Deputy PM Jovan Krkobabic dies

BELGRADE - Serbian deputy prime minister and minister of labour Jovan Krkobabic died after a grave illness in Belgrade on Wednesday at the age of 84, Tanjug learnt in the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS).

Jovan Krkobabic also held office as the PUPS leader since 2006 as he was appointed for the position shortly after the party foundation.

After the May 2008 elections, PUPS - which took part in the elections together with the United Serbia and the Socialist Party of Serbia - won seats in the parliament and Krkobabic was appointed Serbian deputy prime minister.

He held office as the deputy prime minister and minister of labour, employment and social policy in the Serbian government constituted in July 2012 and he was also the president of the Pensioners' Association since 1996.

Krkobabic completed his PhD studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the Belgrade University and he was also a member of the People's Liberation Movement in World War II.

Photo Tanjug/D. Stankovic