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Dragan Tomić

1935 – 2022

President of Serbia

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About Dragan Tomić

Lived 1935 – 2022 (aged 86). Dragan Tomić was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician.

Dragan Tomić (; 9 December 1935 – 21 June 2022) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 1994 to 2001. He was a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia and was considered a loyal supporter of Slobodan Milošević. Tomić was director of RTV Politika, one of Serbia's main TV stations, and director of Jugopetrol AD, the state oil company.

He was a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. After Milošević reached the end of his two allowed terms as President of Serbia and got himself elected as President of Serbia and Montenegro, Tomić by default became acting President of Serbia, from 23 July to 29 December 1997.

Tomić was closely tied to Milošević. A 2000 report by Germany's Federal Intelligence Service alleged that Milošević essentially ran a criminal operation, particularly after the 1992 sanctions on Yugoslavia caused "massive smuggling operations...controlled by Milošević and his cronies, who made vast profits from it"; Tomić was named as one of those cronies. Under Milošević's regime, Tomić led Jugopetrol when "fuel-smuggling was a multi-million dollar business", and "reportedly profited handsomely from the illicit oil that flowed into Serbia during sanctions". Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader Arkan gave Tomić a medal because he had provided gasoline for Arkan's Serb Volunteer Guard, a paramilitary unit suspected of war crimes and ethnic cleansing.

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Important facts

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Education
University of Belgrade
Positions held
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, President of the National Assembly of Serbia, President of Serbia

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Dragan Tomić?

President of Serbia (1935–2022)

When was Dragan Tomić born?

Dragan Tomić was born on 9 December 1935 in Pristina.

When did Dragan Tomić die?

Dragan Tomić died on 21 June 2022.

What was Dragan Tomić's occupation?

Dragan Tomić was a politician.

What nationality was Dragan Tomić?

Dragan Tomić was Yugoslav and Serbian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dragan Tomić

· Wikidata: Q506587

· DBpedia: Dragan Tomić (Serbian politician, born 1935)

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