Zoran Đinđić

Serbian politician (1952−2003)

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Zoran Đinđić was a Serbian politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He is remembered as a key figure in the transition away from Slobodan Milošević's authoritarian rule and for implementing democratic and economic reforms during a critical period in Serbian history.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Zoran
Gender: male
Citizenship: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Place of birth: Šamac
Place of death: Belgrade
Spouse: Ružica Đinđić
Occupation: writer
Position held: Mayor of Belgrade
Educated at: University of Konstanz
Employer: University of Novi Sad
Political party: Democratic Party
Languages spoken: Serbian
Native language: Serbian
Religion: Serbian Orthodox Church
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Official website: www.zorandjindjic.org/biografija
Image: Zoran Djindjic, 2002.jpg
Number of children: 2

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killed by: Zvezdan Jovanović
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Commons category: Zoran Đinđić
date of birth: 1952-08-01
date of death: 2003-03-12
Commons gallery: Zoran Đinđić
manner of death: homicide
place of burial: Belgrade New Cemetery
cause of death: gunshot wound
IPA transcription: [zǒran dʑîːndʑitɕ]
name in native language: Зоран Ђинђић
honorific suffix: Doctor of Philosophy

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Zoran Đinđić (1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician and philosopher who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the mayor of Belgrade in 1997, becoming the first non-communist and first democratically elected official to hold both key positions after World War II. Đinđić was a long-time opposition politician and held a doctorate in philosophy.

Đinđić was one of the original thirteen restorers of the modern day Democratic Party, becoming its president in 1994. During the 1990s, he was one of the co-leaders of the opposition to the administration of Slobodan Milošević, and became the Prime Minister of Serbia in 2001 after the overthrow of Milošević.

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