Jovan Krkobabić Politician

Jovan Krkobabić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Кркобабић, pronounced [jǒʋan krkǒbabitɕ]) (27 February 1930 – 22 April 2014) was a Serbian politician. He was the leader of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs, appointed on 7 July 2008 and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policies from 27 July 2012 until his death on 22 April 2014.Krkobabić graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences, where he also earned his doctoral degree.His last name comes from the last name Babić of his ancestors who lived near Krka river in Skradin.His party contested the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 together with Nebojša Čović's Social Democratic Party and won no seats. PUPS also took part in 2008 parliamentary election coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia and United Serbia and won five seats.Krkobabić died in 2014.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 27, 1930
Birth place
Croatia , Koljane , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality
Serbia
Date of deathApril 22, 2014
Place of death
Serbia , Belgrade
Residence
Serbia , Belgrade

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Office holder

office
Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia
Minister of Labour Employment and Social Policies
party
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
prime minister
successor
Aleksandar Vulin
Zorana Mihajlović

Jovan Krkobabić on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.pups.org.rs/biografija.htm