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Velimir Ilić
Velimir "Velja" Ilić ( sr-cyr, Велимир "Веља" Илић, ; born 28 May 1951) is a Serbian politician and founder and president of the New Serbia party. He served as the Minister of Capital Investments from 2004 to 2008, Ministry of Construction and Urbanism from 2012 to 2014, and Minister without portfolio in charge of Emergency Situations from 2014 to 2016. Early years and education Following the graduation from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Technology (Department of Construction Materials), he worked for various construction firms, and then became a private entrepreneur himself in 1986. In 2005, he obtained his master's degree from the University of Kragujevac. His qualification was granted by an academic supervisory board entirely composed of officials of his own New Serbia party. The academics who granted his degree stated they acted purely as academics in this case and not as party officials under the leadership of their student. Political career V ...
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Minister Without Portfolio (Serbia)
Minister without portfolio () is a minister in the Government of Serbia with no particular ministry but who has some specific responsibilities. The office was usually held simultaneously by several people at the same time (in the second cabinet of Mirko Marjanović there were ten Ministers without portfolio at one point). The current Ministers without portfolio, by date of assuming office, are namely: Novica Tončev (since 28 October 2020), Đorđe Milićević (since 26 October 2022), Usame Zukorlić (since 2 May 2024), Nenad Popović (since 2 May 2024) and Tatjana Macura (since 2 May 2024). List of ministers Political Party: See also * Government of Serbia References External links Government of SerbiaCabinet of Minister in charge of Demography and Population Policy Cabinet of Minister in charge of Regional Development and Coordination of Public Enterprises {{Ministries of Serbia Government of Serbia Ministers without portfolio Serbia Ministers with ...
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University Of Kragujevac
The University of Kragujevac () is a public university in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is the oldest and the largest higher education institution in Šumadija and Western Serbia The Šumadija and Western Serbia () is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). History In 2009, the National Assembly adop .... The contemporary centralized university was founded in 1976 and today is organized into 12 constituent faculties. The university offers 118 study programs in the fields of natural sciences and mathematics, social sciences, social and human sciences, medical sciences, engineering sciences, and arts. As of 2020–21 school year, there are around 14,179 enrolled students on undergraduate studies, undergraduate, graduate studies, graduate, doctoral studies, doctoral, integrated studies, integrated and vocational education, vocational studies. University of Kraguje ...
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Žarko Korać
Žarko Korać ( sr-Cyrl, Жарко Кораћ; born 9 March 1947) is a Serbian psychologist and politician. He taught psychology at the University of Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy and is one of the founders and former president of the Social Democratic Union (Serbia), Social Democratic Union. Biography He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia between 2001 and 2004, and briefly List of Prime Ministers of Serbia, acting Prime Minister (17–18 March 2003), after Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated. Korać is a long time member of the Parliament of Serbia, being part of the Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia 2005), LDP-led coalition since 2008. After 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, May 2012 elections, Korać was elected as Deputy Speaker in the Parliament of Serbia. References External linksProfessor Korać web pageat the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy websiteŽarko Korać's webpage at ...
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Rasim Ljajić
Rasim Ljajić ( sr-Cyrl, Расим Љајић, ; born 28 January 1964) is a Serbian politician and sports administrator who currently serves as president of FK Partizan. A prominent Bosniak politician from Novi Pazar and president of Social Democratic Party of Serbia, he served in multiple ministerial positions of the Government of Serbia from 2000 to 2020. Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, he first served as Minister of Human and Minority Rights of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro from 2000 to 2006. Ljajić was also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. From 2007 to 2012, he served as Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy. From 2012 to 2020, he served as both the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications. Education Ljajić was born in Novi Pazar to a Bosniak Muslim family. After finishing high school, he graduated from the University of Saraje ...
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Nebojša Čović
Nebojša Čović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Човић; born 2 July 1958) is a Serbian businessman, basketball executive, and politician. Since 2011, he has been serving as the president of . Early years and education Čović was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 2000, he obtained his PhD at the same university. Political career In 1992, as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), 34-year-old Čović started his climb up the political ladder with a position of executive board vice-president in charge of economy and finances at the Belgrade city assembly. A year later, in 1993, he advanced to the position of the city government president. In 1994 he got elected as the Mayor of Belgrade. In parallel, Čović was the SPS deputy ( MP) in the Serbian National Assembly. Čović was sacked from the mayoral post in mid-January 1997 by the Serbian president and SPS party leader ...
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Goran Svilanović
Goran Svilanović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Свилановић; born 22 October 1963) is a Serbian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2018, following the appointment by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Foreign Ministers in Belgrade, Serbia on 14 June 2012. Career Svilanović has been active in politics since 1993. He became president of the Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski Savez Srbije) in 1999 and held this position until 2004, when he resigned. From 2000 to 2004, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. After years of negotiations, disagreements and delays he signed the Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on behalf of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He served from November 2004 until the end of 2007 as the chairman of Working ...
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Dušan Mihajlović (politician)
Dušan Mihajlović (born 27 September 1948) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and as the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001 to 2004. Early life and education Mihajlović was born in Valjevo, FPR Yugoslavia on 27 September 1948. He earned a degree from the University of Belgrade's Law School. Political career Dušan Mihajlović reconstituted Social Democratic Youth in New Democracy or Liberals of Serbia with its base in Valjevo, Serbia. He was elected as member of the National Assembly of Serbia between 1993 and 1999. During the 2000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia presidential election, he participated in the Democratic Opposition of Serbia The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Par .... He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Mini ...
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Vladan Batić
Vladan Batić (; 27 July 1949 – 29 December 2010) was a Serbian lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2001 until 2004. Education and career He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, where he eventually obtained doctorate. In 2001, Batić announced that warrants would be issued for the arrests of persons removed from power during the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000 and who were suspected of misconduct through abuse of power. It was this campaign which eventually led to the surrender of Slobodan Milošević to police as an alternative to forced arrest, and the first step to his extradition to the ICTY. In 2004 he ran for Serbian Presidency in the election. At the time of his death Batić was the President of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia and since 2007 a Member of Parliament as a part of his party's bloc formed with their coalition partner the Liberal Democratic Party. Batić ...
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Overthrow Of Slobodan Milošević
The Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević began in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after the general election on 24 September 2000 and culminated in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's government on 5 October 2000. As such, it is commonly referred to as the 5 October Revolution () or colloquially the Bulldozer Revolution (), after one of the most memorable episodes from the day-long protest in which a heavy equipment operator charged the Radio Television of Serbia building, considered to be symbolic of the Milošević regime's propaganda. Prelude Milošević's rule has been described by observers as authoritarian or autocratic, as well as kleptocratic, with numerous accusations of electoral fraud, political assassinations, suppression of media freedom and police brutality. He became the first sitting head of state to be charged with war crimes. His role in the Yugoslav Wars led to international sanctions against Yugoslavia, which had a devastating impact on the Yugo ...
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Democratic Opposition Of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, Demokratska opozicija Srbije, abbr. DOS) was a wide electoral alliance of political parties in Serbia, intent on ousting the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević. History Its presidential candidate, Vojislav Koštunica, defeated Milošević in the 2000 general election, while the DOS secured a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The coalition was able to form a government and selected Zoran Đinđić for Prime Minister. Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia left the coalition government in July 2001, in protest of the governments decision to extradite Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY, and officially left the coalition in July next year. Social Democracy was pushed into the opposition in May 2001 after a split in the party, as the faction which was eventually recognized by the Supreme Court of Serbia as the legitimate name bearer, was no ...
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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo. The KLA was formed in the early 1990s to fight against the discrimination of ethnic Albanians and the repression of political dissent by the Serbian authorities, which started after the suppression of Kosovo's autonomy and other discriminatory policies against Albanians by Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in 1989. The KLA initiated its first campaign in 1995 ...
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. The organization's motto is . The organization's strategic concepts include Deterrence theory, deterrence. NATO headquarters, NATO's main headquarter ...
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