Branislav Blažić
Branislav Blažić | |
|---|---|
Бранислав Блажић | |
| Minister of Environmental Protection | |
| In office 24 March 1998 – 24 October 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Mirko Marjanović |
| Preceded by | Jordan Aleksić |
| Succeeded by | Mila Rosić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1957 Kikinda, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Died | 1 April 2020 (aged 63) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Cause of death | Infection induced by COVID-19 |
| Political party | Serbian Radical Party (1992–2008) Serbian Progressive Party (2008–2020) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation | Surgeon, politician |
Branislav Blažić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Блажић; 1 April 1957 – 1 April 2020) was a Serbian surgeon and politician. He served several terms in the assemblies of FR Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Vojvodina, and was Minister of Environmental Protection in the Government of Serbia from 1998 to 2000. Formerly a prominent figure in the far-right Serbian Radical Party, Blažić was a member of the Serbian Progressive Party from its formation in 2008 until his death.
On 6 October 2017, Blažić was appointed as a state secretary in Serbia's Ministry of Environmental Protection. He died of a COVID-19 infection on 1 April 2020, his sixty-third birthday.