Mirko Marjanović

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Mirko Marjanović
Мирко Марјановић
Marjanović in 2000
Prime Minister of Serbia
In office
18 March 1994 – 21 October 2000
PresidentSlobodan Milošević
Milan Milutinović
Preceded byNikola Šainović
Succeeded byMilomir Minić
Personal details
Born27 July 1937
Knin, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(modern-day Croatia)
Died21 February 2006(2006-02-21) (aged 68)
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
NationalitySerbian
Political partySPS (1990—2006)
SKJ (before 1990)

Mirko Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Марјановић, pronounced [mǐːrko marjǎːnoʋit͡ɕ]; 27 July 1937 – 21 February 2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1994 to 2000.

Biography

Marjanović was born on 27 July 1937 in

homemaker.[2]

During the season of 1955/56 he played as a

Hajduk Split when Marjanović stepped in and convinced him to come to Belgrade
. Upon leaving the club, Marjanović was named Partizan's honorary president.

Political career

Marjanović was previously a member of the

journalists[4]
who did not support Milošević's regime.

Marjanović continued to be seen as a mere extension of Slobodan Milošević who at this time held the post of President of Yugoslavia. Sources from the top levels of Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia described Marjanović's government modus operandi in the Evropljanin magazine: "Prime Minister Marjanović suggests something – ministers do not vote – and then Marjanović simply concludes the matter as agreed on. Of course Marjanović neither suggests nor concludes anything without first consulting Milošević".[5] Deputy Prime Minister Vojislav Šešelj indirectly confirmed this operating procedure when he said the government meetings are always well prepared, never lasting longer than 15–20 minutes.[6] This two-year period is widely seen as the most brutal whilst Serbia was led by Milošević. Marjanović's government (with Šešelj as its deputy PM), passed two of what critics consider to be the most draconian pieces of legislation in Serbian political history: the University Law that stripped the University of Belgrade of its autonomy, opening the way for the government to install professors, deans and rectors, as well as the Information Law, which aimed to restrict the activities of media financed by political enemies; despite this, the media played a prominent role in the 5 October 2000 coup d'état.[7] Similarly to his first term in office, Marjanović again took a back seat, leaving the limelight to more aggressive members of his cabinet like deputy PM Šešelj and Minister of Information Aleksandar Vučić.

Following the

Bulldozer Revolution, he resigned on 21 October 2000 and was replaced by the transitional government led by Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), and the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO). The transitional government existed until early January 2001, when a new government was elected after the 2000 parliamentary election
.

Death

He died on 21 February 2006, in Belgrade, aged 68, from undisclosed causes.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 978-86-85367-00-7
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  2. ^ a b "Ko je ovaj čovek? Mirko Marjanović". glas.javnosti.rs. 26 February 2000.
  3. ^ "Miloševićev udbaš podučava studente" (in Serbian). Blic. 18 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Vlast i mediji - Vesele devedesete" (in Serbian). Vreme. 16 July 2009.
  5. ^ "politics". Evropljanin. No. 13. 19 October 1998. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Srpska slobodarska misao". Srpska slobodarska misao. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 142.
  7. ^ "Zakoni o javnom informisanju: Istorijat" (in Serbian). Istinomer. 23 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Umro Mirko Marjanović" (in Serbian). Mondo. 21 February 2006.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Serbia
1994–2000 		Succeeded by
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