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Rasim Ljajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Расим Љајић, pronounced [rǎːsim ʎǎːjitɕ]; born 28 January 1964) is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications from 27 July 2012 to 28 October 2020. He is the president of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected from 21 January 2007. Ljajić was also the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
Rasim Ljajić
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Расим Љајић
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Ljajić in 2011
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia | |
| In office 27 July 2012 – 28 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivica Dačić Aleksandar Vučić Ivica Dačić (Acting) Ana Brnabić |
| Preceded by | Verica Kalanović |
| Succeeded by | Branko Ružić Maja Gojković Branislav Nedimović |
| Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications | |
| In office 27 July 2012 – 28 October 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivica Dačić Aleksandar Vučić Ivica Dačić (Acting) Ana Brnabić |
| Preceded by | Dušan Petrović (Trade) Milutin Mrkonjić (Telecommunications) |
| Succeeded by | Tatjana Matić |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policy | |
| In office 15 May 2007 – 27 July 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirko Cvetković Vojislav Koštunica |
| Preceded by | Slobodan Lalović |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Krkobabić |
| Minister of Human and Minority Rights of Serbia and Montenegro | |
| In office 17 March 2003 – 3 June 2006 | |
| President | Svetozar Marović |
| Minister of Human and Minority Rights of FR Yugoslavia | |
| In office 4 November 2000 – 7 March 2003 | |
| President | Vojislav Koštunica |
| Prime Minister | Dragiša Pešić Zoran Žižić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-01-28) 28 January 1964 (age 60) Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Serbia (2008–) |
| Other political affiliations | Sandžak Democratic Party (1993–) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (1990–1993) |
| Residence(s) | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
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Ljajić was born in Novi Pazar to a Bosniak Muslim family. After finishing high school, he graduated from the University of Sarajevo School of Medicine.[citation needed]
In 1990, Ljajić was elected Secretary General of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak as one of its founders, a branch of the SDA in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aimed at gathering Bosniaks in Serbia.[1] In 1993 he left the party and with dissidents formed the Sandžak Democratic Party, criticizing Sulejman Ugljanin for being an extremist and endorsing separatism from Yugoslavia in an effort to join an enlarged Bosnia dominated by Bosnian Muslims.
One of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia leaders, he became Minister of Human and Minority Rights in 2000 after the fall of Slobodan Milošević, and his mandate as a minister was extended in the rump DS-led 2001 government.[2]
Ljajić is the long-term Head of the Coordination Team with the Hague Tribunal. In the 2003 parliamentary election he unsuccessfully led a "Together for Tolerance" coalition, along with Nenad Čanak of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and Jožef Kasa of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians. The coalition received 4.2% of the vote and did not pass the 5% threshold.[3]
Ljajić is an ethnic Bosniak.[4] His relative and close friend Dževad Ljajić died in the military helicopter crash in Serbia on the night of 14 March 2015, which also claimed six other lives.[5]
On 10 April 2022, Ljajić was seriously injured in a car accident on the Belgrade-Niš Highway near Ražanj. His associate and former MP Branko Gogić was killed in the accident.[6]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Labour and Social Policy 2007–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia 2012–2020 |
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| Preceded by
Dušan Petrović (Trade) |
Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications 2012–2020 |
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