Zoran Đinđić (1952-2003)
Born in Bosanski Šamac, 1952. Graduated from the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philosophy in 1974. Obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of Konstanz in Germany, under the mentorship of Dr Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s most distinguished philosophers.
The essays and works of Dr Đinđić, one of Serbia’s leading intellectuals, have been published in the periodicals Stav, Književna Reč and Književne Novine. He is also well-known for his books "Serbia; neither East nor West," "Subjectivity and Violence," "Yugoslavia – the Partially Formed State" and "The Fall of the Dialectics."
As a student in Tito’s Yugoslavia, Zoran Đinđić took an active role in the opposition movement. He was arrested and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for attempting to set up an autonomous student organization with fellow student leaders from Zagreb and Ljubljana.
Dr Đinđić taught philosophy at the University of Novi Sad for a time. Shortly afterwards, he teamed up with prominent Serbian dissident writers and intellectuals to found the Democratic Party, in 1989. A year later, at the annual convention of the Democratic Party, he was elected President of the Executive Committee. He was elected President of the Democratic Party in January 1994.
In 1990 he was elected MP in the Serbian National Assembly. In the same year he became the Democratic Party caucus whip in the National Assembly. In 1993 he entered the Chamber of Republics in the Federal Assembly. Following 88 days of student and civic protests over the theft of local and regional elections in 1996-1997, he was elected the first non-communist mayor of Belgrade.
In June 2000, he became coordinator of the Alliance for Change, the largest democratic coalition in Serbia. In August 2000 he became DOS pre-election campaign coordinator.
He was appointed Serbian Prime Minister on 25 January 2001. He spoke German and English. He was assassinated on 12 March 2003 in front of the Serbian government building. Đinđić is survived by his wife Ružica, and their two children – daughter Jovana and son Luka.
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