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Dušan Petrović

b. 1966

Serbian politician

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Born 1966. Dušan Petrović is a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and lawyer.

Dušan Petrović (, ; born 8 September 1966) is a Serbian former politician, a former long-time member of Democratic Party (DS) and the former Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management between 2011 and 2012 and former Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia between 2007 and 2008.

Leader of the broken-off wing of DS, he was the chairman of the Together for Serbia party from 2013 to 2016.

Biography Petrović completed elementary and high school in his hometown of Šabac, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as a lawyer, and from 2000 to 2004 he was the mayor of Šabac, as well as a deputy in the House of Citizens in the Parliament of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is the member of the Democratic Party since 1992, and he progressed from the position of its local council in Šabac (1996), member of the party's Presidency (2000), one of its vice-presidents (since 18 February 2006), and the deputy president to the party's chairman Boris Tadić (since 25 March 2006). In the National Assembly of Serbia, where he was elected in the 2003 election he held the position of chief of DS deputy group, and in 2003–2007 he was also the vice-president of the Assembly.

After difficult tripartite negotiations among Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia and G17+ following the 2007 elections he became the Minister of Justice in the government led by Vojislav Koštunica.

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Education
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Positions held
Minister of Justice of Serbia, Member of the National Assembly of Serbia

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Who is Dušan Petrović?

Serbian politician

When was Dušan Petrović born?

Dušan Petrović was born on 8 September 1966 in Šabac.

What is Dušan Petrović's occupation?

Dušan Petrović is a politician and lawyer.

What nationality is Dušan Petrović?

Dušan Petrović is Serbian and Yugoslav.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dušan Petrović

· Wikidata: Q741215

· DBpedia: Dušan Petrović

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