Miodrag Gavrilović

Miodrag Gavrilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Гавриловић; born 6 April 1973) is a Serbian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as one of the party's vice-presidents since 2021. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 1 August 2022.

Miodrag Gavrilović
Миодраг Гавриловић
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
1 August 2022
Personal details
Born (1973-04-06) 6 April 1973
Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyDS (1991–present)
Spouse
Dragana Tomić-Gavrilović
(m. 2000)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
ProfessionLawyer

Early life

Gavrilović was born on 6 April 1973 in Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He grew up in Čajetina, though finished a gymnasium in Užice and graduated from the Faculty of Law of University of Belgrade.[1][2]

Career

Gavrilović has been a member of the Democratic Party (DS) since 1991.[2] He was one of the founding members of Otpor, an organisation which played a key role in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.[1] As of 2021, he has been one of the vice-presidents of DS.[1]

Gavrilović was the candidate of the United for the Victory of Serbia coalition for the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election.[3] He became a member of the National Assembly on 1 August 2022.[4] On 3 June 2023, during the ongoing protests, Gavrilović was physically attacked by members of the far-right People's Patrol while defending an American journalist from them.[5]

Personal life

He has been married to Dragana Tomić-Gavrilović since 2000, with whom he has two children. Besides his native Serbian, he speaks French and English.[1] By profession, he is a lawyer.[4]

References

  1. "Победнички тим". ds.org.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. "Miodrag Gavrilović". otvoreniparlament.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. "Ko su kandidati "Ujedinjeni za pobedu Srbije" za poslanike?". Danas (in Serbian). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. "Miodrag Gavrilović". www.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. Petkovic, Gordana (3 June 2023). "VIDEO Nasilnici iz Narodnih patrola napali poslanika, ostala mu masnica ispod oka: "Rekao sam im da nema nasilja, onda su se zatrčali ka meni"". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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