Jovan Krkobabić

Jovan Krkobabić
Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia
In office 7 July 2008 – 22 April 2014
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković Ivica Dačić
Preceded by	Ivana Dulić-Marković
Succeeded by	Zorana Mihajlović
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policies
In office 27 July 2012 – 22 April 2014
Preceded by	Rasim Ljajić
Succeeded by	Aleksandar Vulin
Personal details
Born	February 27, 1930 Koljane, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Died	22 April 2014 (aged 84) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia

Jovan Krkobabić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Кркобабић, pronounced [jǒʋan krkǒbabitɕ]) (27 February 1930 – 22 April 2014) was a Serbian politician. He was the leader of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs, appointed on 7 July 2008 and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policies from 27 July 2012 until his death on 22 April 2014.

Krkobabić graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences, where he also earned his doctoral degree.^[1]

His last name comes from the last name Babić of his ancestors who lived near Krka river in Skradin.^[2]

His party contested the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 together with Nebojša Čović's Social Democratic Party and won no seats. PUPS also took part in 2008 parliamentary election coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia and United Serbia and won five seats.

Krkobabić died in 2014.^[3]

References

• Biography on party website

1. "Srbija dobila rekonstruisanu vladu", B92
2. Jovan Krkobabić, potpredsednik Vlade Republike Srbije
3. InSerbia Team. "Jovan Krkobabic dies at age of 84 | InSerbia News". Inserbia.info. Retrieved 2014-04-24.