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Dragiša Pešić
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Драгиша Пешић
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Pešić in 2001
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| 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 24 July 2001 – 7 March 2003 |
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| President | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Preceded by | Zoran Žižić |
| Succeeded by | Svetozar Marović (as head of government of Serbia & Montenegro) |
| 7th Finance Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 20 May 1998 – 24 July 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Momir Bulatović Zoran Žižić |
| Preceded by | Božidar Gazivoda |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Ranković |
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| Born | 8 August 1954 Danilovgrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 8 September 2016 (aged 62) Podgorica, Montenegro |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Socialists Socialist People's Party |
| Spouse | Lela |
| Children | Marko and Marija |
Dragiša Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Пешић; 8 August 1954 – 8 September 2016) was a Yugoslav politician. He was the second last Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Biography
Pešić was born in Danilovgrad on 8 August 1954. He studied economics at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Economics, where he graduated in 1978.
He was President of the executive committee of Podgorica Municipality, a member of the Chamber of Citizens in the Yugoslav Federal Assembly. In 1998, he became Finance Minister of Yugoslavia, in the governments of Prime Ministers Momir Bulatović and Zoran Žižić.
Dragiša Pešić became Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on 24 July 2001, after Žižić resigned in protest of the extradition of Slobodan Milošević to the ICTY.
Pešić became a member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (DRI) of Montenegro in December 2007.
He died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 62. He was buried on 10 September in the village of Frutak near Danilovgrad.
