Vuk Drašković
Serbian writer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vuk Drašković (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Драшковић, pronounced [ʋûːk drâʃkoʋitɕ]; born 29 November 1946) is a Serbian writer and politician. He is the leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, and served as the war-time Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 during the rule of Slobodan Milošević and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of both Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia from 2004 to 2007.
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Vuk Drašković | |
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Вук Драшковић | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia | |
In office 5 June 2006 – 16 May 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Vojislav Koštunica |
Preceded by | Goran Svilanović |
Succeeded by | Vuk Jeremić |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro | |
In office 3 March 2004 – 5 June 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Svetozar Marović |
Preceded by | Goran Svilanović |
Succeeded by | Himself (Serbia) Miodrag Vlahović (Montenegro) |
Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | |
In office 18 January 1999 – 28 April 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Momir Bulatović |
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Born | (1946-11-29) 29 November 1946 (age 77) Međa, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
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Alma mater | LLB of Univ. of Belgrade Fac. of Law |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Writer |
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He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1968. From 1969 to 1980, he worked as a journalist in the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug. He was a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and worked as the chief of staff of the Yugoslav President Mika Špiljak.