Draško Petrovic
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Draško Petrović, MSc
Master's degree in Europe
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 (Serbian Cyrillic: Драшко Петровић; born 1965 in Belgrade
Belgrade
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) is a Serbia
Serbia
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n politician and businessman.

He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
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 before going on to obtain a Masters degree from the Faculty of Transport at the same university.

In May 1990 he became one of the founding members of the Democratic Party
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's (DS) Youth Wing. In July 1992, he was amongst the group that left DS and led by Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica
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 founded the Democratic Party of Serbia
Democratic Party of Serbia
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 (DSS). Between 1992 and 1997 he was a Member of the Serbian Parliament on the DSS list as part of the DEPOS coalition.

From December 2000 until February 2008, Petrović was the CEO of Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija
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, the biggest telecommunications company in Serbia
Serbia
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. He was one of the longest serving CEOs of a state controlled company in Serbia and gained a reputation as an exceptional manager. He was succeeded at the post by Branko Radujko. Since March 2009 Draško has been appointed to the Democratic Party of Serbia
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(DSS) Economic Advisory Committee.
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