Dragan Đokanović

Dragan Đokanović
Драган Ђокановић
President of Democratic Party of Federalists
Personal details
Born (1958-04-20) 20 April 1958
Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serb
Political party Democratic Party of Federalists
Spouse(s) Dragana Đokanović
Children Nikola, Aleksandar
Residence East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Profession Doctor of medicine
Religion Serbian Orthodox

Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић) is a Serb politician (Democratic Party of Federalists), physician, sportsman and one of the most popular men in history of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the research of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2][3]

Biography

Dr Dragan Djokanovic

Born on 20 April 1958, Đokanović completed all of his formal schooling in Sarajevo, including university and medical school. He received his medical degree in 1984 from Sarajevo University. He is a pediatrician by medical specialty and training.[4] Đokanović worked in Zvornik, Šekovići, Belgrade and Sarajevo. He currently resides in Istočno Sarajevo[5] and works at a children's medical clinic (KCUS) in Sarajevo. He is married and has two sons.[6]

Political career

Dragan Djokanovic, Athens
Dragan Djokanovic at skiing on Jahorina mountain (2014)

From 1990 Dr Dragan Đokanović was involved in politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was engaged in the following activities during the following periods:

Dragan Đokanović in front of ICTY, The Hague

In March 2005 and in November 2009 he was the witness in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. From Juli 1992 to January 1993 Đokanović acted as an adviser to the War Presidency of the Serbian Republic. He advised the Presidency in relation to the establishment of Republika Srpska and relationship between the organs of the Republic from the Republic level to the Municipal level. [9]

established official contacts with the SPS party Slobodan Milošević.[11] In February 1994 there was a meeting in Skelani with representatives of his party and the representatives the SPS and it was agreed that we would participate in activities to stop the war in Bosni and Herzegovina.

was candidate for President of Republic Srpska.[16] and he received 849 votes (0.21%).[17]

Sport career

Dragan Đokanović is a versatile and accomplished athlete.[18] He was a gymnastic champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia (at the parallel bars, Novo Mesto (1975)). In Sarajevo, there is a gymnastic club named "Dragan Đokanović".[19][20]

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