Živadin Jovanović

Živadin Jovanović
Живадин Јовановић
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 (1938-11-14) 14 November 1938
Oparić, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
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

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "What is Belgrade Forum and What is It That the Forum Does". beoforum.rs. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  3. ↑ "Живадин Јовановић - Биографија". Beoforum.rs. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
Government offices
Preceded by
Milan Milutinović		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1998 – 2000		 Succeeded by
Goran Svilanović
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