Zoran Stanković
Зоран Станковић
Stanković in 2011
Minister of Health
In office 14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković
Preceded by	Tomica Milosavljević
Succeeded by	Slavica Đukić Dejanović
Minister of Defence
In office 21 October 2005 – 15 May 2007
Prime Minister	Vojislav Koštunica
Preceded by	Prvoslav Davinić
Succeeded by	Dragan Šutanovac
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-09)9 November 1954 Tegovište,FRP Yugoslavia
Died	5 October 2021(2021-10-05) (aged 66) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Niš
Occupation	Doctor
Military service
Allegiance	SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
Branch/service	Yugoslav People's Army Armed Forces of Yugoslavia / Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
Years of service	1980–2005
Rank	Major General

Zoran Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic:Зоран Станковић,pronounced[zǒranstǎːŋkoʋitɕ]; 9 November 1954 – 5 October 2021) was a Serbianmajor general and politician. He served as the Minister of Defence in theGovernment of Serbia and theCouncil of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and Minister of Health in theGovernment of Serbia.^[1] His affiliation wasindependent.

Zoran Stanković was born in the village ofTegovište,Vladičin Han,Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Medicine Faculty at theUniversity of Niš. He finished his Postgraduate Medicine studies atMilitary Medical Academy in 1997.

Stanković had been a member of the Yugoslav Committee for the Collection of Data on Investigations of Crimes against Humanity and International Law since 1993. In December 1997, he formed a team to investigate the consequences of theNATO bombing of Republika Srpska on suspicion of usingdepleted uranium missiles. He was a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is one of the most respectedforensic scientists andpathologists in Serbia, and since 1995 he has worked as aUnited Nations expert. He testified before theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in several cases.^[2]

He worked as a coroner doctor and became the head manager ofMilitary Medical Academy in 2002. He held this position until 2005 when he was elected to replace Prvoslav Davinić as the new Defense Minister.

Stankovic died fromCOVID-19 inBelgrade on 5 October 2021, during theCOVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. He was 66 years old.^[3]

In 2005, he was elected a Minister of Defence, and held this position until 2007, when he was replaced byDragan Šutanovac. He also served as the Minister of Health from 2011 to 2012.

He ran for president at the2012 Serbian presidential election as the candidate of theUnited Regions of Serbia, and he finished fifth in the first round with 6.58% of the votes.^[4]

In early November 2012, the Government of Serbia appointed him head of the Coordination Body forBujanovac,Preševo andMedveđa.^[2]

• Stanković, Z., Kovačević, V., Karan, Ž., Milosavljević, I., Tatić, V. (1991)"MORFOLOŠKE KARAKTERISTIKE BLAST POVREDA POGINULIH U OKLOPNIM VOZILIMA“, Vojnosanitetski pregled, Beograd, 48:6, 531–534.
• Stanković, Z., Kovačević, V., Domijan, E., Milosavljević, I., Nikolić, M., Nikolić, K., Karan, Ž. (1992)"THE IDENTIFICATION OF CARBONIZED, PUTREFIED, SLAUGHTERED, DECOMPOSED AND FROZEN BODIES“, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND JURISDICTION, Budapest, 10–13.
• Stanković, Z. (1992) "SUDSKO - MEDICINSKA OBDUKCIJA U DOKAZIVANJU ZLOČINA“, SANU, Naučni skupovi; knj. 69, Odeljenje istorijskih nauka, knj. 22, Beograd, 363 - 372.
• Stanković, Z. (1992)"SUDSKO-MEDICINSKA EKSPERTIZA DVADESET ČETVORO UBIJENIH GRAĐANA IZ GOSPIĆA I OKOLINE“, Vojnosanitetski pregled, Beograd, 49:2,143-169.
• Stanković, Z., Kovačević, V., Nikolić, M., Milosavljević, I., Domijan, E., Karan, Ž. (1992)"RAD SUDSKO-MEDICINSKE EKIPE U VUKOVARU“, Dies medicinae forensis, Niš, 6–7 November.
• Stanković, Z., Janković, M. (2001),"MRTVI VEČNA OPOMENA ŽIVIMA“, Edicija zbivanja i svedočenja, Bibloteka Matice srpske, Beograd - Pale, 434 str.
• Janković, M., Stanković, Z., Jeftić, M., Mikić, Đ.(1995),"ZLOČIN ČEKA KAZNU“, Edicija zbivanja i svedočenja, Biblioteka Matice srpske, Novi Sad, 301 str.
• Dimitrijević, J., Stanković, Z., Popović, Z., Kovačević, Z., Škatarić, V., Milosavljević, I., Gligić, A. (2004)"SIGNIFICANCE OF PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS OF HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN AUTOPSY MATERIAL“, Poster presentation II Intercontinental Congress of pathology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 1326, A 06.110, 72.
• Stanković, Z. (2000)"EKSPERTIZA MOŠTIJU S PREVLAKE“, Publikacija "Prevlaka Svetog Arhangela Mihaila - Humak Srpske duhovnosti“, Beograd, 99–107.
• Kovačević, V., Knežević-Ušaj, S., Milosavljević, I., Stanković, Z., Brđović, J. (1994)"A propos one suicidal dimethoate poisoning“, Arch Toxicol Kinet Xenobiot Metab, Vol 2, No 2, 193.

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