Vojislav Mihailović is a Serbian politician, former Mayor of Belgrade

Mayor of Belgrade

The Mayor of Belgrade is the head of the City of Belgrade . He acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Belgrade. The position of the Belgrade mayor is important as the city is the most important hub of economics, culture and science in Serbia...

 and currently a co-president of the Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement

Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement

Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement was a monarchist political party in Serbia...

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Mihailović is a grandson of Chetniks

Chetniks

Chetniks, or the Chetnik movement , were Serbian nationalist and royalist paramilitary organizations from the first half of the 20th century. The Chetniks were formed as a Serbian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II...

 leader Draža Mihailović

Draža Mihailovic

Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...

 and was named after his father's brother who had died somewhere around Foča

Foca

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 in 1943 while fighting for Chetniks. He was the Mayor of Belgrade between January 22, 1999 and October 5, 2000, as a member of Serbian Renewal Movement

Serbian Renewal Movement

The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia....

 (SPO), and was the party's candidate for the president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the 2000 presidential elections

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia presidential election, 2000

Presidential elections were held in Yugoslavia on 24 September 2000. They were won by Vojislav Koštunica of the Democratic Opposition, who beat Slobodan Milošević in the first round of voting.-Results:...

, where he has earned 2.95% of votes. In 2005, he left SPO following disagreements with the party's leader Vuk Drašković

Vuk Draškovic

Vuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...

, and has consequently formed Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement

Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement

Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement was a monarchist political party in Serbia...

 (SDPO), together with several other former members of SPO. He is now a co-president of SDPO, together with Mayor of Kragujevac

Kragujevac

Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...

, Veroljub Stevanović

Veroljub Stevanović

Veroljub Stevanović born 17 September 1946, Kragujevac, Serbia. Is a Serbian politician and current Mayor of Kragujevac.-Biography:Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac in City of Kragujevac....

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Mihailović is married and a father of two. In 2006 he launched a motion to the High Court in Belgrade to politically rehabilitate his grandfather Draža Mihailović

Draža Mihailovic

Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...

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