Boško Perošević ( sr-Cyrl, Бошко Перошевић; 17 September 1956 – 13 May 2000) was a Serbian politician and former

Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina The President of the Government of Vojvodina serves as the head of government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, within the Republic of Serbia. Officeholders Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ; Parties Autonomous Province o ...

Biography

Perošević was born in

Odžaci Odžaci ( sr-cyrl, Оџаци, ; hu, Hódság) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town of Odžaci has a population of 8,795 people, while the population of the mu ...

and grew up in the near-by village of Ratkovo. He completed elementary and secondary school in Ratkovo and Odžaci, then Higher School of machine engineering and Economical Faculty in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

and received his masters degree at the Technological Faculty in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

. He visited the

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as a student and in addition to Serbian, he spoke

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and

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. In the specialized magazines he released several professional papers, while as a designer of tools and devices he patented several innovations. He published a study ''Kalupi za injekciono presovanje plastomera'' and together with three co-authors was published a book ''Promenama do uspešnog preduzeća''. In the one time he was worked as an engineer in the industry ''Ivo Lola Ribar'' from Odžaci, then was in 1992 appointed as a president of the municipal assembly of Odžaci. In this function he spent only one year, and in 1993 he became the

. From that foundation, Perošević was a member of

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia ( sr, Социјалистичка партија Србије, Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Ivica Dačić. It was founded in 1990 as the direct successor to t ...

and of the provincial committee of that party and between 1990 and 1995 he was a president of the committee. Perošević was killed on 13 May 2000, during the tour of

Novi Sad Fair Novi Sad Fair ( sr, Новосадски сајам, Novosadski sajam) is an event management company located in Novi Sad, Serbia, which organizes one of the largest agricultural fairs in Southeast Europe. Taking place every May in Novi Sad, it ...

, after a shot in the head. His assassin was Milivoje Gutović from Perošević's home village of Ratkovo, the doorman of the Fair.

References

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