Zoran Šami ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Шами; 2 November 1948 – 4 September 2016) was the speaker of the

Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro The Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе, Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) also known as the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Парламент Србије и Ц ...

from

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. Šami was born on 2 November 1948 in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at

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, where he obtained his PhD in

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

also. Since 1971 he has been working at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering in

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as an associate professor. He was a member of the Democratic Party 1990–1992 and, as one of founders of the

, he was vice-president twice: 1993–1996 and 2000–2003. From October 2000 until July 2001 he was the Minister of Transportation in the Government of

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. In 2000 he became an MP in the Federal Parliament, and in 2003 he became an MP in the Parliament of the

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. He was the Speaker of the State Union during its existence from 2003 to the dissolution of 2006. With the 21 January 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, he was elected as a deputy of the Democratic Party of Serbia in

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 ...

's coalition of the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia. His mandate was affirmed on 14 February 2007. On 10 May 2007 he was elected president of the Board for Education. Šami has published 12 textbooks and numerous scientific and expert studies. Šami died on 4 September 2016 at the age of 67."Preminuo Zoran Šami"
Blic.rs, 4 September 2016.

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