Živadin Jovanović
Živadin Jovanović Живадин Јовановић | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia | |
In office 9 January 1998 – 4 November 2000 | |
Preceded by | Milan Milutinović |
Succeeded by | Goran Svilanović |
Personal details | |
Born | Oparić, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 14 November 1938
Political party | Socialist Party of Serbia |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
Živadin Jovanović (Serbian: Живадин Јовановић) (born 14 November 1938, Oparić, Municipality of Rekovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia), is a Serbian diplomat and politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1998 and 2000.[1]
Career
Jovanović completed High School in Jagodina, Serbia in 1957 and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1961.
Jovanović served as Legal Officer in the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade from 1961 to 1964. He has been in the diplomatic service since 1964. First he served as Yugoslav Vice Consul in Toronto, Canada between 1966 and 1970, Adviser in the Yugoslav Embassy in Kenya between 1974 and 1978 and finally as the Yugoslav Ambassador to Angola between 1988 and 1993.
He was Assistant Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1997, and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000.
He was the Vice President for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Party of Serbia between 1996 and 2002 and also served as a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Serbia between 1996 and 2000.
Jovanović speaks English, Russian, French and Portuguese.
Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević on 5 October 2000, Jovanović lost the position of Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia and became more engaged in the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, a nonprofit organization which is a member of the World Peace Council. The Forum supports world peace and non-interventionism and opposes "humanitarian wars".[2]
He is currently President of Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, serving since 2005.[3]
Bibliography
- Ukidanje države (Abolishing the State), Dijam-m-pres, Veternik, 2003
- Kosovsko ogledalo (The Kosovo Mirror), Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, 2006
External links
- Živadin Jovanović biography at Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Beoforum Official page of Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals
References
- ^ "List of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs Since the Forming of the First Government in 1811". Mfa.gov.rs. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
- ^ "What is Belgrade Forum and What is It That the Forum Does". beoforum.rs. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
- ^ "Живадин Јовановић - Биографија". Beoforum.rs. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-02.