Ljubisav Đokić
Ljubisav Đokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубисав Ђокић; nicknamed "Džo" ("Џо"), the Serbian phonetical translation of Joe; born November 27, 1943) is a wheel loader operator who became the main symbol of the October 5th Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000 when he drove his wheel loader into the RTS building. His wheel loader was shot at and struck by several bullets, and one of the bullets shot the windshield and missed him narrowly. The event is sometimes referred to as The Bulldozer Revolution.
Đokić has a spinal deformity and at the time he was timber yard and construction material warehouse owner. Soon after the overthrow, he started opposing the new government, saying it had done almost nothing to improve the standard of the war-torn country. He even said that during Milošević's regime he was an owner of a company which operated with success, but that post-Milošević politicians made such unhealthy economic conditions, that his business failed and himself went bankrupt, even selling his iconic wheel loader and living on 180 euro social benefit.[1][2]
References
External links
- An article on the overthrow, a week after
- An interview Đokić gave a month and a half after the overthrow (in Serbian)
- An article on Đokić (in Polish)