Predrag Marković

Minister of Culture, Media and Information SocietyIn office
14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012Prime MinisterMirko CvetkovićPreceded byNebojša Bradić (Culture)
Jasna Matić (Telecommunications and Information Society)Succeeded byBratislav PetkovićPresident of SerbiaIn office
4 March 2004 – 11 July 2004Prime MinisterVojislav KoštunicaPreceded byVojislav Mihailović (acting)Succeeded byBoris TadićPresident of the National Assembly of SerbiaIn office
4 March 2004 – 14 February 2007Preceded byDragan MaršićaninSucceeded byTomislav Nikolić Personal detailsBorn (1955-12-07) 7 December 1955 (age 68)
Čepure, PR Serbia, FPR YugoslaviaPolitical partyG17+ (2002–2013)
POKS (2017–present)EducationParaćin GymnasiumAlma materUniversity of Belgrade (no degree)ProfessionPolitical scientist

Predrag Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Марковић; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author, and historian who served as the president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and as minister of culture, media and information society from 2011 to 2012. A former member of G17 Plus, he also briefly served as acting president of Serbia until the election of Boris Tadić in 2004.

Political career

Marković was President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and the acting President of Serbia within Serbia and Montenegro between 4 March and 11 July 2004.^[1] In addition, he has been the president of the G17 Plus Management Board, the President of the G17 Plus Political Council and member of their Executive Board. In 2003, he was chosen as an honorary president of the G17 Plus Party.

During Marković's tenure as President of the National Assembly, the National Assembly unanimously returned the coat of arms, flag and anthem of Serbia on 17 August 2004^[2] and on 5 June 2006 announced Serbia's sovereignty.^[3]

Marković was the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia candidate for Mayor of Belgrade during the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election. He finished with 4,291 votes.

Literary career

Marković is a member of PEN, the Serbian Literary Society and is the former president of the Association of Publishers of Serbia and Montenegro. From 1993 to 2013, he was the owner of the Stubovi kulture publishing house^[4] and has written six books. He speaks Serbian, Russian, and Spanish.

Marković is a contributor and honourable member of the Urban Book Circle (Canada).^[5]

Personal life

Marković is known for keeping details from his personal life private.^[6] On 26 December 2015, Marković married Vesna (née Vujatović; born 1991).^[7] He has a son from a previous marriage.^[8]

Published books

• L‘imun. Isceđen (1982)
• Morali bi doći nasmejani lavovi (1983)
• Otmenost duše (1989)
• Zavodnik ništavila (2017)
• Kovčeg komedijant (2018)
• David protiv Otužnog Zloduha (2020)

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Government offices
Preceded by Vojislav Mihailović Acting	President of Serbia Acting 2004	Succeeded by Boris Tadić
Preceded by Dragan Maršićanin	President of the National Assembly of Serbia 2004–2007	Succeeded by Tomislav Nikolić
Preceded by Nebojša Bradić (Culture) Jasna Matić (Telecommunications and Information Society)	Minister of Culture, Media and Information Society 2011–2012	Succeeded by Bratislav Petković

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