Žarko Korać | |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Order: | Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia |
Primeminister: | Zoran Đinđić Zoran Živković |
Term Start: | 25 January 2001 |
Term End: | 3 March 2004 |
Predecessor: | Spasoje Krunić |
Successor: | Miroljub Labus |
Order1: | Prime Minister of Serbia Acting |
Predecessor1: | Nebojša Čović (acting) |
Successor1: | Zoran Živković |
Term Start1: | 17 March 2003 |
Term End1: | 18 March 2003 |
Order2: | Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia |
Primeminister2: | Ivica Dačić |
Term Start2: | 23 July 2012 |
Term End2: | 16 April 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Judita Popović |
Successor2: | Gordana Čomić |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1947 |
Birth Place: | Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Party: | GSS (1992–1996) SDP (2002–2003) SDU (1996–2002; 2003–2014) |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Žarko Korać (Serbian: Жарко Кораћ; born 9 March 1947) is a Serbian psychologist and politician.He taught psychology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy and is one of the founders and former president of the Social Democratic Union.[1]
He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia between 2001 and 2004, and briefly acting Prime Minister (17–18 March 2003), after Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated.[2]
Korać is a long time member of the Parliament of Serbia, being part of the LDP-led coalition since 2008.
After May 2012 elections, Korać was elected as Deputy Speaker in the Parliament of Serbia.