a majority victory in that year's local elections.[9][10] Tóbiás did not seek re-election to the assembly but was appointed to the municipal council (i.e., the executive branch of the local government) when Bilicki's third administration was established in June 2016.[11]

Bilicki joined the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in late 2016.[12] Tóbiás did not follow him but instead joined the VMSZ two years later.

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians[edit]

Tóbiás joined the VMSZ in 2018 and became president of its municipal board in Ada. He continued serving on the municipal council for the next two years.[13]

In the 2020 local elections, Tóbiás led the VMSZ's list in Ada and was re-elected to the local assembly when the list won eleven seats.[14][15] Bilicki was confirmed for another term as mayor after the election, and Tóbiás was chosen as president of the assembly.[16] He continues to serve in this role as of 2024.[17]

He also appeared in the 189th position on the VMSZ's electoral list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.[18] Election from this position was not a realistic prospect, and he was not elected when the list won nine seats.

In the 2023 parliamentary election, Tóbiás was given the fourth position on the VMSZ's list and was elected when the list won six seats.[19] He took his seat when the assembly convened in February 2024. He is now the deputy chair of the agriculture committee[a] and a deputy member of the finance committee[b] and the committee on human and minority rights and general equality.[20][21]

Tóbiás was elected as chair of the VMSZ's council in March 2024.[22] He is now leading the VMSZ's list for Ada in the 2024 Serbian local elections.[23]

Electoral record[edit]

Provincial (Vojvodina)[edit]

2012 Vojvodina provincial election: Ada
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
József Tóbiás (incumbent)"Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtic" (Affiliation: Democratic Party)3,81642.756,14478.92
Ferenc ÜrményiUnited Regions of Serbia–Ferenc Ürményi1,45216.271,64121.08
Ferenc IllésAlliance of Vojvodina Hungarians–Pásztor István1,36615.30
Stevan MorovićLet's Get Vojvodina Moving–Tomislav Nikolić: Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement (Affiliation: Serbian Progressive Party)6447.21
Áron CsonkaDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians6387.15
Jószef BernátIvica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), United Serbia (JS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDP Serbia)4364.88
Rudolf KrizsánLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak4234.74
Attila SiposHungarian Hope Movement1511.69
Total8,926100.007,785100.00
Source: [24]
2008 Vojvodina provincial election: Ada
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
József TóbiásDemocratic Party2,99029.633,39655.31
Dr. Elvira Tóth BarnaHungarian Coalition–Pásztor István (Affiliation: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians)3,01729.902,74444.69
József Micsíz Attila (incumbent)G17 Plus2,64426.20
Dragan BajšanskiSerbian Radical Party7997.92
Angéla AndankóTogether for Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak6416.35
Total10,091100.006,140100.00
Valid votes10,09197.766,14097.12
Invalid/blank votes2312.241822.88
Total votes10,322100.006,322100.00
Source: [25]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Formally known as the Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management Committee.
  2. ^ Formally known as the Committee on Finance, State Budget, and Control of Public Spending.

References[edit]

  1. ^ A VMSZ TANÁCSELNÖKE, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, accessed 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ Jozef Tobias, Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 41 Number 13 (29 April 2008), p. 7.
  4. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 41 Number 16 (15 May 2008), pp. 2-3.
  5. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 41 Number 21 (8 July 2008), p. 3.
  6. ^ For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See Law on Local Elections (2007), Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000; made available via LegislationOnline, Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 41 Number 23 (6 August 2008), p. 4.
  8. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 45 Number 15 (24 April 2012), p. 4.
  9. ^ "Председник општине Золтан Билицки прешао у СНС", Dnevnik, 19 December 2016, accessed 27 November 2021.
  10. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 49 Number 18 (25 April 2016), p. 8.
  11. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 49 Number 27 (13 June 2016), p. 9.
  12. ^ "Председник општине Золтан Билицки прешао у СНС", Dnevnik, 19 December 2016, accessed 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ A VMSZ TANÁCSELNÖKE, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, accessed 6 May 2024.
  14. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 53 Number 18 (10 June 2020), p. 36.
  15. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 53 Number 21 (22 June 2020), pp. 4-5.
  16. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Ada), Volume 53 Number 29 (22 August 2020), p. 4.
  17. ^ Председник СО: Тобиаш Јожеф, Municipality of Ada, accessed 6 May 2024.
  18. ^ ИЗБОРИ ЗА НАРОДНЕ ПОСЛАНИКЕ НАРОДНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, 21. ЈУН 2020. ГОДИНЕ – Изборне листе (4 Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség-Pásztor István – Савез војвођанских Мађара – Иштван Пастор), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 27 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Ko je na listi SVM za parlamentarne izbore u Srbiji", N1, 8 November 2023, accessed 20 April 2024.
  20. ^ JÓZSEF TÓBIÁS, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 6 May 2024.
  21. ^ "TÓBIÁS JÓZSEF A MEZŐGAZDASÁGI BIZOTTSÁG ALELNÖKE", Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, 3 April 2024, accessed 6 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Lezárult a tisztújítás folyamata", Magyar Szó, 4 March 2024, accessed 4 May 2024.
  23. ^ Изборне Листе (Локални 2024) – Izborna lista br. 2. Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség- Dr. Pásztor Bálint, Ada Municipal Election Commission, accessed 6 May 2024.
  24. ^ Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (1 Ада) (2012), Archived 2021-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 21 April 2024.
  25. ^ Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему, Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 6 May 2024.
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