Zoran Đinđić President
Zoran Đinđić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић, pronounced [zǒran dʑîːndʑitɕ] (13px ); 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician who was the Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the Mayor of Belgrade in 1997, and long-time opposition politician and a doctor in philosophy.Đinđić was one of the original thirteen restorers of the modern Democratic Party and became its president in 1994. During the 1990s, he was one of the leaders of the opposition to the administration of Slobodan Milošević, and became the Prime Minister of Serbia in 2001 after the overthrow of Milošević. As Prime Minister, he advocated pro-democratic reforms and the European integrations of Serbia.He was assassinated in 2003 by Zvezdan Jovanović, a former-Special Forces operative who had ties to the Serbian Mafia.
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Birth date | August 01, 1952 |
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Date of death | March 12, 2003 |
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Spouse | Ru%C5%BEica %C4%90in%C4%91i%C4%87 |
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office | 67th Mayor of Belgrade |
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