Ivan Bauer (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Бауер; born November 28, 1967) is a politician, academic, and media personality in Serbia.
Bauer has also written several newspaper articles and hosted the popular television quiz shows Muzička slagalica and Sam protiv svih.
For the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, the SDPS joined the Choice for a Better Life electoral alliance led by Boris Tadić's Democratic Party.
[2] While not immediately declared elected, he was able to take his seat in the assembly on July 30, 2012, after SDPS leader Rasim Ljajić resigned from parliament to take a cabinet position in a new coalition government led by Ivica Dačić.
[5] This low placement virtually ensured that he would not be directly elected; nonetheless, he was able to begin a third term in the legislature on August 10, 2016, after Ljajić once again resigned his assembly seat to take a cabinet post.