Saša Radulović
Saša Radulović | |
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Саша Радуловић | |
Minister of Economy | |
In office 2 September 2013 – 24 January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Ivica Dačić |
Preceded by | Mlađan Dinkić |
Succeeded by | Igor Mirović (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Electronics engineer | 7 June 1965
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Saša Radulović (
Early life
Born in Bihać to a Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) officer father, Radulović graduated from the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, specialising in automation and electronics.[2]
In the 1980s, Radulović was part of the
His father, Budimir Radulović (Chief of the Army Medical Corps and other authorities), was killed on 3 May 1992 in the Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo.[4]
He emigrated from the Socialist Republic of Serbia at the end of the 1980s. He lived and worked in several countries, including the United States, Canada, and Germany.
Professional career
In 1989, Radulović emigrated from Yugoslavia to
The job required him to move to the U.S.In 1994, he began working in
Radulović came back to Serbia from the United States in 2005, and became a pioneer
Radulović worked as Advisor to the
Minister of Economy
In August 2013, Radulović was appointed as non-partisan
He came to the fore for a text in the magazine
Political career
On 2 February 2014, Radulović announced that he would participate in the
At the
2017 presidential campaign
Radulović initially did not prioritise running for president, as he first proposed that
"When we stop the robbery through party employment and subsidies, when we consider the parasitical system which destroys us, we will be able to bring back the taken pensions, raise payments for education workers, for the army, police, and public sector, reduce taxes by a third for the economy to breathe, we will be able to instate a universal social protection and guaranteed basic pensions for all citizens in Serbia who turn 65 years old. We want a human and responsible society which cares about its citizens."[18]
Radulović ended up with 1.41% of the national vote.[19] Vladimir Vuletić, a sociology professor at the University of Belgrade, commented that "after last year's parliamentary election, it seemed that [Radulović] represented some kind of future of the opposition. Now that ambition and hope has completely collapsed."[20]
Economic views
Although Radulović was not able to pass his ideas through the government during his tenure as Minister of Economy, he elaborated on his economic views for B92's blog in June 2013, in a post called "Which economic measures do we need?".[21] His post had seven sections, each devoted to a different topic. In the first section, titled "How to save the economy", he summarised some of his key points with the following:
"We don't need re-industrialization. We don't need subsidies. We don't need the state to invest into the economy. Only in infrastructure. Abolish National Investment Plans (NIP) for good."[21]
Later in the first section, he said that there should be "draconic" consequences for false financial reporting.
In the second section, he wrote about tax policy and compensation in public companies. He wrote that salaries in public companies should be reduced by 10 to 20 per cent assuming no workers are laid off.[21] However, Radulović wrote that if workers are laid off, any salary reduction should take the layoffs in account such that the more layoffs, the less reductions in salary should be made.[21] He called for the lowest tier of the value-added tax to be raised from 8% to 10%.[21] For corporations, he wrote that taxes on corporate profits should be raised from 15% to 20%.[21]
Political positions
In the beginning of his political career he was known for moderately liberal political and economic positions. Since 2018 and hiatus in the movement, his positions have taken a hard turn toward conservatism, identitarianism and alt-right ideology. Since early 2019 he and members of the movement refer to themselves as "Suverenisti", which loosely translates to sovereign citizen. He is strongly opposed to Middle Eastern immigrants being granted asylum in Serbia,[22] commonly expresses heavy criticism of the Serbian mainstream media, calling them "propaganda channels" and "the enemy of the Serbian people, the state and democracy",[23] and often accuses political opponents of treason and collaboration with "occupiers and colonizers".[24]
He has been described a
Breakup of Yugoslavia
In an interview with Nedeljnik from April 2016, Radulović talked about his childhood in Bosnia, his father's death in a confrontation by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and war crimes.[5] When commenting on the Bosnian War, he talked about the denial and justification of war crimes in the Balkans:
"Something that hurts me the most out of all of this is when any side tries to justify a war crime with another war crime. And then remark, 'This war crime did happen, but that was because there was another war crime'. That's not human. Every war crime is individual. For every war crime those responsible must be found and punished. And not just for the victims' families, but for society as a whole...when I recognize war crimes committed by those who presented themselves as the Serbian side, in that moment I will not speak about war crimes done unto us [Serbs]. If we do that, we are trivializing war crimes."[5]
On 6 March 2018, Radulović resigned the post of the President of the Enough is Enough movement.[26] However, he reassumed the post of movement's president in October 2019.[27]
COVID-19 pandemic
Radulović is one of the most vocal critics of the approach to the
Personal life
Radulović has two children. Apart from his native Serbian language, he speaks English and German. Although Radulović was born in Bihać, he grew up in Sarajevo, where he lived until 1989 when he emigrated to Germany.[5]
References
- ^ Association „It's Enough — Restart“; Representatives — JMBG
- ^ a b c d e „Biografije novih ministara“. Време. 5. септембар 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Balkan Insight
- ^ Tekst Dobrovoljačka Saše Radulovića na blogu B92. Saša Radulović. B92 Blog: Dobrovoljačka (in Serbian). 6 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d Nenad Čaluković (26 April 2016). "Životna ispovest Saše Radulovića: Kako su mi ubili oca u Dobrovoljačkoj" (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Blic (27 October 2013). "Ministar Saša Radulović: Vlada stoji iza mene". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b Suzana Lakić (11 January 2014). "Blic: Radulović: Zakon najviše pogađa sindikate". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ [1] Politika: Sindikalni front protiv Radulovića. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b Tanjug (28 January 2014). "Blic: Radulović objasnio ostavku: Kabinet prvog potpredsednika je glavni kočničar reformi". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Srpski ministar privrede očitao lekciju cijelom Balkanu" (in Croatian). index.hr. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Obrazloženje ostavke Saše Radulovića na mesto Ministra privrede u Vladi Republike Srbije (28. januar 2014)
- ^ Novi Magazin
- ^ RTV
- ^ "Poslanici dobili mandate, ko će sve u klupe". Mondo. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Nedeljnik: Kako je Saša Janković reagovao na ponudu Saše Radulovića" (in Serbian). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Blic: DJB: Petooktobraske stranke i lideri da siđu sa političke scene" (in Serbian). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Saša Radulović kandidat Dosta je bilo za predsednika" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b Saša Radulović (29 March 2017). "Nedeljnik: Kad budem predsednik: Esej Saše Radulovića" (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ [2] B92: RIK: Konačni rezultat izbora – Vučiću 55,08% (in Serbian). 20 April 2017. Accessed 26 April 2017.
- ^ [3] B92: Vuletić: Za neke je politička karijera završena (in Serbian). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Saša Radulović (6 June 2013). "Koje ekonomske mere nam trebaju?" (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Radulović: Deca nam beže iz zemlje, a vlast pokušava da gubitak kompenzuje migrantima - Politika - Dnevni list Danas". www.danas.rs (in Serbian). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Radulović: Nema razlike između Danasa, N1 i Informera - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas". www.danas.rs (in Serbian). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Declaration of Suverenisti". DJB. 14 June 2020.
- ^ "U sukobu sa samim sobom". Nedeljnik Vreme. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Predsedništvo DJB podnelo ostavku, unutarstranački izbori za 60 dana". Danas. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Insajder. "Saša Radulović ponovo izabran za predsednika DJB". Insajder (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (19 March 2021). "Sutra je svuda u svetu zakazan protest za slobodu, protiv ludila koje je zahvatilo svet i koje preti da nam svima otme naše slobode i prava". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (10 March 2021). "Terati SVE zdrave ljude, celu populaciju, da nosi maske zato što postoji šansa da će neko nekoga pljunuti i da će taj koji pljuje biti zarazan, a da ne zna da jeste, i da postoji neka verovatnoća, za koju nemamo pojma kolika je, da će maska tu možda pomoći je potpuno ludilo". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (11 March 2021). "Stav DJB od početka krize je da korona virus nije ni približno toliko opasan kao što ga "mediji" prikazuju". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Dugačak spisak antivakcinalista u Srbiji: "Vakcina je zločin"; "Uzimaju nam DNK"". B92.net (in Serbian). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Saša Radulović je ipak najveći antivakser u Srbiji: "Manite se reči nauka, otvorite škole i kafane"". Noizz.rs (in Serbian). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (25 March 2020). "Virus nije lažan. Opasan je za oko 20% stanovništva, uglavnom stare i bolesne". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (30 March 2021). "Ljudi koji ne žele OVU VAKCINU nisu antivakseri nego NE ŽELE ovu vakcinu. Pravo je svakog čoveka da odluči sam o svom zdravlju". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Radulović, Saša (11 March 2021). "DJB nije ni protiv vakcina ni protiv DOBROVOLJNE vakcinacije. Ali DJB jeste za kontrolu i ODGOVORNOST farmaceutske industrije, za kontrolu vakcina, za vođenje statistike o neželjenim posledicama i informacije o rizicima". Twitter (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
External links
- Saša Radulović at blog.b92.net
- Saša Radulović at linkedin.com
- Saša Radulović on Facebook
- Saša Radulović on Twitter