Predrag Marković
Predrag Marković | |
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Предраг Марковић | |
.jpg) Marković in 2011 | |
| Minister of Culture, Media and Information Society | |
| In office 14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirko Cvetković |
| Preceded by | Nebojša Bradić (Culture) Jasna Matić (Telecommunications and Information Society) |
| Succeeded by | Bratislav Petković |
| President of Serbia | |
Acting | |
| In office 4 March 2004 – 11 July 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Preceded by | Vojislav Mihailović (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Boris Tadić |
| President of the National Assembly of Serbia | |
| In office 4 March 2004 – 14 February 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Dragan Maršićanin |
| Succeeded by | Tomislav Nikolić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1955 Čepure, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | G17+ (2002–2013) POKS (2017–present) |
| Education | Paraćin Gymnasium |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade (no degree) |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Predrag Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Марковић; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author, and historian who served as the president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and as minister of culture, media and information society from 2011 to 2012. A former member of G17 Plus, he also briefly served as acting president of Serbia until the election of Boris Tadić in 2004.
Political career
[edit]Marković was President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and the acting President of Serbia within Serbia and Montenegro between 4 March and 11 July 2004.[1] In addition, he has been the president of the G17 Plus Management Board, the President of the G17 Plus Political Council and member of their Executive Board. In 2003, he was chosen as an honorary president of the G17 Plus Party.
During Marković's tenure as President of the National Assembly, the National Assembly unanimously returned the coat of arms, flag and anthem of Serbia on 17 August 2004[2] and on 5 June 2006 announced Serbia's sovereignty.[3]
Marković was the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia candidate for Mayor of Belgrade during the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election. He finished with 4,291 votes.
Literary career
[edit]Marković is a member of PEN, the Serbian Literary Society and is the former president of the Association of Publishers of Serbia and Montenegro. From 1993 to 2013, he was the owner of the Stubovi kulture publishing house[4] and has written six books. He speaks Serbian, Russian, and Spanish.
Marković is a contributor and honourable member of the Urban Book Circle (Canada).[5]
Personal life
[edit]Marković is known for keeping details from his personal life private.[6] On 26 December 2015, Marković married Vesna (née Vujatović; born 1991).[7] He has a son from a previous marriage.[8]
Published books
[edit]- L‘imun. Isceđen (1982)
- Morali bi doći nasmejani lavovi (1983)
- Otmenost duše (1989)
- Zavodnik ništavila (2017)
- Kovčeg komedijant (2018)
- David protiv Otužnog Zloduha (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ "World News: Election Watch". CNN. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ The Victoria Advocate (18 August 2004). "Serbia restores state symbols". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ The Victoria Advocate (6 June 2006). "Serbia declares itself sovereign". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ Erlanger, Steven (2 August 1999). "Yugoslav Opposition Plans Big Rally in Capital Aug. 19". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ Predrag Marković Urban Book Circle bio
- ^ Urban Book Circle (2 November 2015). "Public and Private by Predrag Markovic". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Kurir (24 August 2017). "Ima nešto u toj bradi..." (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ Blic (3 October 2017). "Naš političar uživa kraj 36 godina mlađe supruge..." (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Paraćin
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- University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science alumni