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Born | Aranđelovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 15 September 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ratko Nikolić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Николић; born 15 September 1977) is a Serbian politician and former handball player serving as a member of the National Assembly since 8 December 2021. He is a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).
After starting out at his hometown club Šamot, Nikolić spent three seasons with Crvena zvezda (1996–1999) and four seasons with Sintelon (1999–2003). He later moved abroad and played for Fotex Veszprém (2003–2004), Altea (2004–2005), Portland San Antonio (2005–2010), Al Sadd ( 2010), [1] KIF Kolding (2010–2011), Vardar (2011–2012), Dinamo Minsk (2012–2013) and Borac Banja Luka (2013–2016).
Nikolić made his major international debut for FR Yugoslavia at the 1999 World Championship, winning the bronze medal. [2] He also took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two European Championships ( 2004 [3] and 2006). Previously, Nikolić won the gold medal at the 1998 World University Championship. [4]
Starting from late 2006, [5] Nikolić represented Serbia and captained the team at the 2009 World Championship. [6]
Nikolić is a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS). He received 39th position on SPS's electoral list for the 2020 parliamentary election. [7] The list won 32 seats with Nikolić failing to get elected to the National Assembly. Following the death of MP Milutin Mrkonjić, Nikolić replaced him and was sworn in as MP on 8 December 2021. [8] He received 24th position on SPS's electoral list for the 2022 parliamentary election. The list won 31 seats and Mitrović was elected to the National Assembly. [9]