Dragan Đilas

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Dragan Đilas (born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian politician, businessman and media executive who has been the president of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) since its founding in April 2019. He was the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013 and president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia from 2011 to 2016. A long-time member of the Democratic Party (DS), he led the party from 2012 to 2014. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 2024, having briefly held a seat twice before. Born and raised in Belgrade, Đilas graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade. He began his career as a journalist at Radio Index, and in 1989 co-founded Radio B92, later becoming editor of its news programme. He gained prominence in 1991 as one of the student leaders of the demonstrations against Slobodan Milošević. In 1994 he left journalism for the advertising industry, and went on to build a business career in media, advertising and sports broadcasting rights. Đilas entered...

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