Jovan Krkobabić ( sr-cyr, Јован Кркобабић, ; 27 February 1930 – 22 April 2014) was a

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n politician. He was the leader of the

Party of United Pensioners of Serbia A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a Hospitality, host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will oft ...

, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs, appointed on 7 July 2008 and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policies from 27 July 2012 until his death on 22 April 2014.

Personal life

His surname derived from the last name

Babić Babić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бабић) is a Croatian, Bosniak and Serbian family name. It is the 3rd most frequent surname in Croatia and is derived from the common Slavic word for grandmother or old woman: baba. Geographical distribution As of ...

of his ancestors who lived near Krka river in

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Career

Krkobabić graduated from the

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's Faculty of Political Sciences, where he earned his doctoral degree. His party contested the

2007 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of ...

together with

Nebojša Čović Nebojša Čović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Човић; 2 July 1958) is a Serbian businessman, basketball executive, and politician. Since 2011, he has been serving as the president of Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade. Early years and education Čovi ...

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and won no seats. PUPS also took part in 2008 parliamentary election coalition with 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 t ...

and

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and won five seats.

Death

Jovan Krkobabić died in 2014, aged 84. His successor as party leader is his son,

Milan Krkobabić Milan Krkobabić ( sr-cyr, Милан Кркобабић; born 12 October 1952) is a Serbian politician serving as Ministry of Rural Welfare (Serbia), minister of rural welfare since 2020. A member of the Krkobabić political family, he is the cu ...

References

Sources

Biography on party website

External links

1930 births 2014 deaths People from Vrlika Politicians from Belgrade Serbs of Croatia Party of United Pensioners of Serbia politicians Deputy Prime Ministers of Serbia Government ministers of Serbia University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science alumni {{Serbia-politician-stub