Dragan Velić

Dragan Velić (born November 18, 1958 ) is a Kosovo Serb politician, currently serving as president of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija, which currently is in dispute with unilaterally declared the Republic of Kosovo over the status of Kosovo. Velić was the Prefect of the Kosovo District, of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, from December 6, 2001, to September 28, 2004.

Early years Velić was born on November 18, 1958, in Sušica, in the municipality of Pristina, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Construction Department, in 1982 in Priština.

From December 6, 2001, to September 28, 2004, he was head of the Kosovo district; he was also chairman of the executive board of the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija (SNC) from 2002 to 2006.

He has participated in numerous projects, and one of the most important is the project on decentralization in Kosovo. He is the president of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo, The unions are not recognised by Kosovo authorities, or by UNMIK

Personal life He resides in Novi Badovac in the municipality of Priština and is married with three children.