Milan St. Protić

Milan St. Protić Милан Ст. Протић
Protić in 2017
Serbian Ambassador to Switzerland
In office 27 January 2009 – September 2014
Preceded by	Dragan Maršićanin
Succeeded by	Snežana Janković
Yugoslav Ambassador to the United States
In office 14 February 2001 – 23 August 2001
Preceded by	Živorad Kovačević
Succeeded by	Ivan Vujačić
69th Mayor of Belgrade
In office 5 October 2000 – 14 February 2001
Preceded by	Vojislav Mihailović
Succeeded by	Dragan Jočić (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-28) 28 July 1957 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party	DSS (1992) NS (1998–2000) DHSS (2001–2010)
Alma mater	University of Belgrade, LL.B. 1980 Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. 1982, Ph.D. 1987

Milan St. Protić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ст. Протић; born 28 July 1957) is a Serbian historian, politician and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United States, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He was also the Mayor of Belgrade in 2000/01.

Early life and education

He was born in a prominent Serbian family of politicians and intellectuals. His great grandfather Stojan Protić was Serbian statesman and the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1918–1920). His grandfather Milan St. Protić was the Governor of the Yugoslav Central Bank (1939–1940) and was the member of the Yugoslav cabinet (1941). His father was a renowned Yugoslav sportswriter and FIFA official.

Protić graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1980, but was not allowed to pursue an academic career for political reasons. Leaving the country, he continued graduate studies in the History department at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he received M.A. (1982) and Ph.D. (1987).

Upon his return to Yugoslavia, Milan St. Protić entered the Institute for Balkan Studies as a Research Fellow. He was a visiting professor at UC Santa Barbara (1991–1992). He also gave lectures at universities in Thessaloniki, Paris, Cambridge, London, Harvard, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. He is the author of several books about Serbian and Yugoslav 19th and 20th century history.

Political career

From 1991, St. Protić took an active part in the opposition movement against the regime of Slobodan Milošević. He became one of the leading figures of the opposition movement and a member of its leadership in 1998.

On October 5, 2000, he was elected Mayor of Belgrade as the first official-elect of the new democratic government.

In February 2001, Milan St. Protić was appointed Ambassador to the United States, but was recalled after six months due to public criticism of the Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica and his policies. In following years he was the Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS).

In January 2009, Protić was appointed Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Personal life

Milan St. Protić is married and father of three daughters. He is a self-described Serbian nationalist and Serbian Orthodox Christian.

See also

• Mayor of Belgrade

External links

• Interview: Milan St. Protić (14 September 2000)