Dragiša Pešić (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Драгиша Пешић; 8 August 1954 – 8 September 2016) was a Yugoslav politician. He was the second last

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

Biography

Pešić was born in

Danilovgrad Danilovgrad ( cnr, Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852 (2011 census). It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgori ...

on 8 August 1954. He studied economics at the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

's Faculty of Economics, where he graduated in 1978. He was President of the executive committee of

Podgorica Municipality Podgorica Capital City ( Montenegrin: Glavni grad Podgorica / Главни град Подгорица) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica. Podgorica municipality covers 10.4% o ...

, a member of the Chamber of Citizens in the Yugoslav Federal Assembly. In 1998, he became Finance Minister of Yugoslavia, in the governments of

Prime Ministers A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is no ...

Momir Bulatović Momir Bulatović ( sr-cyr, Момир Булатовић; 21 September 1956 – 30 June 2019) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He was the first President of the Republic of Montenegro from 1990 to 1998, after which he served as the Prime ...

and

Zoran Žižić Zoran Žižić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Жижић; 4 March 1951 – 4 January 2013) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro in the first two Đukanović cabinets from 1991 to 1996, and wa ...

. Dragiša Pešić became Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 24 July 2001, after Žižić resigned in protest of the extradition of

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

to the ICTY. Pešić became a member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (DRI) of

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in December 2007. He died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 62. He was buried on 10 September in the village of Frutak near Danilovgrad.

References

External links

Biography on the Socialist People's Party's Official Site
1954 births 2016 deaths Finance ministers of Yugoslavia People from Danilovgrad Socialist People's Party of Montenegro politicians {{Montenegro-politician-stub