Draško Petrović, MSc ( sr-cyr, Драшко Петровић; born 1965 in

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) is a

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n politician and businessman. He graduated from the

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before going on to obtain a master's degree from the Faculty of Transport at the same university. In May 1990 he became one of the founding members of the Democratic Party's (DS) Youth Wing. In July 1992, he was amongst the group that left DS and led by

Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica ( sr-cyrl, Војислав Коштуница, ; born 24 March 1944) is a Serbian former politician who served as the last President of Serbia and Montenegro, president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the Prime Min ...

founded the

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(DSS). Between 1992 and 1997 he was a Member of the

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on the DSS list as part of the DEPOS coalition. From December 2000 until February 2008, Petrović was the CEO of

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, the biggest telecommunications company in

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. He was one of the longest serving CEOs of a state controlled company in Serbia and gained a reputation as an exceptional manager. He was succeeded at the post by Branko Radujko. Since March 2009 Draško has been appointed to the

(DSS) Economic Advisory Committee.

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1965 births Living people Politicians from Belgrade Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Democratic Party of Serbia politicians Businesspeople from Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni {{Serbia-business-bio-stub