Dragan Crnogorac ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Црногорац; born 4 September 1978) is the former President of the

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'' body that aligns interests of Serb ethnic community in

Osijek-Baranja Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and Beli ...

and Vukovar-Syrmia Counties. From October 2012 to 2015, he was also a member of the

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. Until the end of his parliamentary mandate, he was a member of the

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. At the time, he was involved in

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Intergovernmental Mixed Committee for Minorities, Assembly of

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program committee, Secretary of the Municipal Council of the Serbian national minority in

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municipality, president of local branch of

in Stari Jankovci, Vice President of City Council of the City of Vukovar and member of County Council of the Serbian national minority of Vukovar-Syrmia County. After internal disagreement Crnogorac left the party and became a prominent critic of the SDSS and independent politician within the Serb community.

President of the Joint Council of Municipalities

Dragan Crnogorac was elected president in 2005. His election at this point was unexpected since he was only 27 years old and worked as a young professor of

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and

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. He took the term from former president

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, becoming the third president since the establishment of the

in 1997. As one of its main priorities in the first term he set education. In addition, he announced reform and modernization of the Council internal organizational structure. As the President of the Council, among other activities, he held a formal meetings with the

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, the

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, U.S. Ambassador in Croatia James B. Foley.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crnogorac, Dragan Living people 1978 births People from Vinkovci Serbs of Croatia University of Novi Sad alumni Joint Council of Municipalities

President of the Joint Council of Municipalities

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