Drago Kovačević | |
Order: | Minister of Information of the Republic of Serbian Krajina |
Primeminister: | Milan Babić |
Term Start: | May 1995 |
Term End: | August 1995 |
Predecessor: | Borivoj Rašuo |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Order2: | Mayor of Knin |
Term Start2: | 1994 |
Term End2: | August 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Milan Babić |
Birth Date: | 1953 |
Birth Place: | Knin, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia |
Party: | Socialist Party of Croatia (–1992) Serb Democratic Party (1992–1995) |
Nationality: | Serb |
Drago Kovačević (Serbian: Драго Ковачевић; 1953 – November 27, 2019) was a Croatian Serb politician and writer.[1] He lived in Belgrade, Serbia and worked for the Serbian Democratic Forum.
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.[2]
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]