Miodrag "Miki" Rakić (; 31 January 1975 – 13 May 2014) was a Serbian politician, former chief of staff of

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and Vice President of the Democratic Party (DS), and an important political figure in the politics of Serbia. He was born in

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. Miodrag Rakić was member of the Democratic Party since 1996, and was its Vice President from November 2012 to January 2014. He was the first on the list of

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(NDS) in the 2014 parliamentary elections. He had played a pivotal role in the historical reconciliation of DS and the

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(SPS), had played key role in forming of the

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(SNS) and NDS, and was a close friend of

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, who was in a different party. He played a key role in the apprehension of

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and

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. He was born in a family of medical professionals. Since his childhood, he lived in Belgrade, where he graduated with a law degree from the

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. In politics, he was considered a shadowy, but influential person, who rarely appeared in public. He died from

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at VMA in

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, to which he was admitted on 18 April, after his state of health suddenly deteriorated. He had a wife and a son.

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