Vojislav Koštunica Војислав Коштуница  PhD
Prime Minister of Serbia
Incumbent
Assumed office  03 March 2004
President	Boris Tadić
Deputy	Božidar Đelić
Preceded by	Zoran Živković
President of Yugoslavia
In office 7 October 2000 – 7 March 2003
Prime Minister	Momir Bulatović Zoran Žižić Dragiša Pešić
Preceded by	Slobodan Milošević
Succeeded by	Svetozar Marović
Born	24 March 1944 (1944-03-24) (age 64) Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Political party	Democratic Party of Serbia
Spouse	Zorica Radović
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Dr. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( Predsednik Vlade Republike Srbije) is the head of the Government of Serbia. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић born January 15, 1958) is a Serbian politician and the current President of Serbia. Božidar "Boža" Đelić (Божидар Ђелић (born April 1, 1965 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a Zoran Živković (Зоран Живковић is a former Prime Minister of Serbia who replaced assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić This is a List of Heads of State of Yugoslavia from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the end of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Momir Bulatović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Момир Булатовић (born September 21, 1956 in Belgrade, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia Zoran Žižić (Зоран Жижић (born 4 March 1951) is a politician from Montenegro. Dragiša Pešić ( Serbian: Драгиша Пешић (born August 8, 1954 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Federal People's Republic Svetozar Marović ( Serbian: Светозар Маровић born March 31, 1955) is a Lawyer and a Montenegrin Politician Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croato-Slovene ie Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Belgrade ( Serbian: sr Универзитет у Београду is the oldest and most important institution of higher Education in all of The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Vojislav Koštunica (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Коштуница, listen (help·info)) (pronounced [ˈvɔjislaːv kɔˈʃtunitsa], born March 24, 1944, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is the current technical Prime Minister of Serbia and President of the Democratic Party of Serbia. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( Predsednik Vlade Republike Srbije) is the head of the Government of Serbia. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative He was also the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state He is serving his second term from 15 May 2007. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Career

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A law graduate from the University of Belgrade with a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Law, Koštunica lost his job in 1974 after criticizing Tito's Communist government. The University of Belgrade ( Serbian: sr Универзитет у Београду is the oldest and most important institution of higher Education in all of A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end either related to law Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. In 1989, he became one of the founders of the Democratic Party. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Democratic Party (Демократска странка Demokratska stranka,) is the main Center-left Political party in Serbia. He left Democratic Party in July 1992, when he became the leader of the new Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), of which he is still president. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Democratic Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Демократска странка Србије or Demokratska stranka Srbije) is the largest Conservative

Koštunica was a conservative politician with no connection to the old Communist Party (from which Slobodan Milošević's party originated). Supported by both nationalistic and pro-Western voters, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia backed him in the presidential election of September 2000. The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( Демократска oпозиција Cрбије, ДОС; Demokratska opozicija Srbije, DOS) was a wide 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. After turbulent events of October 2000, Koštunica was finally declared the winner of the election and remained president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until February 2003, when the state was replaced by Serbia and Montenegro and the position he held was abolished. The 5th October Overthrow (sometimes colloquially called the Bulldozer Revolution) is a term referring to the series of events that occurred in 2000 in the Federal Republic Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Државна заједница Србија и Црна Гора / Državna zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora, abbreviated Koštunica opposed the extradition of his predecessor, Slobodan Milošević, and has stated his opposition to the Hague Tribunal several times.

Following the parliamentary elections in December 2003, in which the DSS emerged as the largest of the pro-EU parties, Koštunica became prime minister in March 2004 at the head of the new minority government of Serbia, albeit with the support of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Government of Serbia (Влада Републике Србије / Vlada Republike Srbije is the main element of the Executive branch of government in Serbia. The Socialist Party of Serbia (Социјалистичка партија Србије Socijalistička partija Srbije) is a Political party in Serbia. However, as a result of the bad showing of the government candidate Dragan Maršićanin in the Serbian presidential election, 2004, Koštunica announced that fresh parliamentary elections should be expected by the end of the year just following the adoption of a new Constitution for Serbia. Dragan Maršićanin (Драган Маршићанин (born in 1950 in Belgrade) is the current ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, appointed in July Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday 27 June Since then, the minority government of Vojislav Koštunica has maintained a frail coalition government.

In May 15, 2007, after a brief crisis in his coalition (which included the threat of breaking with Tadic's DS), he was sworn in for his second term as prime minister. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

On February 21, 2008, following Kosovo's declaration of independence, Kostunica made an emotional speech in Belgrade, which included the following:

Dear citizens of Serbia, Serbia! What is Kosovo? Where is Kosovo? Whose is Kosovo? Is there anyone among us who is not from Kosovo? Is there anyone among us who thinks that Kosovo does not belong to us? Kosovo – that’s Serbia’s first name. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Kosovo belongs to Serbia. Kosovo belongs to the Serbian people. That’s how it has been for ever. That’s how it’s going to be for ever. There is no force, no threat, and no punishment big and hideous enough for any Serb, at any time, to say anything different but, Kosovo is Serbia! Never will anyone hear from us that the Patriarchate of Peć does not belong to us, that Visoki Dečani and Gračanica are not ours! That the place where we were born is not ours; we and our state and our church and everything that makes us what we are today! If we as Serbs renounce Serbianhood, our origin, our Kosovo, our ancestors and our history – then, who are we Serbs? What is our name then?^[1]

On February 25, 2008, Koštunica demanded that the United States rescind its recognition of Kosovo, warning that "there will be no stability" until the "fake state" is annulled. The Patriarchate of Peć ( Serbian: Пећка патријаршија or Pećka Patrijaršija; Albanian: Patrikana e Pejës) is a Serbian Visoki Dečani ( Serbian: Манастир Високи Дечани or Manastir Visoki Dečani) is a major Serb Orthodox Christian monastery located in Gračanica ( Serbian: Манастир Грачаница or Manastir Gračanica, Albanian: Manastiri i Graçanicës) is a Serbian Orthodox Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[2]

On March 8, 2008, Koštunica, as Prime Minister of Serbia, called for new elections on May 11 after the collapse of his party's coalition with the Democratic Party over European Union issues and Kosovo's declaration of independence. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople The Democratic Party (Демократска странка Demokratska stranka,) is the main Center-left Political party in Serbia. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was an act of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Assembly of Kosovo, adopted on 17 February 2008 which declared ^[3]

On April 4, 2008, Koštunica stated that EU membership is no longer on agenda for Serbia. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in He said that before EU accession continuation Serbia and EU must discuss the matter of borders and Serbia’s territorial integrity. ^[4] He said that Serbia must not by no means sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement. In talks with countries who have expressed the wish to join the European Union (EU the EU typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political He referred to the agreement as «Solana's agreement». Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, PhD (born 14 July 1942 in Madrid, Spain is the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP ^[5]

On April 21, 2008 Koštunica said that the SAA is in the interests of Olli Rehn and Javier Solana and not in Serbia's state interests. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Olli Ilmari Rehn ( (born 31 March 1962) is a Finnish politician currently serving as European Commissioner for Enlargement. Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, PhD (born 14 July 1942 in Madrid, Spain is the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP He also said that "NATO pact cannot claim that Serbia recognized Kosovo’s independence with that signature. The North Atlantic Treaty " and that "the only thing the NATO pact will be able to claim is that individual parties signed Solana’s agreement. ". ^[6]

On April 27, 2008 he said that that anyone who signed the SAA on behalf of Serbia would become an accomplice to tearing Serbia apart. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common He also implied there is a cover-up of something in the agreement by saying: "I am convinced every Serbian sees that things are being covered up, and that there is something seriously amiss with the Solana agreement. " and he asked "who in Serbia dares to ignore these facts and conceal the real goal of Solana's agreement. ". ^[7]

On April 28, 2008 he said that "the signature will not be valid for Serbia and whoever signs the SAA will have to assume responsibility for such an act". Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[8]

On May 1, 2008 Koštunica said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was right when he said that the SAA should have been signed but one day later on May 2, 2008 he vowed to annul the agreement after the election, calling it "a trick", "Solana's agreement" and "the Tadić-Đelić SAA signature". Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Серге́й Ви́кторович Лавро́в born March 21, 1950, in Moscow) is the Foreign Minister Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, PhD (born 14 July 1942 in Madrid, Spain is the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић born January 15, 1958) is a Serbian politician and the current President of Serbia. Božidar "Boža" Đelić (Божидар Ђелић (born April 1, 1965 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a ^[9][10] He said he refers to the act of signing of the SAA as anti-Constitutional and anti-state that leads to the breakup of Serbia. ^[11] Spokesperson of Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia stated that Tadić was putting a seal of Judas of his party coalition to the Solana Agreement by signing it. ^[12] On May 4 he called the document "a forgery and a trick". Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV ^[13]

Personal life

Koštunica lives with his wife and fellow lawyer, Zorica Radović, Ph. D. He is a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the

References

External links

• Article about Koštunica
• Speeches and statements