Dušan Petrović ( sr-cyr, Душан Петровић, ; born 8 September 1966) is a Serbian former politician, a former long-time member of

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(DS) and the former Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management between 2011 and 2012 and former Minister of Justice in the

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between 2007 and 2008. Leader of the broken-off wing of DS, he was the chairman of the

Together for Serbia Together for Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Заједно за Србију, Zajedno za Srbiju, ZZS) was a Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It was formed by Dušan Petrović in 2012, and he l ...

party from 2013 to 2016.

Biography

Petrović completed elementary and high school in his hometown of Šabac, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's

Law School A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, ...

. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as a lawyer, and from 2000 to 2004 he was the mayor of Šabac, as well as a

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in the House of Citizens in the

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. He is the member of the Democratic Party since 1992, and he progressed from the position of its local council in Šabac (1996), member of the party's Presidency (2000), one of its vice-presidents (since 18 February 2006), and the deputy president to the party's chairman Boris Tadić (since 25 March 2006). In the

National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-cyr, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ) is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The as ...

, where he was elected in the 2003 election he held the position of chief of DS deputy group, and in 2003–2007 he was also the vice-president of the Assembly. After difficult tripartite negotiations among Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia and

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following the

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he became the Minister of Justice in the government led by Vojislav Koštunica.

General references

Biography
Official website of Democratic Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovic, Dusan 1966 births Living people Politicians from Šabac Government ministers of Serbia Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Together for Serbia politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Justice ministers of Serbia