- The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Boris Tadić.
Boris Tadić is the President of Serbia.
He attended elementary and high school in Belgrade and graduated in Social Psychology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. He taught psychology at the First Belgrade High School.
He founded and was the first Director of the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Political Skills.
Tadić has been a member of the Democratic Party since 1990, performing several roles within the party: Secretary of the General Committee, Vice-President of the Executive Board, Acting President of the Executive Board, Twice elected Vice-President of the Democratic Party.
In 2002 he became Minister of Telecommunications in the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; later he was Minister of Defence in the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2003 he was elected as a Representative to the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro and became Acting Head of the Group of Democratic Party Representatives. In 2004 he was elected as a Head-Representative of his party to the National Assembly of Serbia. Later in this year, he was elected President of Democratic Party, one year after the assassination of the former party president, Zoran Djindjic.
In the first round of the Serbian presidential election, 2004 he won 27.3% of the vote. In the second round, on June 27, 2004, he defeated Tomislav Nikolić with 53.24% of the vote.
He was officially sworn in as the president at a ceremony in Belgrade on July 11, 2004.
On December 1, 2004, Tadics Presidential motorcade was involved in a traffic accident. Miroslav Cimpl, a Serbian employee of the US Embassy refused to make way for the motorcade and crashed repeatedly into the vehicles of the motorcade, though the presidents car was not affected. After that he managed to flee, but he reported himself to the US Embassy later and was subsequently arrested. This incident was very significant to the general public because it evoked memories of a failed attempt on Zoran Djindjic's life. Many believed this incident to be an attempt on the Presidents life. However a subsequent police investigation found no evidence to support this claim. The Minister of Police said in press conference that Mr. Cimpl felt confused when he saw the flashing lights of the motorcade and didnt know what to do. The police concluded that it was all just a traffic incident and that there was no intention to harm the President. Mr. Cimpl stayed in jail for two weeks and was released after that. (Halifax) (http://www.halifaxlive.com/serbian_president_12012004_7890.php)
(B92) (http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?style=texts&news_per_page_limit=10&dd=02&mm=12&yyyy=2004)
Tadić speaks besides his native language Serbian also English and French. He is married and the father of two children.
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