Zoran Lilić Зоран Лилић
2nd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office 25 June 1993 – 23 July 1997
Prime Minister	Radoje Kontić
Preceded by	Dobrica Ćosić
Succeeded by	Slobodan Milošević
Born	27 August 1953 (1953-08-27) (age 56) Brza Palanka, Serbia (former Yugoslavia)
Nationality	Vlach
Political party	Socialist Party of Serbia

Zoran Lilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лилић; born 27 August 1953 in Brza Palanka, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia in 1993 and as President of Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1997.

He finished primary and secondary school in his native village. He graduated from the Technological Faculty in Belgrade and worked in the rubber factory "Rekord" in Rakovica. After twelve years of performing various duties, he was appointed director general.

He was an MP of the SPS in the National Assembly of Serbia, and then he became the Speaker of the National Assembly. He became the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after Dobrica Ćosić. He remained at the forefront of Third Yugoslavia until 1997. year when he became the SPS candidate for the President of Serbia. After the unsuccessful second round with Vojislav Šešelj he became vice president of the Federal Government in the cabinet of Momir Bulatović, and he remained on this duty until April 1999. year when he was appointed advisor to the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević for economic relations with Croatia. At that time he performed the functions of chairman of Jugotransport and the president of Chess Association of Yugoslavia. He left SPS in 2000 founded the Serbian Socialdemocratic Party, which he claims to be following the idea of Svetozar Marković. His party did not have success in election.

Lilić involved himself in attempting to sort out the HIV trial in Libya, where five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were sentenced to death for allegedly infecting Libyan babies with the HIV virus. Lilić reportedly falsely posed as an envoy or messenger of the Bulgarian president, Georgi Parvanov.^[1]

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Preceded by Dobrica Ćosić

President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1993–1997

Succeeded by Slobodan Milošević

v • d • e Presidents of FR Yugoslavia and Presidents of Serbia and Montenegro Presidents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) Dobrica Ćosić · Zoran Lilić · Slobodan Milošević · Vojislav Koštunica Presidents of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Svetozar Marović

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