Drago Kovačević

Drago Kovačević
Minister of Information of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
In office May 1995 – August 1995
Prime Minister	Milan Babić
Preceded by	Borivoj Rašuo
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Mayor of Knin
In office 1994 – August 1995
Preceded by	Milan Babić
Personal details
Born	1953 Knin, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died	27 November 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 65–66) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serb
Political party	Socialist Party of Croatia (–1992) Serb Democratic Party (1992–1995)[1]

Drago Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драго Ковачевић; 1953 – November 27, 2019) was a Croatian Serb politician and writer.^[2] He lived in Belgrade, Serbia and worked for the Serbian Democratic Forum.

Biography

He was Minister of Information in Milan Babić's 1995 government of the separatist Republic of Serbian Krajina. He also succeeded Babić in the role of Mayor of Knin from 1994 to 1995 while it was part of the separatist republic. He later testified at Babić's trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.^[1]

Kovačević was a candidate for Čedomir Jovanović's electoral list in the 2012 and 2014 Serbian parliamentary elections.^[3][4]

He was a contributor to the weekly Novosti and the web portal Autograf.hr.^[5][6]

Works

• Kavez, 2003
• NK Dinara, Knin: 1913-2013; ni manjeg grada ni većeg kluba, 2013

References

1. "Babić (IT-03-72) - 1 April 2004 Transcript". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. "Drago Kovačević". Knjizara.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
3. "ČEDOMIR JOVANOVIĆ - PREOKRET". Republic Electoral Commission - Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. "ČEDOMIR JOVANOVIĆ - LDP, BDZS, SDU". Republic Electoral Commission - Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
5. "Drago Kovačević". Novosti. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
6. "Drago Kovačević". Autograf.hr. Retrieved 2016-02-14.