Dragiša Pešić

Dragiša Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Пешић; 8 August 1954 – 8 September 2016) was a Yugoslav politician. He was the second last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Dragiša Pešić
Драгиша Пешић
Pešić in 2001
5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 24 July 2001 – 7 March 2003
President	Vojislav Koštunica
Preceded by	Zoran Žižić
Succeeded by	Svetozar Marović (as head of government of Serbia & Montenegro)
7th Finance Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 20 May 1998 – 24 July 2001
Prime Minister	Momir Bulatović Zoran Žižić
Preceded by	Božidar Gazivoda
Succeeded by	Jovan Ranković
Personal details
Born	(1954-08-08)8 August 1954 Danilovgrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	8 September 2016(2016-09-08) (aged 62) Podgorica, Montenegro
Political party	Democratic Party of Socialists Socialist People's Party
Spouse	Lela
Children	Marko and Marija

Biography

Pešić was born in Danilovgrad on 8 August 1954.^[1] He studied economics at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics, where he graduated in 1978.

He was President of the executive committee of Podgorica Municipality, a member of the Chamber of Citizens in the Yugoslav Federal Assembly. In 1998, he became Finance Minister of Yugoslavia, in the governments of Prime Ministers Momir Bulatović and Zoran Žižić.^[1]

Dragiša Pešić became Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 24 July 2001, after Žižić resigned in protest of the extradition of Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY.^[2][3]

Pešić became a member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (DRI) of Montenegro in December 2007.^[1]

He died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 62. He was buried on 10 September in the village of Frutak near Danilovgrad.^[1]