Zoran Đinđić

Zoran Đinđić    (politician)
Assassinated in 2003: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and Sweden's Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Born	1952-08-01 Bosanski Samac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	2003-03-12 (Age 50) Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nationality	Serbian
Alma mater	University of Belgrade, University of Konstanz
Children	Jovana Luka
Spouse	Ruzica Dindic
Victim of	assassination
Party	Democratic Party
Prime Minister of Serbia. Assassinated, not necessarily by his opponents: "the moor has done his duty. The moor can go"....  Prime Minister of Serbia In office 25 January 2001 - 12 March 2003 assassinated  Mayor of Belgrade In office 21 February 1997 - 30 September 1997

Zoran Đinđić (1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician who was Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in March 2003. He was the Mayor of Belgrade in 1997, and long-time opposition politician and a doctor in philosophy.

Đinđić was one of the original thirteen restorers of the modern day Serbian Democratic Party, becoming its president in 1994. During the 1990s, he was one of the co-leaders of the opposition to the administration of Slobodan Milošević, and became the Prime Minister of Serbia in 2001 after the overthrow of Milošević. As Prime Minister, he advocated pro-democratic reforms and the accession of Serbia to the European Union.

Assassination

Zoran Đinđić was assassinated in March 2003 by Zvezdan Jovanović, a former Special Forces operative with ties to the Serbian Mafia.

Connection

Nenad Milić was a member of Zoran Đinđić's cabinet.

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