Events from the year 2012 in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

: ** until 5 April: Boris Tadić ** 5 April–31 May:

Slavica Đukić Dejanović Slavica Đukić Dejanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славица Ђукић Дејановић, ; born 4 July 1951) is a Serbian politician, former Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia, acting Head of State of Serbia and President of the National ...

** starting 31 May:

Tomislav Nikolić Tomislav Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Николић, ; born 15 February 1952) is a Serbian retired politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. A former member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), he d ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...

(until 27 July), Ivica Dačić (starting 27 July)

Architecture

*1 January: Ada Bridge, one of the tallest bridges in Europe, is completed and open to the public in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

Events

January

* Romanian Consulate General was founded in

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; ro, Zaicear or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city administrative area has a population of 59,461 inhabitants. Zaječar ...

April

* 4 April: Serbian pro-Western President Boris Tadić resigned, paving the way for early presidential election where he will face strong challenge from a nationalist candidate.

May

Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...

on all levels were held.

Sports

* Serbia participated in

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

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2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga The 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the sixth season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The defending champions are Partizan, after having won their fourth Serbian Superliga ti ...

2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga The 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen pivo, Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. A total of ...

Deaths

January

* 13 January –

Miljan Miljanić Miljan Miljanić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Миљанић; 4 May 1930 – 13 January 2012) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football player, coach and administrator, who played as a defender. Born in Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a ...

, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator. * 29 January – Predrag Dragić, 66, Serbian writer. (Serbian)

February

* 18 February –

Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia. He had then a coaching career in Switzerlan ...

, 72, Serbian football player and manager.

March

* 1 March –

Blagoje Adžić Blagoje Adžić ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје Аџић, (); 2 September 1932 – 1 March 2012) was a Serbian colonel general who served as an acting Minister of Defence of the Yugoslavia government. Biography Adžić was born into a Serb family in ...

, 79, Serbian politician. (Serbian) * 11 March –

Miomir Vukobratović Miomir Vukobratović ( sr-cyr, Миомир Вукобратовић) (December 24, 1931 – March 11, 2012) was a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots. His major interest were in the development of efficient modeling an ...

, 81, Serbian mechanical engineer.

April

* 28 April –

Milan N. Popović Milan Popović (1924–2012) was a renowned Serbian psychiatrist-psychoanalyst, a full professor of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. Biography He was born in 1924 in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade ...

, 87, Serbian psychiatrist and author. (Serbian)

May

* 5 May – Stevan Bena, 76, Serbian footballer. (Serbian)

June

* 28 June –

Miloš Blagojević Miloš Blagojević ( sr, Милош Благојевић; 17 October 1930 – 27 June 2012) was a Serbian historian and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et A ...

, 81, Serbian historian.

August

* 14 August – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess grandmaster (b.

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

)

September

* 4 September –

Milan Vukelić Milan Vukelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вукелић; 2 January 1936 – 4 September 2012) was a Serbian footballer. Honours ;Partizan * Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна ...

, 76, Serbian football player. * 15 September –

Predrag Brzaković Predrag "Peca" Brzaković (; 27 September 1964 – 14 September 2012) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career After starting out at Radnički Beograd, Brzaković played for OFK Beograd in the Yugoslav Second ...

, 47, Serbian footballer.

October

* 5 October –

Vojin Dimitrijević Vojin Dimitrijević ( sr, Војин Димитријевић; 9 July 1932 – 5 October 2012) was a law professor, public intellectual, and a prominent Serbian human rights activist and international law expert. Biography Vojin Dimitrij ...

, 80, Serbian human rights activist. * 25 October – Olga Jančić, 83, Serbian sculptor.

December

* 4 December – Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and Austria, suicide by jumping. * 7 December –

Nikola Ilić Nikola Ilić ( sr-cyr, Никола Илић, 26 February 1985 – 7 December 2012) was a Serbian professional basketball player. Playing career Ilić played for Železničar Čačak, Krka (Slovenia), Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK ...

, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.

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