Zoran Krasić
Zoran Krasić | |
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Зоран Красић | |
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | |
In office 3 June 2016 – 12 April 2018 | |
In office 18 March 2003 – 31 May 2012 | |
Member of the Chamber of Citizens in the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
In office 3 February 1993 – 7 October 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia | 11 March 1956
Died | 12 April 2018[1] Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 62)
Political party | SRS (1991–2018) NRS (1990–91) |
Occupation | Politician |
Zoran Krasić (
Early life and career
Krasić was born in
Politician
Krasić ran in the
Member of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1992–2000)
Krasić was elected to the
Krasić also ran for the
Serbian cabinet minister (1998–2000)
The Radical Party joined the government of Serbia on 24 March 1998 as part of a coalition government led by the Socialist Party, and Krasić was named as trade minister in the cabinet of Serbian prime minister Mirko Marjanović.[13] One month after his appointment, he announced that the government would pursue charges against business leaders who had created "false shortages" and raised their prices following a recent currency devaluation.[14] He later said that his ministry's priority would be to fight against monopolies that had created artificial shortages, introduced price pressures, and imported unneeded raw materials.[15]
After the start of the
The bombing campaign ended in June 1999, and NATO forces entered Kosovo shortly thereafter. The Radical Party threatened to withdraw from government when this occurred; Krasić was quoted as saying, "We have been deceived by our coalition partners. [...] Where there are no Yugoslav troops, and no Serb police [in Kosovo], there is no state sovereignty."[19] Ultimately, the party remained in government.
In late 1999, Krasić announced that Serbia would use "subsidies, bonuses, allowances, tax and contribution relief, and other means" to avoid price increases in staple goods.[20] Bosnian Serb Television subsequently reported in February 2000 that his ministry had unexpectedly blocked food exports from Yugoslavia to the Republika Srpska.[21]
SPS leader Slobodan Milošević was defeated in the 2000 Yugoslavian presidential election and subsequently fell from power on 5 October 2000, a watershed moment in Serbian politics. Krasić was defeated in his bid for re-election to the Chamber of Citizens in the concurrent Yugoslavian parliamentary election. (He did not seek re-election in Niš but instead received the second position on the SRS list for the Belgrade division of Čukarica; the Radical Party did not win any seats in the division.)[22] The Serbian government fell after Milošević's defeat in the Yugoslavian vote, and Krasić's ministerial term ended on 24 October 2000.
Member of the National Assembly of Serbia
First three terms (2003–08)
Serbia held a
Krasić appeared in the thirty-eighth position on the Radical Party's list in the 2003 parliamentary election and was included in its delegation when the list won eighty-two seats.[27][28] Although the Radicals were the largest party in the new assembly, they fell well short of a majority and ultimately continued to serve in opposition. In his second term, Krasić was deputy chair of the assembly's legislative committee and a member of the committee on constitutional affairs and the committee on justice and administration.[29]
In June 2006,
Krasić received the tenth position on the SRS's list in the 2007 parliamentary election and was given a mandate for a third term when the party won eighty-one seats.[37][38] The Radicals once again won the greatest number of seats in the assembly, fell short of a majority, and served in opposition. Krasić held the same committee memberships as in the previous parliament, although he was by this time no longer deputy chair of the legislative committee.[39]
Fourth term (2008–12)
Krasić appeared in the eleventh position on the Radical Party's list in the
The Radical Party experienced a serious split in late 2008, with several members joining the more moderate Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) under the leadership of Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić. Krasić remained with the Radicals and was a prominent member of the party's hardline, pro-Šešelj faction.[47] He was named chair of the parliamentary finance committee in January 2009, during a purge of Radicals-turned-Progressives from leadership positions.[48] At around the same time, he was chosen as leader of Šešelj's legal defence team.[49] When Šešelj experienced serious health issues in early 2012, Krasić urged the tribunal to end what he described as its "torture" of the SRS leader and permit him to return to Serbia.[50]
In 2010, the Radical Party introduced a draft resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire. At a press conference to announce the legislation, Krasić said, "Under pressure by the international community, some parties are trying to push through the Serbian parliament a resolution on Srebrenica, which would include the term genocide, although what happened in Srebrenica cannot be compared to the plight of Armenians or of over one million people in Rwanda."[51]
In addition to chairing the finance committee, Krasić continued to serve on the justice and constitutional affairs committees, was part of Serbia's delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (where Serbia has observer status), and was a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship group with Israel.[52]
Out of parliament (2012–16)
Serbia's electoral system was reformed in 2011, such that all parliamentary mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Krasić received the fourth position on the Radical Party's list in the 2012 parliamentary election.[53] He also appeared in the second position on its list for the Belgrade city assembly and the lead position on its list for the Rakovica municipal assembly in the concurrent 2012 local elections.[54] At all three levels, the party failed to cross the five per cent electoral threshold for assembly representation.
He was given the fifth position on the SRS list for the
Return to parliament (2016–18)
The Radicals returned to parliament in the 2016 election, winning twenty-two mandates. Krasić, who again received the fifth position on the party's list, was elected to a fifth term.[57] The SNS and its allies won the election, and the Radicals again served in opposition. Krasić also led the SRS's list in Rakovica for the concurrent 2016 local elections and was this time elected when the list won five mandates.[58] He resigned his seat in the local assembly on 15 September 2016.[59]
At the time of his death, Krasić was a member of the committee on constitutional and legislative issues, a member of the committee on finance, state budget, and control of public spending, and a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with Iran and Israel.[60]
Death
Krasić died on 12 April 2018 after a short illness.[61]
Electoral record
National Assembly of Serbia
Candidate | Party | |
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Dr. Zoran Aranđelović | Party of Independent Democrats of Serbia | |
Ivan Loki Dinčić | Citizens' Group | |
Toplica Đorđević | Serbian Renewal Movement | |
Dr. Rajko Đurić | Democratic Party | |
Dr. Živorad Zlatković | Party of Independent Businessmen and Peasants | |
Mile Ilić (***WINNER***) | Socialist Party of Serbia | |
Zoran Krasić | People's Radical Party | |
Dr. Petko Stojanović | Citizens' Group | |
Svetomir Stošić | Yugoslav Socialist Democratic Party | |
Total | ||
Source: [62][63] |
Notes
- ^ Serbian mayors were not directly elected in 1996; Krasić was technically the SRS's presumptive nominee for mayor in the event that the party won the election.
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- ^ "КАНДИДАТИ СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА ЗА ИЗБОР САВЕЗНИХ ПОСЛАНИІКА У ВЕЋЕ ГРАЂАНА САВЕЗНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], September 2000, p. 3; ИЗБОРИ 2000: ВЕЋЕ РЕПУБЛИКА И ВЕЋЕ ГРАЂАНА САВЕЗНЕ СКУПШТИНЕ, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Department of Statistics (2000), pp. 40, 59.
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- ^ "Serbian party files submission to ban Radical Party with Belgrade court," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 28 June 2016 (Source: Radio B92 text website, Belgrade, in English 1344 gmt 28 Jun 06). Serbia's state prosecutor rejected the request. See Ben Wetherall, "State Prosecutor Rejects Motion to Ban Serbian Ultra-Nationalist Opposition Party," Global Insight Daily Analysis, 11 August 2006.
- ^ "President slams deputies for insulting minister," HINA, 6 June 2006.
- ^ "Serbian Radicals say Ustasha remarks have ideological, not ethnic meaning," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 7 June 2006 (Source: Beta news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1223 gmt 7 Jun 06).
- ^ "Ethnic Croat party condemns Serbian Assembly decision," HINA, 15 July 2006.
- ^ "Serbia appoints delegations to European bodies," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 21 June 2006 (Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1513 gmt 21 Jun 06); Norbert Mappes-Niediek, "Parteienstreit in Serbien über Amt des Außenministers Nach der Trennung von Montenegro sind Neuwahlen denkbar," Weser Kurier, 24 June 2006.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (4 Српска радикална странка - др Војислав Шешељ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
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- ^ ДЕТАЉИ О НАРОДНОМ ПОСЛАНИКУ: КРАСИЋ, ЗОРАН, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 December 2021. - ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (4 СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА - Др ВОЈИСЛАВ ШЕШЕЉ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
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- ^ For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See Law on Local Elections (2007), Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000; made available via LegislationOnline, Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 7 April 2024. Krasić did not automatically receive a mandate by virtue of leading the list.
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