Dragoslav Jovanović ( sr-cyrl, Драгослав Јовановић; born 22 February 1937) is a former politician in

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. He was a

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in the

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from 1993 to 1994, serving in the administration of

Nikola Šainović Nikola Šainović ( sr-cyr, Никола Шаиновић, born 7 December 1948) is a Serbian politician. A close associate of Slobodan Milošević, he held several important state functions of Serbia and FR Yugoslavia during the 1990s. He has b ...

. During his time in office, Jovanović was a member of the

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 ...

(''Socijalistička partija Srbije'', SPS).

Early life

Jovanović is from

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011 ...

in Central Serbia.

Politician

The governing Socialist Party of Serbia won a plurality victory in the

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and formed a new administration in February 1993 with informal support from the far-right

Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска радикална странка, Srpska radikalna stranka, ''SRS'') is an ultranationalist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1991, and its founder and current leader is Vojislav � ...

(''Srpska radikalna stranka'', SRS). Jovanović was appointed as one of Serbia's five deputy prime ministers. The SPS–SRS alliance broke down later in 1993, largely due to disagreements over support for

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forces in the Bosnian War. In October 1993, Jovanović was nominated to become governor of the

National Bank of Yugoslavia The National Bank of Serbia ( sr, Народна банка Србије, Narodna banka Srbije) is the central bank of Serbia. Founded in 1884, the responsibilities of the bank are: monetary policy, sole issuer of Serbian banknotes and coins, ...

; without the support of the Radicals, his nomination was defeated in the Yugoslavian parliament. This was one of a number of factors that led Serbian president Slobodan Milošević to dissolve the Serbian assembly and call new elections for late 1993. In late 1993, Jovanović represented the Serbian government in meeting a delegation purporting to represent the

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; the delegation was described as "examining the possibility of business cooperation in

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after the lifting of sanctions." The delegation was later discovered to be fraudulent, and the Rothschild family clarified that they had nothing to do with the matter. The SPS won an increased victory in the 1993 Serbian election, and a new ministry was formed in March 1994. Jovanović was not reappointed to the government. He was present at the founding convention of

Mirjana Marković Mirjana "Mira" Marković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана "Мира" Марковић, ; 10 July 1942 – 14 April 2019) was a Serbian politician, academic and the wife of Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. She was the leader of the ...

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(''Jugoslovenska Levica'', JUL) in 1994, although it is not clear if he joined the party. In the late 1990s, an individual named Dragoslav Jovanović served as the

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's ambassador to the

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.Yugoslav Daily Survey 96-06-10
hri.org, accessed 12 September 2022. This may have been the same person.

References

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