Čedomir Jovanović
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Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Чедомир "Чеда" Јовановић, pronounced [tʃědomir tʃěːda joʋǎːnoʋitɕ] ⓘ; born 13 April 1971) is a Serbian politician and businessman.[1]
Čedomir Jovanović | |
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Чедомир Јовановић | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia | |
In office 18 March 2003 – 3 March 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Zoran Živković |
Personal details | |
Born | (1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 53) Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Political party | DS (1998–2005) LDP (2005–present) |
Spouse | Jelena Savić |
Nickname | Čeda |
Military service | |
Allegiance | SFR Yugoslavia |
Branch/service | Yugoslav People's Army |
Years of service | 1992 |
Battles/wars | Bosnian War |
During the presidency of Slobodan Milošević in Yugoslavia, Jovanović became one of the student leaders of the 1996–1997 protests in Serbia at the age of 25. Jovanović along with fellow student Čedomir Antić were one of the founding members of the "Student Political Club", abbreviated in Serbian as SPK, which successfully organised a massive boycott of the 1997 Serbian general election.[2] In February 1998, the bulk of the SPK membership along with Jovanović himself joined the Democratic Party.[3]
After the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, Jovanović was selected by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia to be one of its MPs, and he subsequently became the youngest parliamentary caucus leader in Serbian history, at the age of 29.[4] In the post-Milošević period, he was a target of several assassination attempts and attacks.[5] On 6 February 2001, an explosive device destroyed Jovanović's automobile.[6][7] On 31 March 2001, he was left unscathed from a minor shooting incident at the scene of Milošević's arrest, during which he was a negotiator.[8] In July 2002, Minister of Interior Dušan Mihajlović commented that "Jovanović was on all the hit lists" of "centers of power".[5]
Jovanović was expelled from the Democratic Party in 2004 due to breaking party protocols.[3] He subsequently founded his own political party in November 2005, called the Liberal Democratic Party.[3] He was his party's candidate in Serbia's presidential elections in 2008 and 2012.[3]