Dragan Đilas

Dragan Đilas
Драган Ђилас
Đilas in 2019
Mayor of Belgrade
In office
19 August 2008 – 18 November 2013
Personal details
Born (1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 57)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyDS (2004–2016)
SSP (2019–present)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade

Dragan Đilas (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђилас; born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian politician and a businessman. He was the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013 and the president of the Democratic Party from 2012 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Party of Freedom and Justice.

Early life

Đilas was born on 22 February 1967 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.[1] He graduated from the University of Belgrade.[1]

Political career

Before becoming a politician, Đilas was a journalist and a businessman.[2] He joined the Democratic Party in 2004.[2] He became the president of the Democratic Party in November 2012.[3] He remained president of the Democratic Party until May 2014.[4] He left the Democratic Party and temporarily retired from politics in April 2016.[5]

Đilas became the mayor of Belgrade on 19 August 2008.[6] He was re-elected in 2012.[7] Đilas was ousted as the mayor of Belgrade in September 2013.[8] He left the office on 18 November 2013, when the Temporary Council was formalised.[9]

Đilas returned to politics in 2018.[10] He founded the Party of Freedom and Justice in April 2019.[11] He has been the president of the Party of Freedom and Justice since then.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Otac Velikog brata". Vreme (in Serbian). 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dragan Đilas". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Đilas novi predsednik DS-a". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 2012-11-25. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Bojan Pajtić novi predsednik DS". B92 (in Serbian). 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  5. ↑ Valtner, Lidija (2016-06-30). "Đilas se iščlanio iz Demokratske stranke". Danas (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  6. ↑ Petrović, Daliborka Mučibabić-Dejan Spalović- Marko R. (2008-08-19). "Đilas gradonačelnik Beograda". Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ↑ "Đilas ponovo gradonačelnik Beograda". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  8. ↑ Glavonjić, Zoran (2013-09-25). "Gradonačelnik Beograda Đilas smenjen, optužuje Vučića za koncentraciju vlasti". Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  9. ↑ "Izabrano privremeno veće Beograda". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  10. ↑ "Samo zajedno možemo izvući Srbiju iz ambisa". Vreme (in Serbian). 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Osnovana Stranka slobode i pravde Dragana Đilasa". Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). 2019-04-19. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  12. ↑ "Đilas ponovo izabran za predsednika SSP-a". Politika (in Serbian). 2022-06-18. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-11.