Zoran Lilic
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Zoran Lilić is a Serbian
. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia
in 1993 and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1997.
He finished primary and secondary school in his native village. He graduated from the University of Belgrade
Faculty of Technology and worked in the rubber factory "Rekord" in Rakovica
. After twelve years of performing various duties, he was appointed director general.
He was an MP of the Socialist Party of Serbia
(SPS) in the National Assembly of Serbia
, and then he became the Speaker of the National Assembly. He became the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after Dobrica Ćosić
. He remained at the forefront of Third Yugoslavia until 1997. year when he became the SPS candidate for the President of Serbia. After the unsuccessful second round with Vojislav Šešelj
he became vice president of the Federal Government in the cabinet of Momir Bulatović
, and he remained on this duty until April 1999. year when he was appointed advisor to the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević
for economic relations with Croatia
. At that time he performed the functions of chairman of Jugotransport and the president of Chess Association of Yugoslavia. He left SPS in 2000 founded the Serbian Socialdemocratic Party, which he claims to be following the idea of Svetozar Marković
. His party did not have success in election.
Lilić involved himself in attempting to sort out the HIV trial in Libya
, where five Bulgaria
n nurses and one Palestinian
doctor were sentenced to death for allegedly infecting Libya
n babies with the HIV
virus
. Lilić reportedly falsely posed as an envoy or messenger of the Bulgarian president, Georgi Parvanov
.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia
President of the National Assembly of Serbia
The President of the National Assembly of Serbia is the speaker of the parliament of Serbia...
in 1993 and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1997.
He finished primary and secondary school in his native village. He graduated from the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
Faculty of Technology and worked in the rubber factory "Rekord" in Rakovica
Rakovica
Rakovica can refer to:* Rakovica, Belgrade, an urban neighborhood and a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia* Selo Rakovica, an urban neighborhood of Belgrade in the municipality of Voždovac* Rakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village near Ilidža, Bosnia...
. After twelve years of performing various duties, he was appointed director general.
He was an MP of the Socialist Party of Serbia
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
(SPS) in the National Assembly of Serbia
National Assembly of Serbia
The National Assembly of Serbia is the unicameral parliament of Serbia. It is composed of 250 proportionally elected deputies elected in general elections by secret ballot, on 4 years term. The National Assembly elects the President of the National Assembly who presides over the sessions...
, and then he became the Speaker of the National Assembly. He became the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Cosic
Dobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
. He remained at the forefront of Third Yugoslavia until 1997. year when he became the SPS candidate for the President of Serbia. After the unsuccessful second round with Vojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000...
he became vice president of the Federal Government in the cabinet of Momir Bulatović
Momir Bulatovic
Momir Bulatović , formerly served as a Yugoslavian and Montenegrin politician. Bulatović became federal President of Montenegro while Montenegro was part of a Yugoslav federation, and also Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
, and he remained on this duty until April 1999. year when he was appointed advisor to the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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...
for economic relations with Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. At that time he performed the functions of chairman of Jugotransport and the president of Chess Association of Yugoslavia. He left SPS in 2000 founded the Serbian Socialdemocratic Party, which he claims to be following the idea of Svetozar Marković
Svetozar Markovic
Svetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
. His party did not have success in election.
Lilić involved himself in attempting to sort out the HIV trial in Libya
HIV trial in Libya
The HIV trial in Libya concerns the trials, appeals and eventual release of six foreign medical workers charged with conspiring to deliberately infect over 400 children with HIV in 1998, causing an epidemic at El-Fatih Children's Hospital in Benghazi, Libya.The defendants were a Palestinian...
, where five Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n nurses and one Palestinian
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
doctor were sentenced to death for allegedly infecting Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n babies with the HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
virus
Virus
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
. Lilić reportedly falsely posed as an envoy or messenger of the Bulgarian president, Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov is a President of Bulgaria, whose second and last mandate expires on January 22, 2012; he was elected after defeating his predecessor Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the presidential elections in November 2001 and he came into office on January 22, 2002...
.