Nenad Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Богдановић, ; 12 May 1954 – 27 September 2007) was a Serbian politician who served as the
mayor of Belgrade from 2004 to 2007.
Education and career
Bogdanović was born on 12 May 1954. He completed his high school education at
Matematička gimnazija (a school of
Special National Interest) and then graduated from the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering, earning a
Magister of Sciences in
Electrical Engineering
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.
Bogdanović then worked in the telecommunications sector, first on research and development and later, in managerial jobs.
In 1989, he was appointed Director of the joint venture of Messrs. GTE Telecommunications and EI Pupin. Two years later, he became the Commercial Manager and, as of 1996, he had been the General Manager of Alkatel Pupin Jugoslavija.
Bogdanović became a member of the
Democratic Party (DS) in 1992 and was elected as Chairman of the
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...
Board in 1993, thereafter the Vice Chairman of the City Board and the commissioner for Belgrade.
In 2001 he became an MP in the National
Parliament of Serbia.
Bogdanović was elected Mayor of Belgrade in 2004. He served until his death in 2007 after succumbing to a "grave illness".
Afterwards,
Zoran Alimpić and
Branislav Belić became acting Mayors of Belgrade, and was eventually succeeded by
Dragan Đilas.
See also
*
Mayor of Belgrade
References
External links
Mayor of Belgrade
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1954 births
2007 deaths
People from Inđija
Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians
Deaths from lymphoma
Mayors of Belgrade
Deaths from cancer in Serbia
University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering alumni
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
Politicians of Vojvodina