Dušan Petrović (born September 8, 1966 in Šabac

Šabac

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, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia

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) is a Serbian

Serbs

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 politician, a long-time member of Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Serbia)

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 (DS) and the current Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management. He was the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia

Government of Serbia

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 between 2007 and 2008.

Biography

Petrović completed elementary and high school in his hometown of Šabac, and graduated from the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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's Law School

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

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. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as a lawyer, and from 2000 to 2004 he was the mayor

Mayor

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 of Šabac, as well as a deputy

Member of Parliament

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 in the House of Citizens in the Parliament of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is the member of the Democratic Party since 1992, and he progressed from the position of its local council in Šabac (1996), member of the party's Presidency (2000), one of its vice-presidents (since 18 February 2006), and the deputy president to the party's chairman Boris Tadić

Boris Tadic

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 (since 25 March 2006). In the National Assembly of Serbia

National Assembly of Serbia

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, where he was elected in the 2003 elections he held the position of chief of DS deputy group, and in 2003-2007 he was also the vice-president of the Assembly.

After difficult tripartite negotiations among Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia

Democratic Party of Serbia

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 and G17+ following the 2007 elections

Serbian parliamentary election, 2007

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 he became the Minister of Justice in the government led by Vojislav Koštunica

Vojislav Koštunica

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.

General references

• Biography, Official website of Democratic Party.