Oliver Dulić

Oliver Dulić Оливер Дулић
10th President of the National Assembly of Serbia
In office May 23, 2007 – June 25, 2008
Preceded by	Tomislav Nikolić
Succeeded by	Slavica Đukić Dejanović
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
In office July 7, 2008 – March 14, 2011
Succeeded by	Oliver Dulić
Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2011
Preceded by	Oliver Dulić Petar Škundrić (Mining)
Personal details
Born	21 January 1975 (1975-01-21) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Andrea Kuzman
Residence	Subotica/Belgrade, Serbia
Alma mater	Univ. of Belgrade
Profession	Surgeon

Oliver Dulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Дулић; pronounced [ɔ̌livɛr dǔːlitɕ]) (born 21 January 1975 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician, long-time member of Democratic Party, and former President of the National Assembly of Serbia between 2007 and 2008. He serves as Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning in the Government of Serbia.

Biography

Dulić completed primary and secondary education in Subotica, and graduated from the Belgrade Medical School in 1999, where he entered the postgraduate studies. He also completed the specialization on the University of Oslo. As of 2007, he was specializing orthopedic surgery and traumatology at the University of Belgrade.

He entered political life in 1996, when he was one of leaders of the students protest in Belgrade, and a member of his Initiative board, and later Otpor movement, as well as a member of the Serbian Renewal Movement. He joined the Democratic Party in 1997. He was the president of the party's local board in Subotica in two terms. From 2000 to 2006 he was vice-president of Provincial Board of DS in Vojvodina. He is also a member of the party's Main committee. From 2001 to 2003 Dulić was head of North Bačka District. In 2003, he was an MP of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro. On local elections 2003, he was beaten by Géza Kucsera by just a hundred votes From 2006, he is a member of Presidency of Democratic Party.

Dulić was elected for the President of the Serbian Parliament on 23 May 2007. He was supported by 136 deputies of newly formed ruling coalition of Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia and G17 Plus, as well as by votes of "Vojvodina deputies" and national minorities deputy clubs. His election ended the long-lasting institutional crisis which followed the 2007 elections. He succeeded the speaker position from Tomislav Nikolić of Serbian Radical Party, whose presidency lasted only 5 days, as result of a strange manoeuver within the ruling coalition through negotiations. At 32, he is be the youngest speaker in the history of Serbian parliament.

Personal

Dulić is married and currently has no children. In addition to Serbian, he speaks fluent English, Hungarian, Norwegian, and German. He also completed music school in Subotica, and plays guitar, piano, and tamburitza. He was an active waterpolo player and played for 15 years for the Subotica warterpolo club. He owns a small private company for computer dealing in Subotica.

Coming from a mixed marriage, Dulić is of partial Serb and partial Bunjevac origin. In an interview to Croatian Nova TV, he stated that he self-identifies as Yugoslav.

External links

• Oliver Dulić on Twitter

Government offices
Preceded by Tomislav Nikolić	President of the National Assembly of Serbia May 23, 2007 – June 23, 2008	Succeeded by Slavica Đukić Dejanović
Preceded by Saša Dragin Minister of Environmental Protection	Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning July 7, 2008 - March 14, 2011	Succeeded by {{{after}}}
Preceded by Oliver Dulić Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning	Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning March 14, 2011–present	Incumbent