Zoran Babić (; born 16 April 1971) is a Serbian politician. A member of the

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a major populist, catch-all party, catch-all List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It has been the Ruling party, ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime mi ...

(SNS), he served as the leader of its

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from 2013 to 2016.

Early life

Babić was born on 16 April 1971 in

Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja ( sr-cyr, Врњачка Бања) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 9,252 inhabitants, while the population of the municipality is 25,065 inhabitants (2022 ce ...

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, where he finished

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and

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

in 1996.

Career

He began his career at the agricultural company "ZM produkt" in Vrnjačka Banja, where he served as marketing director. He joined the

Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party (, abbr. SRS) is a Far-right politics in Serbia, far-right, Ultranationalism, ultranationalist List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. Founded in 1991, its co-founder, first and only leader is ...

(SRS) in 2006, and two years later he was elected MP. Later that year he defected to the

(SNS). After the 2012 parliamentary election, Babić was appointed deputy head of the

parliamentary group. In 2013, he became the head of the group. He did not appear on the ballot list for the 2016 parliamentary election, and he was succeeded by Aleksandar Martinović as the head of the parliamentary group.

Personal life

Babić has two daughters, Teodora and Julijana, and was married to Nataša Babić. In late January 2019, he was involved in a traffic accident that occurred near

Doljevac Doljevac () is a small town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the municipality has 15,837 inhabitants, while the town has 1,494. The remains of the medieval Koprijan fortress are l ...

, which a woman was killed. Shortly after the incident, he resigned from his position as director of "Koridori Srbije".

References

1971 births Living people Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) People from Vrnjačka Banja Serbian Progressive Party politicians Serbian Radical Party politicians {{Serbia-politician-stub