Dragiša Pešić

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.

Dragiša Pešić
Драгиша Пешић
Dragiša Pešić, circa 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 Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and 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

Biography

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
  1. "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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