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Boris Tadić

January 13, 2023

Boris Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Тадић, pronounced [bǒris tǎdiːt͡ɕ]; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012.

Boris Tadić
Борис Тадић
Tadić in 2010
3rd President of Serbia
In office
11 July 2004 – 5 April 2012
Prime MinisterVojislav Koštunica
Mirko Cvetković
Preceded byPredrag Marković (Acting)
Succeeded bySlavica Đukić Dejanović (Acting)
Tomislav Nikolić
Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro
In office
17 March 2003 – 16 April 2004
PresidentSvetozar Marović
Preceded byVelimir Radojević
Succeeded byPrvoslav Davinić
Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office
4 November 2000 – 7 March 2003
PresidentVojislav Koštunica
Prime MinisterZoran Žižić
Dragiša Pešić
Preceded byIvan Marković
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-01-15) 15 January 1958 (age 64)
Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partySDS (2014–present)
DS (1990–2014)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spouse(s)
Veselinka Zastavniković
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(m. 1980; div. 1996)​

Tatjana Rodić
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(m. 1997; div. 2019)​
Children
  • Maša
  • Vanja
Parents
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Signature

Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology. He later worked as a journalist, military psychologist, and as a teacher at the First Belgrade Gymnasium. Tadić joined the Democratic Party (DS) in 1990 and was elected to the National Assembly after the 1993 election. After the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in 2000, he was appointed as the minister of telecommunications in the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a role which he held until 2003, after which he was appointed minister of defence in the government of Serbia. Tadić was elected president of DS a year after the assassination of Zoran Đinđić after previously serving as a member of its provisional leadership. He stood as a candidate for DS in the 2004 presidential elections, which he won after beating Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Radical Party in the second round.

During his first mandate, he advocated cooperation and reconciliation of the former Yugoslav countries, became the first Serbian head of state or head of government to visit the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, and launched an initiative for the Serbian parliament to adopt a resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre.[1] He successfully ran for re-election in 2008 after again beating Nikolić in the second round. During his second mandate, DS formed a coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia, its former opponent, which signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), while the EU abolished visas for Serbian citizens traveling to Schengen Area countries and Serbia received EU candidate status. Additionally, Serbia also completed its obligations to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2] The period during his second mandate was also characterized by the challenges of the Kosovo declaration of independence and the global financial crisis, leading to low rates of economic growth.[2]

After being pressured by protests that were organized by Nikolić's Serbian Progressive Party in 2011, Tadić announced that snap elections will be held in 2012.[3][4] He lost in the second round to Nikolić, who succeeded him as president of Serbia. Tadić was replaced by Dragan Đilas as the president of DS in November 2012, after which Tadić unsuccessfully sought to become the party's president again in 2014. He then left DS and formed the New Democratic Party, later renamed to Social Democratic Party, which remained a parliamentary party up to the 2020 election, which it boycotted. A self-described liberal,[5] he is an advocate of closer ties with the European Union (EU), supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union,[6] and is widely regarded as pro-Western-orientated,[7][8][9] while favoring balanced relations with Russia, China the United States, and the European Union.[10]

Early life

Tadić was born in Sarajevo, the capital of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a republic within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. His father, Ljubomir, was a philosopher and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His mother, Nevenka, is a psychologist. His maternal grandfather and up to six other relatives were killed by the Croatian Ustaše during World War II.[11]

The Tadićs are descendants of the Serb clan of Piva, in the region of Old Herzegovina, Montenegro. The family's slava (patron saint) is Saint John the Baptist.[12] His parents frequently relocated between various cities and had moved to Sarajevo from Paris, where they pursued their doctoral studies, only a few days prior to his birth. Tadić and his family moved to Belgrade when he was three years old, and his father got a job at the newspaper Liberation (Oslobođenje).[13][14]

Tadić finished Pera Popović Aga (today Mika Petrović Alas)[15] elementary school and matriculated at the First Belgrade Gymnasium in Dorćol. During his teenage years he played water polo for VK Partizan, but had to quit due to injuries. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy with a degree in psychology, specifically social psychology in the department of clinical psychology.

He was arrested during his studies in July 1982 for protesting the arrest of a group of students, arrested for protesting against martial law in Poland and in support of the Solidarity movement. Tadić spent one month in penal labour prison in Padinska Skela.[16][17]

He worked as a journalist, military clinical psychologist and as a teacher of psychology at the First Belgrade Gymnasium.[15] Until 2003, Tadić also worked at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade as a lecturer of political advertising. He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).[18]

Early political career

Tadić joined the newly founded Democratic Party in 1990. He served as an MP and member of the parliamentary Science and Technology Committee following the 1993 Serbian parliamentary election.

Boris Tadić founded the Centre of Modern Skills (Centar modernih veština, CMV) in 1998, an NGO dealing with political and civic education, and the development of the political culture and dialogue.[19]

The Democratic Party was part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), a grand coalition of anti-Milošević parties which played a key role in his downfall in 2000. Tadić was elected deputy leader of the Democratic Party twice, in February 2000 and then in October 2001.

Tadić served as Minister of Telecommunications in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from November 2000 to March 2003 and as Minister of Defence from March 2003 until he started his presidential campaign in April 2004. He served as an MP of the Democratic Party in the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly and later went on to be the acting parliamentary leader of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition in 2003, the president of the Security Services Control Committee, as well as the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party in the National Assembly of Serbia starting in February 2004.

The assassination of Zoran Đinđić in March 2003 led to a leadership convention of the Democratic Party in February 2004, which was won by Tadić against Zoran Živković.[20] He was later reelected unopposed in regular leadership conventions in 2006 and 2010.

Presidency

President of Serbia within state union (2004–2008)

 
Novi dvor, the seat of the President of Serbia

Tadić, as the newly elected Democratic Party leader, was chosen as the candidate for the presidential election. He defeated Tomislav Nikolić of the nationalist Radical Party in the run-off of the 2004 presidential election with 53%[21] of the vote. He was inaugurated on 11 July of that year.[22]

During the 2004 election campaign, Tadić promised to form a new special institution called the People's Office. The People's Office of the President of the Republic was opened on 1 October 2004. The role of the People's Office is to make communication between the citizens and the President easier, and to cooperate between other state bodies and institutions, in order to enable the citizens of Serbia to exercise their rights. The People's Office of the President is divided into four divisions: Legal Affairs Division, Social Affairs Division, Projects Division and General Affairs Division. The first Director of the People's Office was Dragan Đilas. When he joined the Government of Serbia as the Minister in charge of the National Investment Plan in 2007, Tatjana Pašić became the new Director.[23]

Tadić advocated cooperation and reconciliation of the former Yugoslav countries, strained by the burden of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. On 6 December 2004, Boris Tadić made an apology in Bosnia and Herzegovina to all those who suffered crimes committed in the name of the Serbian people.[24] In July 2005, Tadić visited the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on the 10th anniversary of massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces.[25] In 2007, Tadić issued an apology to Croatia for any crimes committed in Serbia's name during the war in Croatia.[26]

Tadić presided during the independence referendum in Montenegro (2006). He was the first foreign head of state to visit Montenegro after it became independent on 8 June, and promised to continue friendly relations. Serbia declared independence as well, and Tadić attended the first raising of the flag of Serbia at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.[27]

On 6 September 2007, Tadić was a signatory of the agreement that led to the formation of the Council for Cooperation between Serbia and Republika Srpska, together with Milorad Dodik and Vojislav Koštunica.[28] In late 2007, he stated that Serbia does not support a break-up of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that, as a guarantor of the Dayton Accords that brought peace to Bosnia, he supports its territorial integrity. Tadić also said that Serbia supports the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU,[29] and NATO.[30]

As President, Tadić has pursued a pro-Western foreign policy. On 28 September 2005, he met with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City, making him the first Serbian head of state to be granted an audience with a pope. This helped improve traditionally strained Catholic-Orthodox relations.[31]

On 22 June 2007, Tadić presided over the 1000th meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in Belgrade.[32]

Contrary to his earlier decision in the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election, Tadić stated that he had no right to call on Kosovo Serbs to vote in the 2007 Kosovo parliamentary election, as the standards he asked for in 2004 were not reached.[33]

Reelection campaign

 
2008 reelection campaign logo
 
Boris Tadić during his last campaign in Belgrade

Boris Tadić has advocated an early presidential election that is required under constitutional law, since the adoption of the new Constitution of Serbia, after the successful constitutional referendum in October 2006. On 13 December 2007, the speaker of the Parliament, Oliver Dulić, set the election date for 20 January 2008. The Democratic Party submitted the candidacy of its leader to the Republic Electoral Commission on 21 December. Tadić held his first election convention on 22 December, in Novi Sad.[34] The re-election campaign was led under the slogan ”For a strong and stable Serbia“ (За Јаку и Стабилну Србију) in the first round and "Let's win Europe together!" (Да освојимо Европу заједно!) in the second. Tadić advocated integration of Serbia into the European Union but also territorial integrity of Serbia with sovereignty over Kosovo and Metohija. As a part of a campaign, Boris Tadić answered the 10 most interesting questions every week through the campaign website in the form of video response on YouTube.[35]

Tadić received support from G17 Plus and Sanjak Democratic Party, partners from the Government. He also received support of various national minority parties including Hungarian and Romani parties. He received 1,457,030 votes (35.39 percent) in the first round. In the second round on 3 February 2008, he faced Tomislav Nikolić and won the election with 2,304,467 votes (50.31 percent).[36] After the election he assured Serbian citizens in Kosovo that they would never be betrayed.[37]

President of Serbia (2008–2012)

Tadić was sworn in at the inauguration ceremony on 15 February 2008 in the National Assembly of Serbia.[38][39]

The Assembly of Kosovo proclaimed a declaration of independence on 17 February 2008.[40] Boris Tadić urged a United Nations Security Council meeting to react urgently and annul the act. He also said that Belgrade would never recognise the independence of Kosovo and would never give up the struggle for its legitimate interests.[41] Russia backed Serbia's position and President Vladimir Putin said that any support for Kosovo's unilateral declaration is immoral and illegal.[42]

On 21 February Tadić met President of Romania Traian Băsescu in Bucharest where he thanked him for Romanian support and stated that "Serbia will not give up its future in Europe".

Tadić said that Serbia would never recognise an independent Kosovo.[43] He stated that the problem of Kosovo was not solved by the unilaterally declared independence and that the decade-long problems between Serbs and Albanians still exist. He called the international institutions to find a solution within the UN Security Council, for the continuation of negotiations.[44] He also called a decision made by the US President George W. Bush to send arms to Kosovo "bad news".[45]

 
Boris Tadić with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Belgrade.

Tadić also said that Serbia would not accept the legality of the EU's planned policing and judiciary mission for Kosovo.[46] On 25 February 2008, Boris Tadić met with Dmitry Medvedev and Sergei Lavrov in Belgrade where Medvedev stated that "We proceed from the understanding that Serbia is a single state with its jurisdiction spanning its entire territory, and we will adhere to this principled stance in the future, We have made a deal to coordinate together our efforts in order to get out of this complicated situation". Agreement on the South Stream pipeline was also signed during this visit.[47][48]

 
Meeting with Lech Kaczyński, late President of Poland, at the 63rd UN General Assembly session in September 2008

On 5 April 2008, Tadić called the acquittal of Ramush Haradinaj "disgraceful because of the innocent victims" and demanded the ICTY to appeal. He said that Serbia wishes to help the Tribunal to collect evidence "because Haradinaj’s place is in prison". He said that former Hague Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte had said that witnesses in the case against Haradinaj had been intimidated and even murdered to prevent them testifying to his crimes.[49]

Following the Republic of Kosovo's formation of the Kosovo Security Forces in January 2009, he sent protest letters both to the[clarification needed] and NATO Secretaries-General. The letter states that Serbia views those forces as an illegal paramilitary organisation that constitutes a threat to the country's security and a danger to peace and stability in the Western Balkans. Tadić drew attention to the fact that the KSF were formed on the basis of the Ahtisaari Plan that was never adopted by the Security Council and added that the creation of these forces constitutes a breach of the Serbian Constitution and international law, which is why they should be disbanded. He called for the demilitarisation of Kosovo.[50]

On 13 March 2008, President Tadić signed a decree dissolving the country's parliament and slating early parliamentary elections for 11 May.[51] Boris Tadić gathered a large pro-EU coalition around his Democratic Party and G17 Plus for the Serbian parliamentary election in 2008, named “For a European Serbia – Boris Tadić". The coalition list was led by Dragoljub Mićunović and it also included Sanjak Democratic Party, Serbian Renewal Movement and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.[52] The coalition won 38% of the vote, more than any other list.[53] He condemnеd remarks regarding the election made by Javier Solana and Pieter Feith and called on the European Union not to interfere with Serbian elections.[54][55]

Tadić said that he was ready, authorised as per Vienna Convention,[56] to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union if it were offered on 28 April, but not at the price of recognising Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence.[57] Tadić attended the signing of the SAA ceremony in Luxembourg on 29 April, where the Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić signed the document on behalf of Serbia, as per the authorisation of the Government from December 2007. He was opposed by the then Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica who believed that Serbia ought not to sign any agreements with the European Union.[58] While, on 1 May, Koštunica said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was right when he said that the SAA should have been signed, he nonetheless vowed to annul the agreement after the parliamentary elections, calling it "not in the service of Serbia's territorial integrity."[59][60]

On 27 June 2008, Tadić named Mirko Cvetković for the new Prime Minister, following the victory of his party coalition in parliamentary election that took place in May. Cvetković was sworn in after giving the oath in the National Assembly on 7 July 2008.[61]

Following the 2008 South Ossetia War, and Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Tadić refused to follow suit, saying that even though he respects the Russian support to Serbia regarding Kosovo, "Serbia is not going to recognise these so-called new countries". He stated that "Serbia is not going to do something that is against our interest, because we are defending our territorial integrity and sovereignty by using international law" and that by constitution he must defend the interests of Serbia, and not the interests of any other country in the world.[62][63]

 
Boris Tadić and Dmitry Medvedev sealed the deal regarding the construction of a South Stream gas pipeline in December 2008

Tadić invoked his constitutional powers of Commander-in-Chief of the Military of Serbia and dismissed the Chief of the General Staff Zdravko Ponoš on 30 December 2008. Ponoš made public accusations against the Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac in the media. It was also revealed that he ignored the minister and has not submitted a single report in a year.[64][65]

 
Foreign Minister of Greece Stavros Lambrinidis with Serbian President Boris Tadić and Foreign Minister of Serbia Vuk Jeremić

In April 2009, Tadić announced a constitutional reform proposal. His initiative includes the proposal to reduce the number of the National Assembly members from 250 to 150 to better reflect the size of the country followed by changes in law on party registration and financing in order to consolidate similar parties and limit those with little support which should bring Serbia closer to a two-party system. The second proposed amendment would change the administrative division of Serbia by dividing it into more autonomous regions in order to achieve a more balanced development. This change would lead to Serbia's being divided into seven regions instead of the current asymmetrical division which includes two autonomous provinces but where the majority of the territory has no special autonomy.[66][67][68] However, the proposals haven't came to fruition.

During his visit to Serbia in May 2009, Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland, stated that he doesn't agree with the decision of the Polish Government to recognise the independence of Kosovo and that he as the President "favours the policy pursued by Serbian President Boris Tadić". They also discussed energy, particularly Europe's dependence on natural gas from just one source, and agreed that there is a need for a common EU energy policy that should also include the Balkan states.[69]

 
US Vice President Joe Biden meets Tadić during the state visit to Serbia in May 2009

On 21 May 2009, Dragan Marić, a former businessman who was revolted over the court decision in his dispute with the national air carrier Jat Airways, entered the Presidency office carrying two hand grenades and seeking an out-of-court settlement signed by President or Government. Members of the Battalion of Military Police Cobras, providing security to the President of Serbia, managed to take one of the grenades immediately and isolate the attacker, however the perpetrator removed the pin from the second grenade and threatened to detonate it by releasing the lever. The negotiations were handled by the special team of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, supported by the officials of the Ministry of Justice, and lasted for several hours until the man was disarmed and arrested. After the incident, Tadić, who was present in the secured area of the building, congratulated the police and army special units, the security and negotiation team for doing a terrific job, peacefully and with no casualties and also said that problems, no matter what kind, cannot be resolved by force and by jeopardising citizens' lives.[70][71]

In October 2009, after the Serbian national team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Tadić and other Serbian ministers celebrated at the end of the match in Belgrade's Red Star Stadium by toasting the winning team with a glass of champagne. It is illegal to consume alcohol at Serbian sporting events, in order to stop violence. Tadić pleaded guilty, saying "I did not know that consumption of alcohol, even if only for a toast, has been forbidden so I fully take responsibility for the violation" and was fined €400.[72]

Some observers have describe that the coalition government led by Tadić's Democratic Party introduced some media control mechanisms, which were further developed by the Aleksandar Vučić regime to severely curtail media freedom.[73][74] Ljiljana Smajlović, editor-in-chief of Politika, has accused Tadić several times of pressuring editorial politics.[75][76] Following his defeat at the 2012 presidential elections, Tadić and main opposition candidate Tomislav Nikolić had similar media coverage, but the campaign coverage was characterized by the lack of analytical and critical reporting, while some media outlets such as the weekly NIN and tabloid Blic showed a preference for Tadić.[77][78]

Advisors

Advisors to the President of the Republic carry out the analytical, advisory and other corresponding tasks for the needs of the President of the Republic as well as other expert tasks in relations of the President with the Government and the Parliament.[79]

Advisor Portfolio
Gordana Matković General Affairs
Trivo Inđić Political Issues
Mlađan Đorđević Legal Issues
Nebojša Krstić Public Relations
Vojislav Brajović Culture
Jovan Ratković EU/NATO relations

Chief of Staff is Miodrag Rakić. Acting Secretary General of the Office of the President was Vladimir Cvijan from 2008 to 2010.

Previous advisors who served from 2005 to 2008 are Biserka Jevtimijević Drinjaković (economic issues), Vladimir Cvijan (legal issues) and Dušan T. Bataković and Leon Kojen (political issues). Most of the former advisors are now serving as directors of public enterprises and ambassadors.

Post-presidency

2012 elections and aftermath

On 5 April 2012, a day after announcing his decision, Tadić submitted his resignation to the speaker of parliament, Slavica Đukić-Dejanović, who then took over as acting president. This led to bringing forward the presidential election[80] to coincide with the parliamentary election on 6 May.[81]

Amid controversy regarding the legitimacy of the third mandate and the legality of certain decisions,[82] incumbent Tadić lost the presidential elections to his opponent, Tomislav Nikolić from the Serbian Progressive Party. Nikolić won 49.7% of the votes in the runoff vote, versus 47% for Tadić, according to data from the Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy.[83] The result was considered somewhat of a surprise, as Tadić had exploited his resignation for the presidential vote to coincide with parliamentary elections.

Tadić was criticized both inside and outside the party for the manoeuvre of calling early presidential elections without a clear goal, and entering them with over-confidence.[84] Dragan Đilas, long-time mayor of Belgrade and one of rare Democrats who remained in his seat after 2012 elections, announced that he would challenge Tadić in December party elections. After a period of gauging the odds, it became obvious that Đilas would receive majority support. Before the electoral conference, Đilas and Tadić reached a face-saving agreement whereby Tadić would step down from the race and remain the party's honorary president, and Đilas thus became the only major candidate.[85] Đilas was elected president of the Democratic Party on 25 November 2012.[86]

New Democratic Party

In early 2014, after losing the internal reelections in the Democratic Party to Dragan Đilas,[87] Tadić resigned from his position of honorary president and left the party.[88] Subsequently, a number of prominent party members defected from the party and stated that they intend to form a list in the forthcoming parliamentary election with Tadić as its leader. A coalition was agreed upon with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. A political party, named the New Democratic Party, was then formed and registered.[89]

Policy and criticism

Coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia

Following the 2008 election, Tadić's Democratic Party was unable to form a pro-European government with the hard-line Liberal Democratic Party. Faced with the possibility of a eurosceptic government led by the Democratic Party of Serbia, the Serbian Radical Party and the post-Milošević Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Tadić proposed a coalition with the SPS. On 7 June 2008 at an assembly of the Main Board of the Democratic Party, Tadić compared the DS and the SPS saying that both grieved over the loss of their presidents, Đinđić and Milošević. His address was heavily criticized by members of the Liberal Democratic Party, the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and the Social Democratic Union.[90][91]

On 18 October 2008 Tadić and Ivica Dačić, President of the Socialist Party of Serbia, signed a Declaration of Political Reconciliation drafted in July,[92] agreeing on further EU integration and negotiations with Kosovo based on UN Resolution 1244.[93] The Declaration was again viewed as exonerating Milošević's regime and the G17 Plus, the Serbian Renewal Movement and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina refused to sign it despite supporting the government.[94][95] It was also criticized by the right-wing Dveri and the Serbian Radical Party who called the declaration a reconciliation of the two wings of the League of Communists who split at the 8th Session.[96][97] Tadić defended the reconciliation after the 2012 presidential election reiterating that Serbia was in need of consensus-building policies.[98]

Press freedom

See also: Media freedom in Serbia

In 2011 Report, the Freedom House described the media situation as generally free and stated that press operated with little government interference, although most media outlets are thought to be aligned with specific political parties.[99] Some observers have describe that the coalition government led by Tadić's Democratic Party introduced some media control mechanisms, which were further developed by the Aleksandar Vučić regime to severely curtail media freedom.[73][100] Media associations criticized the ruling coalition for adopting the controversial Law on Public Information proposed by the G17 Plus.[73][101]

On 8 April 2011 the European Federation of Journalists wrote to Tadić that press freedom in Serbia was seriously compromised, that the safety of investigative journalists in Loznica and Belgrade was threatened and that independent newspapers were struggling against economic pressure and political interference, sometimes even against undue judiciary pressure through court decisions.[102] The two main journalism associations and the journalists' union stated support for the letter.[103] Ljiljana Smajlović, editor-in-chief of Politika, has accused Tadić several times of pressuring editorial politics.[75][76]

In September 2011 the Anti-Corruption Council, led by Verica Barać and with the support of Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić, Ombudsman Saša Janković, and presidents of the two main journalism associations Ljiljana Smajlović and Vukašin Obradović, published a report detailing the state of the freedom of the press in Serbia from January 2008 to June 2010. The Council concluded that the media in Serbia was overwhelmed by strong political pressure, that full control over the media was established, that no medium broadcast objective and complete information, and that events were censored or reported on selectively and incompletely. The report concluded that marketing agencies owned by senior Democratic Party officials and Tadić's close associates, namely Srđan Šaper and Dragan Đilas, held a significant share of the advertising market.[104][105]

Following his defeat at the 2012 presidential elections, Tadić and main opposition candidate Tomislav Nikolić had similar media coverage, but the campaign coverage was characterized by the lack of analytical and critical reporting, while some media outlets such as the weekly NIN and tabloid Blic showed a preference for Tadić.[106][78] On the other hand, the election observation organizations highlighted the many national-frequency televisions broadcast more affirmative content about the opposition parties.[107]

Personal life

 
Tadić with his daughter and wife

Tadić's sister, Vjera, is a psychologist and currently teaches psychology in the First Belgrade Gymnasium. Besides his native language, Boris Tadić is reportedly fluent in English, French, Italian and German.[108]

He was previously married to journalist Veselinka Zastavniković from 1980 to 1996, but they divorced, having had no children.[109] They met in the 1970s.[110] Throughout their marriage they were actively involved in various socio-political activities including protests and petitions against human-rights abuses and so-called 'verbal delict' in SFR Yugoslavia in the 1980s as well as anti-Milošević protests in the 1990s.

Tadić was married to Tatjana Rodić, with whom he has two daughters. The couple separated in 2019.[111][112]

He is 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall.[113]

Tadić's maternal grandfather was Strahinja Kićanović, a wealthy tradesman and landowner who unsuccessfully ran twice for the office of member of parliament.[114] He was killed during World War II at the Jadovno camp.[115] Although this is today a well-known fact stated by Tadić on several occasions, Yugoslav communist authorities falsely listed Strahinja Kićanović as being killed simultaneously both at Jadovno and Jasenovac.[116] This false claim was later even restated by institutions in Croatia and the United States.[117][118]

Honours and awards

On 4 August 2007, Tadić was awarded the European Prize for Political Culture that is given by the Swiss Foundation Hans Ringier of the Ringier Publishing House in Locarno. Previously it was awarded to Jean-Claude Juncker. Tadić decided to donate the financial part of the award for humanitarian purposes for the maternity hospital in a town near Gračanica.[119][120]

 
Boris Tadić attending Quadriga awards ceremony with Gerhard Schröder.

Tadić received the Quadriga award in September 2008, an annual German award sponsored by Werkstatt Deutschland, a non-profit organisation based in Berlin. The award recognises four people or groups for their commitment to innovation, renewal, and a pioneering spirit through political, economic, and cultural activities. The other three winners were Wikipedia, represented by Jimmy Wales; Eckart Höfling, Franciscan and director; and Peter Gabriel, musician and human rights activist. The award given to Tadić was named The Courage of Perseverance and was presented by Heinz Fischer, the Federal President of Austria.[121] In March 2010, Tadić received the Steiger Award Europe of the Rhine-Ruhr for "respectfulness, openness, humanity, and tolerance".[122]

In 2011, Tadić won the North-South Prize awarded by the Council of Europe and distinguishing his deep commitment and actions for the promotion and protection of human rights, defense of pluralist democracy, and the strengthening partnership of the north–south solidarity.

In 2012, in Brussels, Tadić, together with the ex-President of Croatia Ivo Josipović, was awarded the European Medal of Tolerance by the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, in recognition of the Balkan statesmen's "significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining Tolerance and Reconciliation on the European continent".[123]

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    It is his de jure first term, as Tadić was elected under previous constitution for the first term.

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boris, tadić, serbian, cyrillic, Борис, Тадић, pronounced, bǒris, tǎdiːt, born, january, 1958, serbian, politician, served, president, serbia, from, 2004, 2012, Борис, Тадићtadić, 20103rd, president, serbiain, office, july, 2004, april, 2012prime, ministervoji. Boris Tadic Serbian Cyrillic Boris Tadiћ pronounced bǒris tǎdiːt ɕ born 15 January 1958 is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012 Boris TadicBoris TadiћTadic in 20103rd President of SerbiaIn office 11 July 2004 5 April 2012Prime MinisterVojislav KostunicaMirko CvetkovicPreceded byPredrag Markovic Acting Succeeded bySlavica Đukic Dejanovic Acting Tomislav NikolicMinister of Defence of Serbia and MontenegroIn office 17 March 2003 16 April 2004PresidentSvetozar MarovicPreceded byVelimir RadojevicSucceeded byPrvoslav DavinicMinister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of YugoslaviaIn office 4 November 2000 7 March 2003PresidentVojislav KostunicaPrime MinisterZoran ZizicDragisa PesicPreceded byIvan MarkovicSucceeded byOffice abolishedPersonal detailsBorn 1958 01 15 15 January 1958 age 64 Sarajevo PR Bosnia and Herzegovina FPR YugoslaviaPolitical partySDS 2014 present DS 1990 2014 Height1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Spouse s Veselinka Zastavnikovic m 1980 div 1996 wbr Tatjana Rodic m 1997 div 2019 wbr ChildrenMasaVanjaParentsLjubomir Tadic father Nevenka Kicanovic mother Alma materUniversity of BelgradeSignature Born in Sarajevo he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology He later worked as a journalist military psychologist and as a teacher at the First Belgrade Gymnasium Tadic joined the Democratic Party DS in 1990 and was elected to the National Assembly after the 1993 election After the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 he was appointed as the minister of telecommunications in the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia a role which he held until 2003 after which he was appointed minister of defence in the government of Serbia Tadic was elected president of DS a year after the assassination of Zoran Đinđic after previously serving as a member of its provisional leadership He stood as a candidate for DS in the 2004 presidential elections which he won after beating Tomislav Nikolic of the Serbian Radical Party in the second round During his first mandate he advocated cooperation and reconciliation of the former Yugoslav countries became the first Serbian head of state or head of government to visit the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial and launched an initiative for the Serbian parliament to adopt a resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre 1 He successfully ran for re election in 2008 after again beating Nikolic in the second round During his second mandate DS formed a coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia its former opponent which signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement SAA while the EU abolished visas for Serbian citizens traveling to Schengen Area countries and Serbia received EU candidate status Additionally Serbia also completed its obligations to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY 2 The period during his second mandate was also characterized by the challenges of the Kosovo declaration of independence and the global financial crisis leading to low rates of economic growth 2 After being pressured by protests that were organized by Nikolic s Serbian Progressive Party in 2011 Tadic announced that snap elections will be held in 2012 3 4 He lost in the second round to Nikolic who succeeded him as president of Serbia Tadic was replaced by Dragan Đilas as the president of DS in November 2012 after which Tadic unsuccessfully sought to become the party s president again in 2014 He then left DS and formed the New Democratic Party later renamed to Social Democratic Party which remained a parliamentary party up to the 2020 election which it boycotted A self described liberal 5 he is an advocate of closer ties with the European Union EU supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union 6 and is widely regarded as pro Western orientated 7 8 9 while favoring balanced relations with Russia China the United States and the European Union 10 Contents 1 Early life 2 Early political career 3 Presidency 3 1 President of Serbia within state union 2004 2008 3 2 Reelection campaign 3 3 President of Serbia 2008 2012 3 4 Advisors 4 Post presidency 4 1 2012 elections and aftermath 4 2 New Democratic Party 5 Policy and criticism 5 1 Coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia 5 2 Press freedom 6 Personal life 7 Honours and awards 8 References 8 1 Notes 9 External linksEarly life EditTadic was born in Sarajevo the capital of the People s Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina a republic within the Federal People s Republic of Yugoslavia His father Ljubomir was a philosopher and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts His mother Nevenka is a psychologist His maternal grandfather and up to six other relatives were killed by the Croatian Ustase during World War II 11 The Tadics are descendants of the Serb clan of Piva in the region of Old Herzegovina Montenegro The family s slava patron saint is Saint John the Baptist 12 His parents frequently relocated between various cities and had moved to Sarajevo from Paris where they pursued their doctoral studies only a few days prior to his birth Tadic and his family moved to Belgrade when he was three years old and his father got a job at the newspaper Liberation Oslobođenje 13 14 Tadic finished Pera Popovic Aga today Mika Petrovic Alas 15 elementary school and matriculated at the First Belgrade Gymnasium in Dorcol During his teenage years he played water polo for VK Partizan but had to quit due to injuries He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy with a degree in psychology specifically social psychology in the department of clinical psychology He was arrested during his studies in July 1982 for protesting the arrest of a group of students arrested for protesting against martial law in Poland and in support of the Solidarity movement Tadic spent one month in penal labour prison in Padinska Skela 16 17 He worked as a journalist military clinical psychologist and as a teacher of psychology at the First Belgrade Gymnasium 15 Until 2003 Tadic also worked at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade as a lecturer of political advertising He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network ELN 18 Early political career Edit Tadic visiting George C Marshall European Centre for Security Studies in Garmisch Partenkirchen 2003 Tadic joined the newly founded Democratic Party in 1990 He served as an MP and member of the parliamentary Science and Technology Committee following the 1993 Serbian parliamentary election Boris Tadic founded the Centre of Modern Skills Centar modernih vestina CMV in 1998 an NGO dealing with political and civic education and the development of the political culture and dialogue 19 The Democratic Party was part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia DOS a grand coalition of anti Milosevic parties which played a key role in his downfall in 2000 Tadic was elected deputy leader of the Democratic Party twice in February 2000 and then in October 2001 Tadic served as Minister of Telecommunications in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from November 2000 to March 2003 and as Minister of Defence from March 2003 until he started his presidential campaign in April 2004 He served as an MP of the Democratic Party in the Chamber of Citizens of the Federal Assembly and later went on to be the acting parliamentary leader of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition in 2003 the president of the Security Services Control Committee as well as the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party in the National Assembly of Serbia starting in February 2004 The assassination of Zoran Đinđic in March 2003 led to a leadership convention of the Democratic Party in February 2004 which was won by Tadic against Zoran Zivkovic 20 He was later reelected unopposed in regular leadership conventions in 2006 and 2010 Presidency EditPresident of Serbia within state union 2004 2008 Edit Novi dvor the seat of the President of Serbia Tadic as the newly elected Democratic Party leader was chosen as the candidate for the presidential election He defeated Tomislav Nikolic of the nationalist Radical Party in the run off of the 2004 presidential election with 53 21 of the vote He was inaugurated on 11 July of that year 22 During the 2004 election campaign Tadic promised to form a new special institution called the People s Office The People s Office of the President of the Republic was opened on 1 October 2004 The role of the People s Office is to make communication between the citizens and the President easier and to cooperate between other state bodies and institutions in order to enable the citizens of Serbia to exercise their rights The People s Office of the President is divided into four divisions Legal Affairs Division Social Affairs Division Projects Division and General Affairs Division The first Director of the People s Office was Dragan Đilas When he joined the Government of Serbia as the Minister in charge of the National Investment Plan in 2007 Tatjana Pasic became the new Director 23 Tadic advocated cooperation and reconciliation of the former Yugoslav countries strained by the burden of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s On 6 December 2004 Boris Tadic made an apology in Bosnia and Herzegovina to all those who suffered crimes committed in the name of the Serbian people 24 In July 2005 Tadic visited the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on the 10th anniversary of massacre of 8 000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces 25 In 2007 Tadic issued an apology to Croatia for any crimes committed in Serbia s name during the war in Croatia 26 Tadic presided during the independence referendum in Montenegro 2006 He was the first foreign head of state to visit Montenegro after it became independent on 8 June and promised to continue friendly relations Serbia declared independence as well and Tadic attended the first raising of the flag of Serbia at the United Nations Headquarters in New York 27 On 6 September 2007 Tadic was a signatory of the agreement that led to the formation of the Council for Cooperation between Serbia and Republika Srpska together with Milorad Dodik and Vojislav Kostunica 28 In late 2007 he stated that Serbia does not support a break up of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that as a guarantor of the Dayton Accords that brought peace to Bosnia he supports its territorial integrity Tadic also said that Serbia supports the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU 29 and NATO 30 As President Tadic has pursued a pro Western foreign policy On 28 September 2005 he met with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City making him the first Serbian head of state to be granted an audience with a pope This helped improve traditionally strained Catholic Orthodox relations 31 On 22 June 2007 Tadic presided over the 1000th meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in Belgrade 32 Contrary to his earlier decision in the 2004 Kosovan parliamentary election Tadic stated that he had no right to call on Kosovo Serbs to vote in the 2007 Kosovo parliamentary election as the standards he asked for in 2004 were not reached 33 Reelection campaign Edit 2008 reelection campaign logo Boris Tadic during his last campaign in Belgrade Boris Tadic has advocated an early presidential election that is required under constitutional law since the adoption of the new Constitution of Serbia after the successful constitutional referendum in October 2006 On 13 December 2007 the speaker of the Parliament Oliver Dulic set the election date for 20 January 2008 The Democratic Party submitted the candidacy of its leader to the Republic Electoral Commission on 21 December Tadic held his first election convention on 22 December in Novi Sad 34 The re election campaign was led under the slogan For a strong and stable Serbia Za Јaku i Stabilnu Srbiјu in the first round and Let s win Europe together Da osvoјimo Evropu zaјedno in the second Tadic advocated integration of Serbia into the European Union but also territorial integrity of Serbia with sovereignty over Kosovo and Metohija As a part of a campaign Boris Tadic answered the 10 most interesting questions every week through the campaign website in the form of video response on YouTube 35 Tadic received support from G17 Plus and Sanjak Democratic Party partners from the Government He also received support of various national minority parties including Hungarian and Romani parties He received 1 457 030 votes 35 39 percent in the first round In the second round on 3 February 2008 he faced Tomislav Nikolic and won the election with 2 304 467 votes 50 31 percent 36 After the election he assured Serbian citizens in Kosovo that they would never be betrayed 37 President of Serbia 2008 2012 Edit Tadic was sworn in at the inauguration ceremony on 15 February 2008 in the National Assembly of Serbia 38 39 The Assembly of Kosovo proclaimed a declaration of independence on 17 February 2008 40 Boris Tadic urged a United Nations Security Council meeting to react urgently and annul the act He also said that Belgrade would never recognise the independence of Kosovo and would never give up the struggle for its legitimate interests 41 Russia backed Serbia s position and President Vladimir Putin said that any support for Kosovo s unilateral declaration is immoral and illegal 42 On 21 February Tadic met President of Romania Traian Băsescu in Bucharest where he thanked him for Romanian support and stated that Serbia will not give up its future in Europe Tadic said that Serbia would never recognise an independent Kosovo 43 He stated that the problem of Kosovo was not solved by the unilaterally declared independence and that the decade long problems between Serbs and Albanians still exist He called the international institutions to find a solution within the UN Security Council for the continuation of negotiations 44 He also called a decision made by the US President George W Bush to send arms to Kosovo bad news 45 Boris Tadic with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Belgrade Tadic also said that Serbia would not accept the legality of the EU s planned policing and judiciary mission for Kosovo 46 On 25 February 2008 Boris Tadic met with Dmitry Medvedev and Sergei Lavrov in Belgrade where Medvedev stated that We proceed from the understanding that Serbia is a single state with its jurisdiction spanning its entire territory and we will adhere to this principled stance in the future We have made a deal to coordinate together our efforts in order to get out of this complicated situation Agreement on the South Stream pipeline was also signed during this visit 47 48 Meeting with Lech Kaczynski late President of Poland at the 63rd UN General Assembly session in September 2008 On 5 April 2008 Tadic called the acquittal of Ramush Haradinaj disgraceful because of the innocent victims and demanded the ICTY to appeal He said that Serbia wishes to help the Tribunal to collect evidence because Haradinaj s place is in prison He said that former Hague Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte had said that witnesses in the case against Haradinaj had been intimidated and even murdered to prevent them testifying to his crimes 49 Following the Republic of Kosovo s formation of the Kosovo Security Forces in January 2009 he sent protest letters both to the clarification needed and NATO Secretaries General The letter states that Serbia views those forces as an illegal paramilitary organisation that constitutes a threat to the country s security and a danger to peace and stability in the Western Balkans Tadic drew attention to the fact that the KSF were formed on the basis of the Ahtisaari Plan that was never adopted by the Security Council and added that the creation of these forces constitutes a breach of the Serbian Constitution and international law which is why they should be disbanded He called for the demilitarisation of Kosovo 50 On 13 March 2008 President Tadic signed a decree dissolving the country s parliament and slating early parliamentary elections for 11 May 51 Boris Tadic gathered a large pro EU coalition around his Democratic Party and G17 Plus for the Serbian parliamentary election in 2008 named For a European Serbia Boris Tadic The coalition list was led by Dragoljub Micunovic and it also included Sanjak Democratic Party Serbian Renewal Movement and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 52 The coalition won 38 of the vote more than any other list 53 He condemned remarks regarding the election made by Javier Solana and Pieter Feith and called on the European Union not to interfere with Serbian elections 54 55 Tadic said that he was ready authorised as per Vienna Convention 56 to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement SAA with the European Union if it were offered on 28 April but not at the price of recognising Kosovo s unilaterally declared independence 57 Tadic attended the signing of the SAA ceremony in Luxembourg on 29 April where the Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Đelic signed the document on behalf of Serbia as per the authorisation of the Government from December 2007 He was opposed by the then Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica who believed that Serbia ought not to sign any agreements with the European Union 58 While on 1 May Kostunica said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was right when he said that the SAA should have been signed he nonetheless vowed to annul the agreement after the parliamentary elections calling it not in the service of Serbia s territorial integrity 59 60 On 27 June 2008 Tadic named Mirko Cvetkovic for the new Prime Minister following the victory of his party coalition in parliamentary election that took place in May Cvetkovic was sworn in after giving the oath in the National Assembly on 7 July 2008 61 Following the 2008 South Ossetia War and Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Tadic refused to follow suit saying that even though he respects the Russian support to Serbia regarding Kosovo Serbia is not going to recognise these so called new countries He stated that Serbia is not going to do something that is against our interest because we are defending our territorial integrity and sovereignty by using international law and that by constitution he must defend the interests of Serbia and not the interests of any other country in the world 62 63 Boris Tadic and Dmitry Medvedev sealed the deal regarding the construction of a South Stream gas pipeline in December 2008 Tadic invoked his constitutional powers of Commander in Chief of the Military of Serbia and dismissed the Chief of the General Staff Zdravko Ponos on 30 December 2008 Ponos made public accusations against the Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac in the media It was also revealed that he ignored the minister and has not submitted a single report in a year 64 65 Foreign Minister of Greece Stavros Lambrinidis with Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister of Serbia Vuk Jeremic In April 2009 Tadic announced a constitutional reform proposal His initiative includes the proposal to reduce the number of the National Assembly members from 250 to 150 to better reflect the size of the country followed by changes in law on party registration and financing in order to consolidate similar parties and limit those with little support which should bring Serbia closer to a two party system The second proposed amendment would change the administrative division of Serbia by dividing it into more autonomous regions in order to achieve a more balanced development This change would lead to Serbia s being divided into seven regions instead of the current asymmetrical division which includes two autonomous provinces but where the majority of the territory has no special autonomy 66 67 68 However the proposals haven t came to fruition During his visit to Serbia in May 2009 Lech Kaczynski President of Poland stated that he doesn t agree with the decision of the Polish Government to recognise the independence of Kosovo and that he as the President favours the policy pursued by Serbian President Boris Tadic They also discussed energy particularly Europe s dependence on natural gas from just one source and agreed that there is a need for a common EU energy policy that should also include the Balkan states 69 US Vice President Joe Biden meets Tadic during the state visit to Serbia in May 2009 On 21 May 2009 Dragan Maric a former businessman who was revolted over the court decision in his dispute with the national air carrier Jat Airways entered the Presidency office carrying two hand grenades and seeking an out of court settlement signed by President or Government Members of the Battalion of Military Police Cobras providing security to the President of Serbia managed to take one of the grenades immediately and isolate the attacker however the perpetrator removed the pin from the second grenade and threatened to detonate it by releasing the lever The negotiations were handled by the special team of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs supported by the officials of the Ministry of Justice and lasted for several hours until the man was disarmed and arrested After the incident Tadic who was present in the secured area of the building congratulated the police and army special units the security and negotiation team for doing a terrific job peacefully and with no casualties and also said that problems no matter what kind cannot be resolved by force and by jeopardising citizens lives 70 71 In October 2009 after the Serbian national team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa Tadic and other Serbian ministers celebrated at the end of the match in Belgrade s Red Star Stadium by toasting the winning team with a glass of champagne It is illegal to consume alcohol at Serbian sporting events in order to stop violence Tadic pleaded guilty saying I did not know that consumption of alcohol even if only for a toast has been forbidden so I fully take responsibility for the violation and was fined 400 72 Some observers have describe that the coalition government led by Tadic s Democratic Party introduced some media control mechanisms which were further developed by the Aleksandar Vucic regime to severely curtail media freedom 73 74 Ljiljana Smajlovic editor in chief of Politika has accused Tadic several times of pressuring editorial politics 75 76 Following his defeat at the 2012 presidential elections Tadic and main opposition candidate Tomislav Nikolic had similar media coverage but the campaign coverage was characterized by the lack of analytical and critical reporting while some media outlets such as the weekly NIN and tabloid Blic showed a preference for Tadic 77 78 Advisors Edit Advisors to the President of the Republic carry out the analytical advisory and other corresponding tasks for the needs of the President of the Republic as well as other expert tasks in relations of the President with the Government and the Parliament 79 Advisor PortfolioGordana Matkovic General AffairsTrivo Inđic Political IssuesMlađan Đorđevic Legal IssuesNebojsa Krstic Public RelationsVojislav Brajovic CultureJovan Ratkovic EU NATO relationsChief of Staff is Miodrag Rakic Acting Secretary General of the Office of the President was Vladimir Cvijan from 2008 to 2010 Previous advisors who served from 2005 to 2008 are Biserka Jevtimijevic Drinjakovic economic issues Vladimir Cvijan legal issues and Dusan T Batakovic and Leon Kojen political issues Most of the former advisors are now serving as directors of public enterprises and ambassadors Post presidency Edit2012 elections and aftermath Edit On 5 April 2012 a day after announcing his decision Tadic submitted his resignation to the speaker of parliament Slavica Đukic Dejanovic who then took over as acting president This led to bringing forward the presidential election 80 to coincide with the parliamentary election on 6 May 81 Amid controversy regarding the legitimacy of the third mandate and the legality of certain decisions 82 incumbent Tadic lost the presidential elections to his opponent Tomislav Nikolic from the Serbian Progressive Party Nikolic won 49 7 of the votes in the runoff vote versus 47 for Tadic according to data from the Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy 83 The result was considered somewhat of a surprise as Tadic had exploited his resignation for the presidential vote to coincide with parliamentary elections Tadic was criticized both inside and outside the party for the manoeuvre of calling early presidential elections without a clear goal and entering them with over confidence 84 Dragan Đilas long time mayor of Belgrade and one of rare Democrats who remained in his seat after 2012 elections announced that he would challenge Tadic in December party elections After a period of gauging the odds it became obvious that Đilas would receive majority support Before the electoral conference Đilas and Tadic reached a face saving agreement whereby Tadic would step down from the race and remain the party s honorary president and Đilas thus became the only major candidate 85 Đilas was elected president of the Democratic Party on 25 November 2012 86 New Democratic Party Edit In early 2014 after losing the internal reelections in the Democratic Party to Dragan Đilas 87 Tadic resigned from his position of honorary president and left the party 88 Subsequently a number of prominent party members defected from the party and stated that they intend to form a list in the forthcoming parliamentary election with Tadic as its leader A coalition was agreed upon with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina A political party named the New Democratic Party was then formed and registered 89 Policy and criticism EditCoalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia Edit Following the 2008 election Tadic s Democratic Party was unable to form a pro European government with the hard line Liberal Democratic Party Faced with the possibility of a eurosceptic government led by the Democratic Party of Serbia the Serbian Radical Party and the post Milosevic Socialist Party of Serbia SPS Tadic proposed a coalition with the SPS On 7 June 2008 at an assembly of the Main Board of the Democratic Party Tadic compared the DS and the SPS saying that both grieved over the loss of their presidents Đinđic and Milosevic His address was heavily criticized by members of the Liberal Democratic Party the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and the Social Democratic Union 90 91 On 18 October 2008 Tadic and Ivica Dacic President of the Socialist Party of Serbia signed a Declaration of Political Reconciliation drafted in July 92 agreeing on further EU integration and negotiations with Kosovo based on UN Resolution 1244 93 The Declaration was again viewed as exonerating Milosevic s regime and the G17 Plus the Serbian Renewal Movement and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina refused to sign it despite supporting the government 94 95 It was also criticized by the right wing Dveri and the Serbian Radical Party who called the declaration a reconciliation of the two wings of the League of Communists who split at the 8th Session 96 97 Tadic defended the reconciliation after the 2012 presidential election reiterating that Serbia was in need of consensus building policies 98 Press freedom Edit See also Media freedom in Serbia In 2011 Report the Freedom House described the media situation as generally free and stated that press operated with little government interference although most media outlets are thought to be aligned with specific political parties 99 Some observers have describe that the coalition government led by Tadic s Democratic Party introduced some media control mechanisms which were further developed by the Aleksandar Vucic regime to severely curtail media freedom 73 100 Media associations criticized the ruling coalition for adopting the controversial Law on Public Information proposed by the G17 Plus 73 101 On 8 April 2011 the European Federation of Journalists wrote to Tadic that press freedom in Serbia was seriously compromised that the safety of investigative journalists in Loznica and Belgrade was threatened and that independent newspapers were struggling against economic pressure and political interference sometimes even against undue judiciary pressure through court decisions 102 The two main journalism associations and the journalists union stated support for the letter 103 Ljiljana Smajlovic editor in chief of Politika has accused Tadic several times of pressuring editorial politics 75 76 In September 2011 the Anti Corruption Council led by Verica Barac and with the support of Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Sabic Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic and presidents of the two main journalism associations Ljiljana Smajlovic and Vukasin Obradovic published a report detailing the state of the freedom of the press in Serbia from January 2008 to June 2010 The Council concluded that the media in Serbia was overwhelmed by strong political pressure that full control over the media was established that no medium broadcast objective and complete information and that events were censored or reported on selectively and incompletely The report concluded that marketing agencies owned by senior Democratic Party officials and Tadic s close associates namely Srđan Saper and Dragan Đilas held a significant share of the advertising market 104 105 Following his defeat at the 2012 presidential elections Tadic and main opposition candidate Tomislav Nikolic had similar media coverage but the campaign coverage was characterized by the lack of analytical and critical reporting while some media outlets such as the weekly NIN and tabloid Blic showed a preference for Tadic 106 78 On the other hand the election observation organizations highlighted the many national frequency televisions broadcast more affirmative content about the opposition parties 107 Personal life Edit Tadic with his daughter and wife Tadic s sister Vjera is a psychologist and currently teaches psychology in the First Belgrade Gymnasium Besides his native language Boris Tadic is reportedly fluent in English French Italian and German 108 He was previously married to journalist Veselinka Zastavnikovic from 1980 to 1996 but they divorced having had no children 109 They met in the 1970s 110 Throughout their marriage they were actively involved in various socio political activities including protests and petitions against human rights abuses and so called verbal delict in SFR Yugoslavia in the 1980s as well as anti Milosevic protests in the 1990s Tadic was married to Tatjana Rodic with whom he has two daughters The couple separated in 2019 111 112 He is 6 feet 2 inches 188 cm tall 113 Tadic s maternal grandfather was Strahinja Kicanovic a wealthy tradesman and landowner who unsuccessfully ran twice for the office of member of parliament 114 He was killed during World War II at the Jadovno camp 115 Although this is today a well known fact stated by Tadic on several occasions Yugoslav communist authorities falsely listed Strahinja Kicanovic as being killed simultaneously both at Jadovno and Jasenovac 116 This false claim was later even restated by institutions in Croatia and the United States 117 118 Honours and awards EditOn 4 August 2007 Tadic was awarded the European Prize for Political Culture that is given by the Swiss Foundation Hans Ringier of the Ringier Publishing House in Locarno Previously it was awarded to Jean Claude Juncker Tadic decided to donate the financial part of the award for humanitarian purposes for the maternity hospital in a town near Gracanica 119 120 Boris Tadic attending Quadriga awards ceremony with Gerhard Schroder Tadic received the Quadriga award in September 2008 an annual German award sponsored by Werkstatt Deutschland a non profit organisation based in Berlin The award recognises four people or groups for their commitment to innovation renewal and a pioneering spirit through political economic and cultural activities The other three winners were Wikipedia represented by Jimmy Wales Eckart Hofling Franciscan and director and Peter Gabriel musician and human rights activist The award given to Tadic was named The Courage of Perseverance and was presented by Heinz Fischer the Federal President of Austria 121 In March 2010 Tadic received the Steiger Award Europe of the Rhine Ruhr for respectfulness openness humanity and tolerance 122 In 2011 Tadic won the North South Prize awarded by the Council of Europe and distinguishing his deep commitment and actions for the promotion and protection of human rights defense of pluralist democracy and the strengthening partnership of the north south solidarity In 2012 in Brussels Tadic together with the ex President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic was awarded the European Medal of Tolerance by the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation in recognition of the Balkan statesmen s significant contribution to 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Switzerland 4 August 2007 Archived from the original on 12 August 2007 President Tadic and German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank Walter Steinmeier on Kosovo General Secretariat of the President of Serbia 5 August 2007 Archived from the original on 5 October 2011 Die Quadriga Award 2008 Loomarea Archived from the original on 21 August 2011 Retrieved 24 December 2008 Tadic to receive Steiger award B92 net Archived from the original on 7 June 2011 Retrieved 30 May 2011 Balkan leaders honoured for tolerance honesty moral courage and reconciliation at European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation ceremony European Jewish Press Archived 20 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Notes Edit It is his de jure first term as Tadic was elected under previous constitution for the first term External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boris Tadic Wikiquote has quotations related to Boris Tadic Centre for modern skills 2008 Official Presidential Campaign Website Boris Tadic YouTube channel Boris Tadic MySpace campaign pagePolitical officesPreceded byVelimir Radojevic Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro2003 2004 Succeeded byPrvoslav DavinicPreceded byPredrag MarkovicActing President of Serbia2004 2012 Succeeded bySlavica Đukic DejanovicActingParty political officesPreceded byZoran Đinđic President of the Democratic Party2004 2012 Succeeded byDragan ĐilasNew office President of the Social Democratic Party2014 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boris Tadic amp oldid 1124777514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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