Mirjana Marković
Mirjana Marković | |
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Мирјана Марковић | |
Marković in 1989 | |
| First Lady of the Socialist Republic of Serbia | |
| In office 8 May 1989 – 28 September 1990 | |
| First Lady of the Republic of Serbia | |
| In office 11 January 1991 – 23 July 1997 | |
| First Lady of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 23 July 1997 – 7 October 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Ljubica Brković Lilić |
| Succeeded by | Zorica Radović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1942 Požarevac, German-occupied Serbia |
| Died | 14 April 2019 (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Požarevac, Serbia |
| Political party | SKJ (until 1990) SK–PJ (1990–1994) JUL (1994–2003) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Marko |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Marko Milošević (grandson) |
| Occupation | Ph.D in Sociology |
| Employer | University of Belgrade |
| Criminal charge | Abuse of Office by Incitement |
| Criminal status | Fugitive; Died during trial in absentia |
Mirjana "Mira" Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана "Мира" Марковић, pronounced [mǐrjana mǐːra mǎːrkovitɕ]; 10 July 1942 – 14 April 2019) was a Serbian politician, academic and the wife of Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Milošević.
She was the leader of the far-left Yugoslav United Left (JUL) which governed in coalition with Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia in the aftermath of the Bosnian War. She was reported to have huge influence over her husband and was increasingly seen as the power behind the throne. Among her opponents, she was known as The Red Witch and the Lady Macbeth of Belgrade.
Marković was accused of abuse of office, inciting several associates to allocate a state-owned apartment for her grandson’s nanny in September 2000. She was indicted in December 2002 and fled Belgrade on 23 February 2003. In June 2018, she was declared guilty in absentia by a court in Belgrade, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment, but the verdict was overturned on appeal in March 2019.
Marković lived under political asylum in Moscow, Russia, from February 2003 until her death in 2019.