Saša Janković

Saša Janković
Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia
In office
23 July 2007  7 February 2017
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byZoran Pašalić
Personal details
Born (1970-04-27) 27 April 1970
Loznica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyMovement of Free Citizens (2017–2019)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
AwardsFrench National Order of Merit

Saša Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Јанковић, pronounced [sâʃa jǎːŋkoʋit͜ɕ]; born 27 April 1970) is a 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. He was one of the founders and leader of Movement of Free Citizens, a centre-left political organization in Serbia before leaving it in January 2019.