Miroljub Labus
Miroljub Labus ( Serbian - Cyrillic Мирољуб Лабус ) (born February 28, 1947 in Mala Krsna , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian economist and politician.
He is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Belgrade .
He began his political career in 1992 when he was elected to the parliament of the rest of Yugoslavia. In 1994 he became Vice President of the Democratic Party under Zoran Đinđić . He held this position until 1997. In 1999 he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the G17 Plus movement. In 2000, after the fall of Slobodan Milošević, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and Minister of International Economic Relations. During the presidential elections in 2002 Labus ran against Vojislav Koštunica. The elections were declared null and void because the turnout was below 50 percent. In the late summer of 2002 the transformation of the G17 into a full political party of the center began and Labus became its president.
In March 2004 he became Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, but resigned his mandate on May 3, 2006 after the EU had suspended talks with Serbia because Ratko Mladić had not been arrested . He also resigned as President of the G17 Plus.
Web links
- Miroljub Labus in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Labus, Miroljub |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Лабус, Мирољуб (SrS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mala Krsna , Yugoslavia |