Dušan Zelenbaba ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Зеленбаба; born 1952) is a Serb physician and politician who was active prior to the

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as a member of the Executive Committee of the Serb Democratic Party in Croatia.

Biography

Zelenbaba graduated from the University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine where he specialized in diagnostic radiology. Prior to the beginning of the war in Croatia, he was a high-ranking politician in the Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina, a radiologist in the Knin hospital, vice-president of the Serb Democratic Party's Knin section and a member of the Serb National Council. Zelenbaba was member of the Serb National Council from July 25, 1990 to December 19, 1990 when the Council was dissolved upon the election of Krajina's first cabinet. Zelenbaba was also one of the first Serb members of the

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while it was still the

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. Afterwards, he left the Serb Democratic Party to join the Serbian Renewal Movement led by Vuk Drašković. Shortly thereafter he returned to the Serb Democratic Party. With his god-brother , professor Petar Štikovac and others, he formed the SDS section for the region of

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.Rade Rončević, ''

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'', issue 78, page 16, March 8, 1991. YU ISSN 0353-3832 In 1992, Zelenbaba resigned from his post in the Knin hospital and moved to

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. Today, he lives in

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Documentary

He made a short appearance in the 1995

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documentary series ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zelenbaba, Dusan 1952 births Living people People from Knin Serbs of Croatia Serbian politicians Serbian radiologists University of Rijeka alumni Serbian emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Serbian descent Serb Democratic Party (Croatia) politicians Politicians of the Croatian War of Independence