Predrag Marković (born 7 December 1955 in Čepure, near Paraćin

Paracin

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, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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) is a Serbia

Serbia

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n politician, author, and historian.

Political career

Marković was President of the National Assembly of Serbia

President of the National Assembly of Serbia

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 from 2004 to 2007 and the acting President of Serbia

President of Serbia

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 within Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

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 between 4 March and 11 July 2004. In addition, he has been the president of the G17 Plus

G17 Plus

G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party...

 Management Board, the President of the G17 Plus Political Council and member of their Executive Board. Since 2003, he has been Vice-President of the G17 Plus Party.

Literary career

Marković is a member of PEN and the Serbian Literary Society and the president of the Association of Publishers of Serbia and Montenegro. He is the owner of the Stubovi kulture publishing house and has written two books: Morali su doći nasmejani lavovi (Smiling Lions Had to Come) in 1983 and Otmenost duše (Prestige of the Soul) in 1989.

He speaks Serbian

Serbian language

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, Russian, and Spanish.