Srđa Popović (activist)
| Srđa Popović Срђа Поповић |
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Popović speaking at the roundtable discussion on regime change organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on 16 January 2012.
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| Member of the National Assembly of Serbia | |
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In office January 2001 – March 2004 |
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| Environmental adviser of the Prime Minister of Serbia | |
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In office January 2001 – March 2003 |
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1 February 1973 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Democratic (DS) (1992-2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Maša Stanisavljević (m. 2012) |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation | Political activist Leader of Otpor! (1998-2002) Leader of CANVAS (2004-present) |
| Profession | Biologist |
Srđa Popović (born 1973) is a Serbian political activist. He was a leader of the student movement Otpor! that helped topple Serbian dictator Slobodan Milošević. After briefly pursuing a political career in Serbia, in 2003 he established the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), and has been its executive director since. CANVAS has worked with pro-democracy activists from more than 50 countries, promoting the use of non-violent resistance in achieving political and social goals.
Popović was born in Belgrade, where both of his parents worked in television. His mother Vesna narrowly avoided being killed during the Nato bombing of Belgrade in 1999. He played bass guitar in a goth rock band called BAAL, which was fronted by Andrej Aćin who later turned to film making. They released one album - 1993's Između božanstva i ništavila.
In parallel to music, Popović joined the Democratic Party's (DS) youth wing called Demokratska omladina. At the party conference in January 1994, he became the president of Demokratska omladina working under the also newly elected party leader Zoran Đinđić.
Although remaining a DS member, in 1998 with the establishment of Otpor!, Popović's activity in the party took a back seat to his engagement with the new movement.
Shortly after the overthrow of Milošević, Popović left Otpor! to return to his political career in Serbia, becoming a Democratic Party (DS) MP in the National Assembly as well as an environmental adviser to newly appointed prime minister Zoran Đinđić.
Popović is the co-author with Matthew Miller of Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Non-Violent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World (2015). Blueprint for Revolution was met with positive reviews and was nominated for the Atlantic Magazine's book of the month. The book was originally published in the United States as well as in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Serbia. It has since been translated into Serbian, French, German, Spanish, and Turkish. Popović has been on book promoting tours in both the US and UK.
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