Nenad Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Богдановић, ; 12 May 1954 – 27 September 2007) was a Serbian politician who served as the
mayor of Belgrade
The Mayor of Belgrade ( sr, Градоначелник Београда / ''Gradonačelnik Beograda'') is the head of the City of Belgrade (the capital and largest city of Serbia). The Mayor acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executive f ...
from 2004 to 2007.
Education and career
Bogdanović was born on 12 May 1954. He completed his high school education at
Matematička gimnazija
Mathematical Grammar School ( sr, Математичка гимназија Београд, Matematička gimnazija Beograd, abbr. "MG" or "MGB"), is a special school for Intellectual giftedness, gifted and talented students of mathematics, phys ...
(a school of
Special National Interest) and then graduated from the
, earning a
Magister of Sciences in
Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
.
Bogdanović then worked in the telecommunications sector, first on research and development and later, in managerial jobs.
In 1989, he was appointed Director of the joint venture of Messrs. GTE Telecommunications and EI Pupin. Two years later, he became the Commercial Manager and, as of 1996, he had been the General Manager of Alkatel Pupin Jugoslavija.
Bogdanović became a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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(DS) in 1992 and was elected as Chairman of the
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
Board in 1993, thereafter the Vice Chairman of the City Board and the commissioner for Belgrade.
In 2001 he became an MP in the National
Parliament of Serbia
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.
Bogdanović was elected Mayor of Belgrade in 2004. He served until his death in 2007 after succumbing to a "grave illness".
Afterwards,
Zoran Alimpić became acting Mayor of Belgrade, and was eventually succeeded by
Dragan Đilas
Dragan Đilas ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђилас, , born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013.
From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the ...
.
See also
*
Mayor of Belgrade
The Mayor of Belgrade ( sr, Градоначелник Београда / ''Gradonačelnik Beograda'') is the head of the City of Belgrade (the capital and largest city of Serbia). The Mayor acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executive f ...
References
External links
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1954 births
2007 deaths
People from Inđija
Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians
Deaths from lymphoma
Mayors of Belgrade
Deaths from cancer in Serbia
University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering alumni
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery