- Dragan Velić
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Dragan Velić 
Prefect of the Kosovo District
(2001–2004)President of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija Personal details Born November 18, 1958
SušicaNationality Kosovan[citation needed] Occupation Politics Dragan Velić (born November 18, 1958[1]) is a Kosovar politician. Born in Sušica, in the municipality of Priština, Velić was Prefect of the Kosovo District, the name of Kosovo Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–1999), from December 6, 2001 to September 28, 2004. He is the president of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo, although the union is not recognised by Kosovo authorities, or by UNMIK.[2]
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Early years
Velić was born on November 18, 1958 in Sušica. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Construction Department, in 1982 in Priština.[1] He completed his master's studies at the Faculty of Law.[1]
Career
He was the Technical Director and then Acting Director General of Binačka Morava Gnjilane from 1988 to 1991, and Secretary of Urban Planning and Construction of the City Assembly of Prishtina from 1992–1997.[1] In December 1999, he was a Sofia workshop participant, representing the Serb National Council, at the Sofia Declaration.[3]
From December 6, 2001 to September 28, 2004, he was head of the Kosovo district; he was also chairman of the executive board of the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija (SNC)[4] from 2002 to 2006.[1] Velić was a 2003 Member of the European Centre for Minority Issues' Standing Technical Working Group.[5]
He has participated in numerous projects, and one of the most important is the project on decentralization in Kosovo.[1] Along with Randel Nojkic, Velic was sent as an observer in the Kosovo Transitional Council.[6] He is the president of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo,[1] and the Coordinator of the Serbian Government Commission for Refugees, in charge of Kosovo.[7]
Personal life
He resides in Novi Badovac in the municipality of Priština and is married with three children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Dragan Velić". Medijacentar.info. http://www.medijacentar.info/ko-je-ko/205-dragan-veli. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly", BBC News, 28 June 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7478865.stm, retrieved 18 April 2011
- ^ "Sofia Declaration Kosovo Serbs Call for Dialogue on Ethnic Violence and Governance in Kosovo". United States Institute of Peace. http://www.usip.org/newsroom/news/sofia-declaration. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Defense of Bishop Artemije of Kosovo". theorthodoxchurch.info. February 20, 2010. http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2010/02/defense-of-bishop-artemije-of-kosovo/. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Curis, Robert (July, 2003). "ECMI KOSOVO/A: CITIZENS’ SUPPORT INITIATIVE KOSOVO/A STANDING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP: THIRTEENTH MEETING INTEGRATION & RETURNS". Schiffbruecke 12 (Kompagnietor Building) D-24939 Flensburg Germany: EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MINORITY ISSUES (ECMI). pp. 16. http://www.ecmi.de/uploads/tx_lfpubdb/Report_44.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Stodiek, Thorsten (1 January 2004) (in German). Internationale Polizei: ein empirisch fundiertes Konzept der zivilen Konfliktbearbeitung. Nomos. ISBN 9783832905958. http://books.google.com/books?id=kNgEAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Velic: Return of displaced persons to Kosovo almost died out". glassrbije.org. June 30, 2010. http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=archivecategory&year=2010&month=06&module=1. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
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