Srđan Milivojević (; born 2 August 1965) is a Serbian politician who is currently the president of the Democratic Party (DS). He has served as a

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of the

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since 1 August 2022. He previously served in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2014.

Biography

Milivojević was born on 2 August 1965 in

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SR Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the

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. After completing his studies, he engaged in animal husbandry. He also had a marketing agency and was also involved in catering. He was previously an owner of a fast food restaurant. Milivojević claimed that he participated in the Anti-bureaucratic revolution but refused to go to Slobodan Milošević's

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as it was clear to him "who Milošević is and what he wants". He participated in the protests against Milošević and later joined

Otpor Otpor ( sr-Cyrl, Отпор!, , stylized as Otpor!) was a political organization in Serbia (then part of FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 until 2004. In its initial period from 1998 to 2000, Otpor began as a civic protest group, eventually turning into ...

whose candidate he was in the 2003 parliamentary election but failed to get elected to the

. In 2004, Otpor merged with the Democratic Party (DS) and Milivojević joined DS. He was elected member of the National Assembly in the 2007 parliamentary election. He was later re-elected in

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and

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President of the Democratic Party

In December 2024, Milivojević was elected president of the DS defeating the incumbent president Zoran Lutovac and

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in the party leadership election. Following his election, Milivojević stated that there are two ways out of the current social and political crisis in Serbia, namely that

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leaves the country or that a

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be formed that would organize fair and honest elections.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milivojevic, Srdan Living people 1965 births Politicians from Kruševac University of Belgrade Faculty of Agriculture alumni Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Otpor politicians Members of the National Assembly (Serbia)