Drago Kovačević ( sr-cyr, Драго Ковачевић; 1953 – November 27, 2019) was a

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politician and writer. He lived in

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and worked for the

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Biography

He was Minister of Information in

Milan Babić Milan Babić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Бабић; 25 February 1956 – 5 March 2006) was a Croatian Serb politician and war criminal who served as the first president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a self-proclaimed state largely populated by ...

's 1995 government of the separatist

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. He also succeeded Babić in the role of Mayor of Knin from 1994 to 1995 while it was part of the separatist republic. He later testified at Babić's trial before the

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. Kovačević was a candidate for Čedomir Jovanović's electoral list in the

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and

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Serbian parliamentary elections. He was a contributor to the weekly Novosti and the web portal Autograf.hr.

Works

*Kavez, 2003 *NK Dinara, Knin: 1913-2013; ni manjeg grada ni većeg kluba, 2013

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Drago 1953 births 2019 deaths People from Knin Serbs of Croatia Mayors of Knin Serbian politicians Serbian journalists