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Zoran Šami ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Шами; 2 November 1948 – 4 September 2016) was the speaker of the
Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе, Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) was the legislative body of Serbia and Montenegro (until 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The ...
from
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...
. Šami was born on 2 November 1948 in
Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,07 ...
. He graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at
Belgrade University The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in 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 merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...
, where he obtained his PhD in
mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
also. Since 1971 he has been working at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering in
Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
as an associate professor. He was a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...
1990–1992 and, as one of founders of the
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...
, he was vice-president twice: 1993–1996 and 2000–2003. From October 2000 until July 2001 he was the Minister of Transportation in the Government of
FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
. In 2000 he became an MP in the Federal Parliament, and in 2003 he became an MP in the Parliament of the
State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
. He was the Speaker of the State Union during its existence from 2003 to the dissolution of 2006. With the 21 January 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, he was elected as a deputy of the Democratic Party of Serbia in
Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica ( sr-cyrl, Војислав Коштуница, ; born 24 March 1944) is a Serbian former politician who served as the last president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the prime minister of Serbia from 2004 to 2008. ...
's coalition of the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia. His mandate was affirmed on 14 February 2007. On 10 May 2007 he was elected president of the Board for Education. Šami has published 12 textbooks and numerous scientific and expert studies. Šami died on 4 September 2016 at the age of 67."Preminuo Zoran Šami"
Blic.rs, 4 September 2016.


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