Dragiša Pešić Prime minister

Dragiša Pešić (Serbian: Драгиша Пешић) (born 8 August 1954 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a politician from Montenegro who was the last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before it was officially transformed into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003.He studied economic sciences at University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics.In 1998, he became a Minister of Finance in Belgrade, when the Milošević trusted friend and SNP leader at that time Momir Bulatović, a competitor of Đukanović, became Yugoslav head of the government. After the fall of Milošević, DOS needed on the Yugoslav federal level the SNP for majority formation, because Đukanović had boycotted the last Yugoslav elections and openly national independence was explained as the goal.He is currently the vice-president of the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 08, 1954
Birth place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Socialist Republic of Montenegro , Danilovgrad
Nationality
Montenegrins
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church

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party
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Socialist People's Party of Montenegro
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Prime minister

FromJuly 24, 2001
ToMarch 07, 2003

Dragiša Pešić on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.snp.co.me/strana.asp?kat=1&id=90