
Born in Belgrade, 1942.
Graduated from the Faculty of Civil
Engineering in Belgrade at the Department for Roads, Airports and
Railways. He worked for 30 years on the most important traffic
infrastructure projects in the former Yugoslavia.
He was the
first director of the CIP Traffic Institute which under his guidance
became the most important research, development, engineering and
planning institution in the former Yugoslavia and this part of Europe.
Following the 1999 NATO bombing he headed the Board for the Country’s
Reconstruction.
A co-founder of the Socialist Party of Serbia
(SPS), today he is party vice president and member of its presidency.
From 2000 he was a member of the Council of the Republic in the FRY
Federal parliament, and later also at the Serbia-Montenegrin parliament.
From 2006 he was an MP in the Serbian parliament and parliament deputy speaker.
He is actively engaged in the board for privatisation, science and technological development, urbanism and civil engineering.
source: www.srbija.sr.gov.yu
He replaced Velimir Ilić on this position in July 2008.
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