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Nebojša Čović (; born 2 July 1958) is a Serbian politician, businessman, and sports administrator. Čović was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 2000, he obtained his Ph.D at the same university. ==Political career== In 1992, as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), 34-year-old Čović started his climb up the political ladder with a position of executive board vice-president in charge of economy and finances at the Belgrade city assembly. A year later, in 1993, he advanced to the position of the city government president. In 1994 he got elected as the Mayor of Belgrade. In parallel, Čović was the SPS deputy (MP) in the Serbian National Assembly. Čović was sacked from the mayoral post in mid January 1997 by the Serbian president and SPS party leader Slobodan Milošević amid the months-long protests in Serbia over the November 1996 municipal elections fraud.〔(Milosevic sacks mayors of Belgrade and Nis ), cnn.com, 14 January 1997.〕 He was expelled from SPS on the same occasion. He became the president of Democratic Alternative (DA) after the party got formed by certain number of SPS members seceded from SPS in July 1997.〔(Nebojsa Covic, president of the Democratic Alternative and former mayor of Belgrade: Ms. Mira Markovic Annulled November 1996 Elections, EX-YU Press, 21 November 1998 )〕 Čović served as the head of the Kosovo Coordination Centre and the head of the Southern Serbia Coordination Centre during Preševo Valley conflict (1999–2001).〔(Covic to stay at Kosovo Coordination Centre ), B92.net, 26 February 2004.〕 From 24 October 2000 to 25 January 2001 he was a member of the trio Co-Prime Ministers together with Milomir Minić from SPS and Spasoje Krunić from the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) that transitionally governed Serbia after the Bulldozer Revolution, when Mirko Marjanović was sacked. After the assassination of Zoran Đinđić, he was the acting Prime Minister of Serbia from 12 to 16 March 2003.〔(Serbian PM shot dead ), CNN.com, 12 March 2003.〕 In 2005, he became president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), when it merged with the Democratic Alternative party. The party ceased to exist in 2010.〔(Povratak u politiku (in Serbian) )〕〔(Politička scena bez Liberala Srbije, SDP-a i SLS-a ); accessed 17 April 2015. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nebojša Čović」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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