2 0 1 6 . ▁Once ▁a ▁prominent ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁( D em okrat ska ▁stran ka ▁S rb ije ; ▁D SS ), ▁Pal ali ć ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁general ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( S r ps ka ▁narod na ▁part ija ; ▁SN P ). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁Pal ali ć ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ba čka ▁Pal anka , ▁V oj vod ina , ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Republic ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁in ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Federal ▁Republic ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Nov i ▁Sad ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Law . ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁ ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁Pal ali ć ▁received ▁the ▁forty - fif th ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁D SS ' s ▁elect oral ▁list ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Ser bian ▁parliament ary ▁election . ▁The ▁list ▁won ▁fifty - three ▁mand ates , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁party ' s ▁assembly ▁deleg ation . ▁( From ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Ser bian ▁parliament ary ▁mand ates ▁were ▁awarded ▁to ▁spons oring ▁parties ▁or ▁coal itions ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁individual ▁candidates , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁common ▁practice ▁for ▁mand ates ▁to ▁be ▁awarded ▁out ▁of ▁numerical ▁order . ▁Pal ali ć ▁did ▁not ▁automatically ▁receive ▁a ▁mand ate ▁by ▁virtue ▁of ▁his ▁list ▁position , ▁but ▁he