Slobodan Uzelac
{{short description|Croatian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Slobodan Uzelac
|native_name = Слободан Узелац
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|image = Slobodan Uzelac 25-06-09.jpg
|order =
|office = Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return
|term_start = 12 January 2008
|term_end = 23 December 2011
|primeminister = Ivo Sanader
Jadranka Kosor
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|predecessor = Damir Polančec
|successor = Branko Grčić
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|8|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kakma, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
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|party = Independent Democratic Serb Party
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|alma_mater = University of Belgrade
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|profession = Defectologist
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Slobodan Uzelac ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Слободан Узелац}}; born 9 August 1947)[http://www.novosti.rs/code/navigate.php?Id=10&status=jedna&vest=114392&datum=2008-01-15 Iz Biograda do Beograda]. (in Serbian). is a Croatian Serb politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his successor in that position Jadranka Kosor. He is the first member of the Serb minority in Croatia to hold a cabinet position since the first Croatian multi-party elections were held in 1990.
Biography
He offered his resignation in March 2008, after the Government of Croatia recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence[http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2008/ozujak/hrvatska_priznala_kosovo Croatia recognises Kosovo] However, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader did not accept his resignation, and the Independent Democratic Serb Party subsequently decided against withdrawing its member from the government.[http://www.javno.com/hr-hrvatska/video-sdss-protiv-priznanja-kosova-ostaje-u-vladi_134969 VIDEO:SDSS protiv priznanja Kosova, ostaje u Vladi] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130127004423/http://www.javno.com/hr-hrvatska/video-sdss-protiv-priznanja-kosova-ostaje-u-vladi_134969 |date=2013-01-27 }} {{in lang|hr}}
Slobodan Uzelac received his Ph.D. in medicine from the University of Belgrade (Belgrade Medical School) in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.vlada.hr/hr/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/prof_dr_sc_slobodan_uzelac |title=Prof. dr. sc. Slobodan Uzelac |work=vlada.hr |publisher=Government of Croatia | language=hr |accessdate=April 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225100330/http://www.vlada.hr/hr/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/prof_dr_sc_slobodan_uzelac |archivedate=February 25, 2009 }} He was a guest lecturer at the Penn State University in 2001.
Uzelac is the president of Serbian Cultural Society Prosvjeta.
In addition to Serbo-Croatian, Uzelac also speaks English and Russian.{{cite web| url=http://tkojetko.irb.hr/znanstvenikDetalji.php?sifznan=1643&podaci=jezici | title=Slobodan Uzelac - Jezici | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050231/http://tkojetko.irb.hr/znanstvenikDetalji.php?sifznan=1643&podaci=jezici | archive-date=2016-03-04}} He is a member of the advisory board of the democratic left magazine Novi Plamen.[http://noviplamen.org/index.php?page=onovomplamenu O Novom Plamenu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231055406/http://www.noviplamen.org/index.php?page=onovomplamenu |date=2008-12-31 }} (Retrieved on 2008-10-02).
References
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{{Croatian Deputy Prime Minister}}
{{Cabinet Sanader II}}
{{Cabinet Kosor}}
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Category:Deputy prime ministers of Croatia