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He was born in Mali Idjos in the Serbian province of Vojvodina and graduated from the Law Faculty at the University of Belgrade in 1968. From 1969 to 1980 he worked as a journalist in the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug .

He wrote five novels in the 1970s and the 1980s: The Judge, Knife, Prayer, Russian Consul and The Night of the General. He was also a member of the Communist Party.

In 1990, Draskovic founded the Serbian Renewal Movement party (Srpski Pokret Obnove, SPO), a Serb pro-monarchist party. They participated in the first post-communist democratic elections but did not achieve particular success. In 1993 he was detained and harassed by the police after organizing public demonstrations against Slobodan Miloševic.

In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan SPO formed the opposition alliance Zajedno ("Together") with the Democratic PartyThe Democratic Party ( Serbian: Demokratska Stranka is a political party in Serbia. It used to be part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, the coalition that deposed Slobodan MiloSevic. After the 2003 elections, it became the third largest party in th of Zoran DindicZoran Djindjic Zoran ini or in Cyrillic ( August 1, 1952 March 12, 2003) was Serbian prime minister, opposition politician and philosopher by profession. Djindjic was born in Bosanski Samac, a town on Sava river in northern Bosnia. His father Dragomir was and the Civic Alliance of SerbiaThe Civic Alliance of Serbia Gradanski Savez Srbije is a liberal party in Serbia, allied to the Democratic Party. Notable members have included Goran Svilanovic, the foreign minister in the Democratic Opposition of Serbia government of Serbia and Monteneg under Vesna Pešic , which achieved some success in the local elections of November same year. The coalition soon split up and Draškovic's SPO participated on its own at the September 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t parliamentary election.

In January 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, the SPO formed a coalition with Miloševic's Socialist Party of SerbiaThe Socialist Party of Serbia ( Serbian: Socijalisticka partija Srbije is a political party in Serbia. It was founded on July 27, 1990 by Slobodan Milosevic, as a merger of Milosevic's League of Communists of Serbia (technically the Serbian section of the and in early 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep, Draškovic became the deputy prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the Kosovo War he split with Miloševic on April 28, 1999 and SPO returned to the opposition.

Unsuccessful attempts of assassination of Draškovic took place in 1999 and in 2000. Four of his close associates were murdered. As of 2004, Slobodan Milosevic and Milorad Ulemek are on trial for this murder, together with the murder-trial of Zoran Djindjic and Ivan Stambolic .

In the 24 September, 2000 presidential elections of FR Yugoslavia, Draškovic achieved little success and the SPO also wasn't successful in the subsequent parliamentary election where the Democratic Opposition of Serbia won.

In the Serbian parliamentary election, 2003, Draškovic's SPO again achieved limited success, but became the party that brought critical votes in the new Parliament for the democratic coalition ( DSS, G17 Plus) over the radicals ( SRS). Draškovic received the rather beneficiary office of the foreign minister.

He speaks English and Russian.

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