Dragan Đilas
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Dragan Đilas
Драган Ђилас |
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| Assumed office August 19, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Nenad Bogdanović (Branislav Belić) |
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Minister without portfolio in charge of the National Investment Plan
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| In office May 15, 2007 – July 7, 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Verica Kalanović |
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Director of the People's Office of the President
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| In office July 11, 2004 – May 15, 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Tatjana Pašić |
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| Born | 22 February 1967 Belgrade, Serbia |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Milica Delević (?-2008) |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Profession | Aerospace engineer |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Dragan Đilas (Serbian: Драган Ђилас, born February 22, 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician and businessman. He's the current mayor of Belgrade and a member of the Democratic Party (DS).
He previously served as the Minister without Portfolio in charge of the National Investment Plan in the Government of Serbia between 2007 and 2008 and as the Director of the People's Office of the President between 2004 and 2007.
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[edit] Early career
Đilas graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the aerospace engineering program. He worked as a journalist at Radio Index and on May 15, 1989 became one of the founders of Radio B92 where he later became the news editor.
Đilas was active in opposing the regime of Slobodan Milošević, leading the student protest in 1991 and 1992. He actively participated in various anti-regime rallies between 1996 and 2000.
[edit] Business career
Đilas is very active in the Serbian media market.He is one of the wealthiest tycoons.His wealth is estimated at around 300 million Euros.
He has a controlling stake in a limited-liability company called Multikom Group DOO whose ownership is dividid between Đilas (50%), Dragoslav Ilić (42%), and Nebojša Garić (8%).[1] Since his 2008 divorce, half of Đilas' stake in Multikom Group has been signed over to his ex-wife Milica Delević so that his total stake is now 25%.
The company is also active in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
Since 2001, Đilas co-owns (through Multikom Group) a closed joint stock company called Direct Media AD[2] , a media company that sells advertising space in various Serbian electronic media outlets. The company also offers ad rights in large sporting events such as the World Cup, Olympics, and World Basketball Championships.
Furthermore, Multikom also has large stake in Emotion Production, television production company creating some of the highest rated licensed and original reality programmes that air throughout the Balkans.
[edit] Political career
Even though he was politically active in various forms since his early youth, Đilas officially entered politics in 2004 when he joined the Democratic Party (DS).
[edit] People's Office
On October 1, 2004 he became the director of the People's Office (Народна канцеларија, Narodna kancelarija), body instituted by the newly elected President of Serbia Boris Tadić. Đilas stayed in the position until May 2007 when the new Government of Serbia was finally formed by DS and DSS parties almost 5 months after January 2007 parliamentary election. He became the Minister without Portfolio in charge of National Investment Plan (NIP).
[edit] Minister without Portfolio in charge of NIP
His tenure, however, turned out to be short-lived since the government fell in February 2008 following unilateral declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo.
Đilas' time in office was marked by frequent vicious clashes with a government colleague Minister for Capital Investment Velimir Ilić. The two already had history[3] of public feuding when they became part of the same cabinet in May 2007. It didn't take long for their feud to reignite and in October 2007 things boiled over when Ilić placed an angry, obscene phone call to Đilas' office, the transcript of which ended up in Serbian papers.[4]
[edit] Mayor of Belgrade
On 19 August 2008, Djilas was sworn in as the new mayor of Belgrade.
[edit] Personal life and other endeavours
Đilas is the founder and vice president of Naša Srbija humanitarian organisation for children who were left without one or both parents in the wars on the territory of former Yugoslavia.
Đilas divorced in 2008. He was married to Milica Delević who is also politically active. From fall 2003 until mid-August 2004 she headed the office for cooperation with European Union working under Serbia-Montenegro Council of Ministers. Then from 2007 until 2008, she was the deputy to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić. From November 2008, she is heading the Office for European Integration within Serbian Government.
They have two daughters together, Sofija and Jovana.
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National Investment Plan
| Preceded by Nenad Bogdanović Branislav Belić (acting) |
Mayor of Belgrade 2008 – present |
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| Preceded by Mlađan Dinkić |
Minister in charge of the National Investment Plan 2007 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Verica Kalanović |
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Director of the People's Office of the President 2004 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Tatjana Pašić |
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