Zoran Pjanić
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Zoran Pjanić | |
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Зоран Пјанић | |
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| Member of the Presidency of SR Serbia | |
| In office 6 May 1986 – 6 December 1989 | |
| Rector of the University of Belgrade | |
| In office 1985–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Vojislav M. Petrović |
| Succeeded by | Slobodan Unković |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1922 |
| Died | 21 June 1991 (aged 68) |
| Party | KPJ/SKJ (1945–1990) |
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Zoran Pjanić (Serbian: Зоран Пјанић; 3 July 1922 – 21 June 1991) was a Yugoslav and Serbian economist, professor, and politician.
Zoran Pjanić was born on 3 July 1922 in Bitolj, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.[1] He finished primary and secondary education in his hometown.[1] He later enrolled into the Faculty of Economics of the University of Belgrade where he earned his doctorate in 1956.[2]
Career
Academic
Pjanić worked at various institutions at the University of Belgrade from 1951 to 1979.[3] He was also a member and president of scientific and economic institutions in Serbia and Europe.[2][3] From 1985 to 1987 he was the rector of the University of Belgrade.[4]
Politics
Pjanić joined the Yugoslav Partisans in 1942 and became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, later known as League of Communists of Yugoslavia, in 1945.[3] He was a member of the Assembly of SR Serbia for several convocations.[3] From 1986 to 1989 Pjanić was a member of the presidency of SR Serbia.[4] In 1989, he was a candidate in the 1989 Serbian presidential election, which was won by Slobodan Milošević in a landslide.[5]
