Rasim Ljajic
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Rasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
and his connection with the Wahhabias
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
.
Rasim Ljajić (Serbian
Cyrillic: Расим Љајић; rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ; born 28 January 1964 in Novi Pazar
) is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
and his connection with the Wahhabias
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
.
Rasim Ljajić (Serbian
Cyrillic: Расим Љајић; rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ; born 28 January 1964 in Novi Pazar
) is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
and his connection with the Wahhabias
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007....
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak
The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak is a political party that represents the Bosniak ethnic minority in the Sandzak region of Serbia. It is a branch of the Party of Democratic Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-External links:*...
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin is an ethnic Bosniak politician from the Sandžak region of Serbia...
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
and his connection with the Wahhabias
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a religious movement or a branch of Islam. It was developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian from Najd, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Abdul Al-Wahhab advocated purging Islam of what he considered to be impurities and innovations...
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
Democratic Opposition of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal is a popular name for the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899.*Permanent Court of Arbitration, a permanent arbitration court*Permanent Court of International Justice , superseded by:*International Court of Justice...
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
Serbian parliamentary election, 2003
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on December 28, 2003. The Republic of Serbia then was one of the two federal units of Serbia and Montenegro, formerly known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
Nenad Canak
Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician...
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
The League of Vojvodina Social Democrats is a regionalist social democratic political party in Serbia...
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president...
.
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Rasim Ljajić (Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
Cyrillic: Расим Љајић; rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ; born 28 January 1964 in Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar is a city and municipality located in southwest Serbia, in the Raška District. According to the official census in 2011, number of inhabitants of municipality is 92,776, while the city itself has a population of 60,638...
) is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007....
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak
The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak is a political party that represents the Bosniak ethnic minority in the Sandzak region of Serbia. It is a branch of the Party of Democratic Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-External links:*...
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin is an ethnic Bosniak politician from the Sandžak region of Serbia...
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
and his connection with the Wahhabias
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a religious movement or a branch of Islam. It was developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian from Najd, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Abdul Al-Wahhab advocated purging Islam of what he considered to be impurities and innovations...
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
Democratic Opposition of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal is a popular name for the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899.*Permanent Court of Arbitration, a permanent arbitration court*Permanent Court of International Justice , superseded by:*International Court of Justice...
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
Serbian parliamentary election, 2003
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on December 28, 2003. The Republic of Serbia then was one of the two federal units of Serbia and Montenegro, formerly known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
Nenad Canak
Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician...
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
The League of Vojvodina Social Democrats is a regionalist social democratic political party in Serbia...
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president...
.
External links
Rasim Ljajić (Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
Cyrillic: Расим Љајић; rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ; born 28 January 1964 in Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar is a city and municipality located in southwest Serbia, in the Raška District. According to the official census in 2011, number of inhabitants of municipality is 92,776, while the city itself has a population of 60,638...
) is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected
Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007....
on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
in the parliament, where it has three seats. Ljajić is also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
In 1990, he was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak
The Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak is a political party that represents the Bosniak ethnic minority in the Sandzak region of Serbia. It is a branch of the Party of Democratic Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-External links:*...
as one of its founding fathers, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at gathering Muslims in and related to Bosnia. In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin is an ethnic Bosniak politician from the Sandžak region of Serbia...
for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims. He specifically criticized Ugljanin's personal support in the Bosnian war
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
and his connection with the Wahhabias
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a religious movement or a branch of Islam. It was developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian from Najd, Saudi Arabia. Ibn Abdul Al-Wahhab advocated purging Islam of what he considered to be impurities and innovations...
.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia
Democratic Opposition of Serbia
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...
ringleaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government. He is also the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal
Hague Tribunal is a popular name for the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899.*Permanent Court of Arbitration, a permanent arbitration court*Permanent Court of International Justice , superseded by:*International Court of Justice...
.
In the 2003 parliamentary election
Serbian parliamentary election, 2003
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on December 28, 2003. The Republic of Serbia then was one of the two federal units of Serbia and Montenegro, formerly known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
he unsuccessfully led a massive alliance "Together for Tolerance" that failed to pass the census. The tolerance campaign was originally his concept, he co-led it with Nenad Čanak
Nenad Canak
Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician...
of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
The League of Vojvodina Social Democrats is a regionalist social democratic political party in Serbia...
and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president...
.