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The list of Dragan Palma Markovic s official positions during his three-decade stampede through the ranks of Serbian politics is long.
The 60-year-old is currently a lawmaker in the National Assembly, chairman of the coalition party United Serbia (JS), and city council president of Jagodina, a quaint town 135 kilometers southeast of Belgrade.
He was also mayor of Jagodina for eight years until 2012, lifting up its bedraggled postindustrial profile with new trappings of tourism like an artificial waterfall, an aquapark, a zoo, a stadium, and a sprawling shopping center.
Markovic also served as a deputy minister of agriculture, forestry, and water management in Serbia s first government after the ouster of strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 2001.
FOTO TANJUG/ SAVA RADOVANOVIC/ nr In the field of combating coronavirus, we opened two hospitals in Belgrade and Krusevac. We are one of only two or three countries that managed something like this. Those hospitals arrived at the moment when it was most needed. Thanks to them, we saved hundreds of lives. We have started mass immunization of citizens , she said. In the field of combating organized crime, she points out that they have shown courage and determination. Serbia is a strong and safe country, the fight against organized crime continues, there are no protected people, she is clear. As she stated, focused and dedicated work in digitalization, e-government and vaccination show how much we have progressed. She stated that progress has been made in the judiciary as well.