Dragan Đilas
Dragan Đilas (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђилас, pronounced [drǎɡan d͡ʑîlaːs], born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013.
Dragan Đilas | |
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| Драган Ђилас | |
Đilas in 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 16 April 2014 – 15 October 2014 | |
| 72nd Mayor of Belgrade | |
| In office 19 August 2008 – 18 November 2013 | |
| Deputy | Milan Krkobabić Tatjana Pašić |
| Preceded by | Nenad Bogdanović Zoran Alimpić (Acting) Branislav Belić (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Siniša Mali |
| Minister without portfolio in charge of the National Investment Plan | |
| In office 15 May 2007 – 7 July 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Verica Kalanović |
| Director of the People's Office of the President | |
| In office 11 July 2004 – 15 May 2007 | |
| President | Boris Tadić |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tatjana Pašić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1967 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | DS (2004–2016) SSP (2019–) |
| Spouse(s) | Milica Delević (1994–2007) Iva Pelević (2009–2013) |
| Children | Sofija Jovana Ana Vuk |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
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From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the Democratic Party (DS), the nation's main opposition party.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Đilas served as the mayor of the Serbian capital city between 2008 and 2013. He served as the Minister without Portfolio in charge of the National Investment Plan in the 2007–2008 Cabinet of Serbia and prior to that as the director of the People's Office of the President between 2004 and 2007.
On 18 April 2011, Đilas became the President of Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS). He resigned in October 2016.
Prior to leaving the KSS, Đilas left the Democratic Party in April 2016. He continued his political career after leaving, running in the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election before afterwards announcing a new political opposition alliance, the Alliance for Serbia. In 2019, he was elected president of the newly-formed Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP).