Dragiša Pešić

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Dragiša Pešić
Драгиша Пешић
Pešić in 2001
5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office
24 July 2001 – 7 March 2003
PresidentVojislav Koštunica
Preceded byZoran Žižić
Succeeded bySvetozar Marović
(as head of government of Serbia & Montenegro)
7th Finance Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office
20 May 1998 – 24 July 2001
Prime MinisterMomir Bulatović
Zoran Žižić
Preceded byBožidar Gazivoda
Succeeded byJovan Ranković
Personal details
Born(1954-08-08)8 August 1954
Danilovgrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Died8 September 2016(2016-09-08) (aged 62)
Podgorica, Montenegro
Political partyDemocratic Party of Socialists
Socialist People's Party
SpouseLela
ChildrenMarko and Marija

Dragiša Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Пешић; 8 August 1954 – 8 September 2016) was a Yugoslav politician. He was the second last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Biography[edit]

Pešić was born in Danilovgrad on 8 August 1954.[1] He studied economics at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics, where he graduated in 1978.

He was President of the executive committee of Podgorica Municipality, a member of the Chamber of Citizens in the Yugoslav Federal Assembly. In 1998, he became Finance Minister of Yugoslavia, in the governments of Prime Ministers Momir Bulatović and Zoran Žižić.[1]

Dragiša Pešić became Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 24 July 2001, after Žižić resigned in protest of the extradition of Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY.[2][3]

Pešić became a member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (DRI) of Montenegro in December 2007.[1]

He died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 62. He was buried on 10 September in the village of Frutak near Danilovgrad.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Dragisa Pesic passed away". CDM (in Montenegrin). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Pavlović, V. (30 June 2001). "Premijer Savezne vlade Zoran Žižić podneo ostavku" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ Stevanović, D.; Pavlović, V. (24 July 2001). "Savezna Skupština u utorak bira novu jugoslovensku vladu" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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Preceded by Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2001–2003
Succeeded by
Svetozar Marović
(as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro)