Dragan Maršićanin ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Маршићанин; born 26 January 1950) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland from 2004 to 2009. He served as the

Minister of Economy A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

in 2004, only to leave it in order to run for president in 2004. He later resigned from the position and was replaced by Predrag Bubalo in October, 2004. In the

2004 Serbian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on Sunday, 27 June. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the ev ...

Maršićanin finished 4th with 13.3% of the vote. He has been

President of the National Assembly of Serbia The president of the National Assembly of Serbia ('' sr, Председник Народне скупштине Србије / Predsednik Narodne skupštine Srbije'') is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Serbia. The president ...

in 2001 and in 2004, and the interim acting

President of Serbia The president of Serbia ( sr, Председник Србије, Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as the President of the Republic ( sr, Председник Републике, Predsednik Republike) is the head of state of Serbia. The curr ...

between 4 February and 3 March 2004. Maršićanin graduated from the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics The University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics ( sr, Економски факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu'') is one of the educational institutions of the University of Belg ...

. Following university studies, he worked for companies such as ''Elektron'', ''Novi Kolektiv'' and ''Belgrade Water Utility Company''. He has been a member of the

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...

since the party's founding. For a time he was the secretary of party, and currently is its vice-president. He served as chairman of

Vračar Vračar ( sr-Cyrl, Врачар, ) is an affluent urban area and municipality of the city of Belgrade known as the location of many embassies and museums. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 56,333 inhabitants ...

municipality in Belgrade until 1996.

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