Dragiša Pešić

Dragiša Pešić Драгиша Пешић
5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 24 July 2001 – 7 March 2003
President	Vojislav Koštunica
Preceded by	Zoran Žižić
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	8 August 1954 Danilovgrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Political party	Democratic Party of Socialists Socialist People's Party
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Dragiša Pešić (Serbian: Драгиша Пешић) (born 8 August 1954 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a politician from Montenegro who was the last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before it was officially transformed into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003.

He studied economic sciences at University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics.

In 1998, he became a Minister of Finance in Belgrade, when the Milošević trusted friend and SNP leader at that time Momir Bulatović, a competitor of Đukanović, became Yugoslav head of the government. After the fall of Milošević, DOS needed on the Yugoslav federal level the SNP for majority formation, because Đukanović had boycotted the last Yugoslav elections and openly national independence was explained as the goal.

He is currently the vice-president of the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro.

External links

• Biography on SNP Official Site (Serbian)