Vojislav Vukčević ( sr-cyr, Војислав Вукчевић; 1938–2016) was a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Diaspora from 2004 to 2007.

Education and career

Vukčević was born in 1938 in Osijek in the

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(today in

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), his father being from

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. He graduated from the

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and received a doctoral degree from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, in 1974. He was a president of the court in Beli Manastir, and worked as a dean and professor at the Faculty of Law, Osijek University, until the breakup of the

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. He was the founder of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) in Baranja and Eastern Slavonia in 1990. Vukčević has been a secretary-general of the Serbian Renewal Movement since 1994. He was a deputy in the parliament and minister for relations with

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outside Serbia in the transitional government. He was married with two children.

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1938 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Osijek Serbs of Croatia Serbian Renewal Movement politicians University of Novi Sad alumni University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni {{Serbia-politician-stub