Živadin Jovanović Живадин Јовановић | |
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 Jovanović in 2007 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 9 January 1998 – 4 November 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Milan Milutinović |
| Succeeded by | Goran Svilanović |
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| Born | (1938-11-14)14 November 1938 (age 87) |
| Political party | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
Živadin Jovanović (Serbian:Живадин Јовановић; born 14 November 1938), is aSerbian diplomat and politician, who served as theMinister of Foreign Affairs of theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1998 and 2000.[1]
Jovanović completed High School inJagodina,Yugoslavia in 1957, in what is nowSerbia. He graduated from theUniversity of Belgrade'sLaw School in 1961.
Jovanović served as Legal Officer in the Municipal Assembly ofNew Belgrade from 1961 to 1964. He has been in the diplomatic service since 1964. First he served as YugoslavVice Consul inToronto,Canada between 1966 and 1970, Adviser in the Yugoslav Embassy inKenya between 1974 and 1978 and finally as the Yugoslav Ambassador toAngola between 1988 and 1993.
From 1994 to 1997, Jovanović was Assistant Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and subsequently Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000.[2] He was the Vice-President for Foreign Affairs of theSocialist Party of Serbia between 1996 and 2002 and also served as a Member of Parliament of theRepublic of Serbia from 1996.
During theKosovo War in May 1999, former Irish PresidentMary Robinson (then theUN's High Commissioner for Human Rights) met Jovanović to challenge him over evidence the Yugoslav government was violently expelling ethnic Albanians fromKosovo.[3] TheLos Angeles Times reported that about 1.8 million Albanians were believed to have fled from Kosovo, but Jovanović denied the claims.[3] He asked Robinson to condemn theNATO bombing which he said had killed about 1,200 civilians. To Robinson's irritation, PresidentSlobodan Milošević failed to join their meeting.[4][5] Following theoverthrow of Milošević on 5 October 2000, Jovanović resigned from the position of Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia on 14 October.[6]
Since 2005, he has served as the President of theBelgrade Forum for a World of Equals.[7] The forum is a nonprofit organization and a member of theWorld Peace Council. On its website, the Forum advocatesnon-interventionism and opposes "humanitarian wars".[8]
Jovanović speaksEnglish,Russian,French andPortuguese.
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