Obren Joksimović

Obren Joksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Обрен Јоксимовић; 15 May 1952 – 13 March 2021) was a Serbian surgeon and politician who served as Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia from 25 January 2001 to 22 October 2001.[1]

Obren Joksimović
Обрен Јоксимовић
Minister of Health
In office
25 January 2001 – 22 October 2001
Prime MinisterZoran Đinđić
Preceded byNada Kostić
Succeeded byUroš Jovanović (acting)
Personal details
Born(1952-05-15)15 May 1952
Očevlje, Breza, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died13 March 2021(2021-03-13) (aged 68)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Political partySRS (2008-2021)
DZS (2006-2008)
DSS (1995-2006)
SPO (1990-1995)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Joksimović was born on 15 May 1952 to a Bosnian Serb family in Očevlje, Breza at that time part of PR Bosnia and Herzegovina and FPR Yugoslavia.[2]

He graduated in 1979 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, and specialized in general surgery in 1988.[3]

During the Bosnian War, he participated as a volunteer on numerous battlefields as a war surgeon of the Army of Republika Srpska and at the same time he was a member of the Federal Assembly of FR Yugoslavia as a member of the Serbian Renewal Movement (since 1992).[2] In 1995, angry and dissatisfied, Joksimović resigned from the parliament and joined the Democratic Party of Serbia together with several other party colleagues.[3]

He was appointed the Minister of Health in the cabinet of Zoran Đinđić and the Government of Serbia on 25 January 2001 and served until 22 October 2001.[2]

In September 2004, he defended his doctoral dissertation at Megatrend University, Faculty of Management in Zaječar (whose teacher he became immediately afterwards).[2]

He was the leader of Democratic Community of Serbia, which emerged from the Democratic Party of Serbia[4] and merged into Serbian Radical Party.[5]

Joksimović died from COVID-19 on 13 March 2021, in Belgrade at the age of 68.[6][7]

References
  1. "Kostunica quits Serbian Government". BBC. 17 August 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "Vreme - Lik i delo: Obren Joksimović". www.vreme.com. February 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. "Obren Joksimović". Nedeljnik Vreme. 9 May 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. "Serbian PM's party coalition with Radicals to result in stability - official". Blic via BBC. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. "Obren Joksimović pristupio SRS" (in Serbian). Mondo. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Preminuo bivši ministar zdravlja Obren Joksimović". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 14 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. "Preminuo hirurg Obren Joksimović". Nezavisne novine. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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