Vesna Pešić
Vesna Pešić Весна Пешић | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Yugoslav Ambassador to Mexico | |
In office 2001–2005 | |
Party founder and Leader of Civic Alliance of Serbia | |
In office 1992–1999 | |
Succeeded by | Goran Svilanović |
Personal details | |
Born | Liberal Democratic Party (2007–2011) | May 6, 1940
Residence(s) | Belgrade, Serbia |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Vesna Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Пешић, pronounced [ʋêsna pêʃit͜ɕ]; born May 6, 1940) is a Serbian politician and sociologist.[1]
In February 2012, Vesna Pešić announced she would leave politics after parliamentary elections on 6 May 2012.[2]
Biography
In the early 1970s Pešić became the member of the Intellectuals' Movement for the Defense and Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, popularly known as the “Belgrade opposition”. In 1982, she was arrested and imprisoned for organizing the protests against the arrest of a group of the University of Belgrade students.
Pešić was a founder member of the Yugoslav
It is worth a mention that Centre for Antiwar Action is organization largely supported by the National Endowment for Democracy, United States government institution.[3][4]
Her many honors include the Award for Democracy of the U.S. National Foundation for Democracy (1993), the
Pešić served as national Ambassador to Mexico from 2001 to 2005, firstly for the
After the merger of the
In May 2008, after parliamentary elections in Serbia, Pešić ironically stated that "if pro-EU camp fails to form a government, elections should be nullified". In addition, in her opinion, any future elections should be prevented.[6]
Pešić was a Member of
Pešić is a senior scientific associate of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory.
During the parliamentary- and presidential election campaign of 2012. Pešić was the most prominent face of the 'Blank Ballot' campaign, which targeted corruption among the
In 2017, Pešić has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[8]
Personal
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Her sister Stanislava (1941 - 1997) was a famous actress in Yugoslavia. She was married to lawyer
References
- ^ Vesna Pesic (April 1996). "Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis". Peaceworks No. 8. United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ "LDP official Vesna Pešić leaves politics". Tanjug. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-04-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The National Endowment for Democracy donations in 2004 Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The National Endowment for Democracy donations in 2005 Archived May 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Vesna Pešić napušta LDP". e-novine.com (in Serbian). 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ "Niko ih neće". Novosti (in Serbian). 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ "Members of parliament". parliament.rs. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
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