Dragiša Pavlović
politician (1943–1996)
Dragiša "Buca" Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша "Буца" Павловић; 5 October 1943 – 9 September 1996) was a Serbian politician and academic. He played the key role in opposition to Slobodan Milošević and his rise to power. Pavlović was the president of the City Committee of the League of Communists of Belgrade from 23 April 1986 until his resignation on 29 September 1987.
Early life and career
Dragiša Pavlović was born on 5 October 1943 in Kragujevac, Nazi-occupied Serbia. His mother was a schoolteacher. During youth, he performed arts and earned the nickname "Buca". He became a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) in 1963. He initially studied at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Kragujevac, before moving to the Faculty of Economics where he earned his master's degree in 1979. He received his doctorate in 1982 at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade.
He started his career at a repair company Kompresor, and then worked in the Institute for Planning Systems.
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