Dušan Petrović

Dušan Petrović (Serbian: Душан Петровић) (born September 8, 1966 in Šabac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician, a long-time member of Democratic Party (DS) and the current Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management. He was the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia between 2007 and 2008.

Biography

Petrović completed elementary and high school in his hometown of Šabac, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as a lawyer, and from 2000 to 2004 he was the mayor of Šabac, as well as a deputy in the House of Citizens in the Parliament of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is the member of the Democratic Party since 1992, and he progressed from the position of its local council in Šabac (1996), member of the party's Presidency (2000), one of its vice-presidents (since 18 February 2006), and the deputy president to the party's chairman Boris Tadić (since 25 March 2006). In the National Assembly of Serbia, where he was elected in the 2003 elections he held the position of chief of DS deputy group, and in 2003-2007 he was also the vice-president of the Assembly.

After difficult tripartite negotiations among Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia and G17+ following the 2007 elections he became the Minister of Justice in the government led by Vojislav Koštunica.^[1]

General references

• Biography, Official website of Democratic Party.

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