Dragiša Pešić
| Dragiša Pešić Драгиша Пешић | |
|---|---|
| 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
|
In office 24 July 2001 – 7 March 2003 | |
| President | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Preceded by | Zoran Žižić |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 August 1954 Danilovgrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died |
8 September 2016 (aged 62) Podgorica, Montenegro |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Political party |
Democratic Party of Socialists Socialist People's Party |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Dragiša Pešić (Serbian: Драгиша Пешић; 8 August 1954 – 8 September 2016) was a Montenegrin politician. He was the last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before it was officially transformed into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003.
Biography
Pešić was born in Danilovgrad, then part of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied economic sciences at University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics.
In 1998, he became a Minister of Finance in Belgrade, when Socialist People's Party (SNP) leader at that time Momir Bulatović, a competitor of Milo Đukanović, became Yugoslav head of the government. After the fall of Slobodan Milošević, Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) needed the SNP on the Yugoslav federal level to form a majority, because Đukanović had boycotted the 2000 Yugoslav election and openly called for Montenegrin independence from FR Yugoslavia.
He died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 62.[1]
References
External links
- Biography on SNP Official Site (Serbian)
| Preceded by Zoran Žižić |
Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by position abolished |