Vladan Batić (; 27 July 1949 – 29 December 2010) was a Serbian lawyer and politician. He served as the

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in the

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from 2001 until 2004.

Education and career

He graduated from the

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, 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

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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

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. 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 reappeared in international news media spotlight when he testified before a

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court that billions of dollars belonging to the

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had been smuggled out of the country by the ousted Milošević administration during the UN sanctions on the country, by use of offshore corporations in

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registered by the former law office of the Greek Cypriot leader,

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. Batić had been pursuing the affair since 2002. Batić died on 29 December 2010 from

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1949 births 2010 deaths People from Obrenovac Christian Democratic Party of Serbia politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Politicians of Eastern Orthodox political parties Deaths from esophageal cancer in Serbia Candidates for President of Serbia Justice ministers of Serbia {{Serbia-politician-stub