Boris Tadic
| Boris Tadić Борис Тадић |
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| 3rd President of Serbia | |
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In office 11 July 2004 – 5 April 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Vojislav Koštunica Mirko Cvetković |
| Preceded by | Predrag Marković (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Slavica Đukić Dejanović (Acting) |
| Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro | |
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In office 17 March 2003 – 16 April 2004 |
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| President | Svetozar Marović |
| Preceded by | Velimir Radojević |
| Succeeded by | Prvoslav Davinić |
| Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 4 November 2000 – 7 March 2003 |
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| President | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Prime Minister |
Zoran Žižić Dragiša Pešić |
| Preceded by | Ivan Marković |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 January 1958 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Political party |
Social Democratic Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Party (1990–2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Veselinka Zastavniković (1980–1996) Tatjana Tadić (1997–present) |
| Children | Maša Vanja |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodoxy |
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Boris Tadić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [bǒris tǎdiːt͡ɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Тадић; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as President of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. He was elected to his first term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February. He resigned on 5 April 2012 in order to trigger an early election. Prior to his presidency, Tadić served as the last Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and as the first Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro. He is a psychologist by profession.
Tadić was member of the Democratic Party since its establishment in 1990, and its president since 2004. Following his defeat in the 2012 presidential election and poor party ratings, he stepped down in November 2012, to take the position of the party's Honorary President. After a split with the new leadership in January 2014, Tadić left the Democratic Party and formed his own New Democratic Party (later renamed Social Democratic Party) for upcoming 2014 parliamentary election.
Tadić strongly advocates close ties with the European Union and Serbia's European integration. He is widely regarded as a pro-Western leader but who also favors balanced relations with Russia, the United States and the EU.
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