Professor

Professor

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  Žarko Korać , Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 (born 9 March 1947 in Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia

Serbia

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, Yugoslavia

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) is a Serbia

Serbia

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n psychologist

Psychologist

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  and politician

Politician

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.
He teaches psychology

Psychology

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 at the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

 Faculty of Philosophy

University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy

The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Serbia, founded in the early 19th century within the Belgrade Higher School...

 and is one of the founders and president of the Social Democratic Union

Social Democratic Union (Serbia)

The Social Democratic Union is a social democratic political party in Serbia.At the last legislative elections, on January 21, 2007, the party was a member of the LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition that won 15 seats....

. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Serbia

Government of Serbia

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 between 2001 and 2003, and briefly acting Prime Minister (17–18 March 2003), after Zoran Đinđić was assassinated. Korać is now member of the Parliament of Serbia as part of the LDP-led coalition.

External links

• Professor Korać web page at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy website
• Žarko Korać's webpage at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia website
• Official website of the Social Democratic Union
• Glas javnosti, April 14, 2000