Miodrag Gavrilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Гавриловић; born 6 April 1973) is a Serbian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as one of the party's vice-presidents since 2021. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024.

Miodrag Gavrilović
Миодраг Гавриловић
Gavrilović in 2023
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 August 2022 – 6 February 2024
Personal details
Born (1973-04-06) 6 April 1973 (age 51)
Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyDS (1991–present)
Spouse
Dragana Tomić-Gavrilović
(m. 2000)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Occupation
  • Politician
  • professor
ProfessionLawyer

Early life

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Gavrilović was born on 6 April 1973 in Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He grew up in Čajetina, though finished a gymnasium in Užice and graduated from the Faculty of Law of University of Belgrade.[1][2]

Career

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Gavrilović has been a member of the Democratic Party (DS) since 1991.[2] He was one of the founding members of Otpor, an organisation which played a key role in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.[1] As of 2021, he has been one of the vice-presidents of DS.[1]

Gavrilović was the candidate of the United for the Victory of Serbia coalition for the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election.[3] He became a member of the National Assembly on 1 August 2022.[4] On 3 June 2023, during the ongoing protests, Gavrilović was physically attacked by members of the far-right People's Patrol while defending an American journalist from them.[5] His term ended on 6 February 2024 when the 14th National Assembly of Serbia was constituted.[6]

Personal life

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He has been married to Dragana Tomić-Gavrilović since 2000, with whom he has two children. Besides his native Serbian, he speaks French and English.[1] By profession, he is a lawyer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Победнички тим". ds.org.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Miodrag Gavrilović". otvoreniparlament.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Ko su kandidati "Ujedinjeni za pobedu Srbije" za poslanike?". Danas (in Serbian). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Miodrag Gavrilović". www.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. ^ Petkovic, Gordana (3 June 2023). "VIDEO Nasilnici iz Narodnih patrola napali poslanika, ostala mu masnica ispod oka: "Rekao sam im da nema nasilja, onda su se zatrčali ka meni"". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ^ TANJUG (6 February 2024). "Konstituisan novi saziv Skupštine Srbije, potvrđeni mandati svih poslanika". tanjug.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 July 2024.