Zoran Žižić

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Zoran Žižić
Зоран Жижић
Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office
4 November 2000 – 24 July 2001
PresidentVojislav Koštunica
Preceded byMomir Bulatović
Succeeded byDragiša Pešić
Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro
In office
15 February 1991 – 24 December 1996
Prime MinisterMilo Đukanović
Personal details
Born(1951-03-04)4 March 1951
Democratic Party of Socialists (1991–1998)
Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (1998–2005)
Democratic Party of Unity
(2006–2013)

Zoran Žižić (

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000.[3]

Žižić resigned from the position of Prime Minister in protest over the extradition of

Serbian nationalist wing of the Socialist People's Party and was expelled in 2005 following disagreements with its moderate leader Predrag Bulatović.[5]

Early life and education

Zoran Žižić was born on 4 March 1951 in

Titograd.[2]

His father Živko Žižić fought for the

Kuči.[2]

Žižić attended both elementary school and the Gymnasium in his hometown. He graduated and obtained a magister degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. He returned to his hometown and worked at the University of Montenegro Faculty of Law, first as an assistant, and later as a lecturer.[2]

Political career

Žižić was a member of the

Federal Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[2]

Žižić's first elected office was

offshore financial center.[2][6]

After

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 November 2000 shortly after the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, when the Bulatović cabinet collapsed.[3]

Žižić resigned on 29 June 2001, after eight months in office, in protest over the extradition of Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY.[4] He left the position on 24 July 2001 when a new cabinet was formed following the 2001 Montenegrin parliamentary election, led by his party colleague Dragiša Pešić.[7]

Starting in July 2001 when the leadership of the SNP under

pro-union moderates. Žižić was voted chief of the organizational committee of the movement on 20 January, and president of the movement on 27 January 2005.[8] The increasingly moderate SNP under Bulatović declined to join, trying to change its image into that of a democratic civic party.[9] Žižić was expelled from the SNP in early April 2005.[10]

Žižić was the president of the Democratic Party of Unity, a party he formed in July 2006.[11] The party was a part of Andrija Mandić's Serb List[12] and Democratic Front coalitions.[13]

Personal life and death

Žižić was married to Mira Žižić, with whom he had two children – daughter Sonja and son Vuk.[2]

Zoran Žižić died after an operation on 4 January 2013 in Podgorica, aged 61. His funeral was attended by Prime Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić.[14]

References

  1. ^ P., Č.; R., V. (22 January 2005). "Булатовић или Жижић?" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Vulić, Zorica (23 April 2000). "Ko je ovaj čovek: Zoran Žižić" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Bulajić, Ž.; Mitić, J. (4 November 2000). "Savezna vlada: Za povratak u svet i bolje odnose republika" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b Pavlović, V. (30 June 2001). "Premijer Savezne vlade Zoran Žižić podneo ostavku" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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  6. ^ "Yugoslav Daily Survey, 96-11-21". Hellenic Resources Institute. 21 November 1996. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ Stevanović, D.; Pavlović, V. (24 July 2001). "Savezna Skupština u utorak bira novu jugoslovensku vladu" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ^ Krsmanović, Kaćuša (22 January 2005). "Žižićev treći raskol i prvo liderstvo" (in Montenegrin). Republika. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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  10. ^ "Žižić isključen iz SNP-a" (in Serbian). B92. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Žižić formirao Demokratsku stranku jedinstva" (in Montenegrin). PCNEN. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  12. ^ "CG: Šest koalicija i pet stranaka" (in Serbian). B92. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Žižić pristupio Demokratskom frontu" (in Serbian). RTS. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Sahranjen Zoran Žižić" (in Serbian). RTS. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

4 November 2000 – 24 July 2001 		Succeeded by
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