Jovan Damjanovich
(Serbia & Montenegro)
Jovan Damjanovich was born on 8th of July 1947. in Zemun. He has a degree in
turism. His working days were dedicated to struggle with the problems of Roma
national society in and outside of Serbia and Montenegro.
Because of that, Jovan Damjanovich was elected to be the president of Union of
Roma associations in Republic of Serbia, and he kept that position till today.
With association`s activities and with his own commitment, he contributes to
better information of Roma national community about current events in the
country.
Jovan Damjanovic was minister in provisional gouvernment of the Republic of
Serbia, and nowadays he was elected by Roma national minority to be the
president of coalition "Unity of Roma in Serbia and Montenegro" which counts 150
associations all over the country.
Damjanovich was maximaly engaged in solving all existent problems in Roma
communities, especially infrastructural problems.
As minister he succesfuly solved all problems concerning Roma population such as
political, economic, social and national problems without any inner concussions.
In the gouvernment of Republic of Serbia, he as the representative of Roma
national community, along with representatives of other national communities:
Muslims, Gorans, Turkes and Albanians, was fighting for solving the Yugoslav
crisis with dialogs and democracy, for better life for all citizens, for
extinction of inequality, unsafety and poorness, and for preservation of
multiethnicizm and multiculturality.
He is an honorable citizen of Zemun. He received a charter "Slobodan Berberski"
for political participation of Roma in Serbia and Montenegro; a charter for the
most succesful politician on the Balkans by Velko Kostov- president of The
Balkans federation; he was the vice-president of the Federal gouvernment for
gathering datas of war crimes; and recently he was named to be the director of
the first Roma national TV station "Amaro drom"-"Our road"
Everything he has done, he has done for the interest of our citizens, people,
for reclamation of interethnic relations in Serbia, for reclamation of democracy
for better today and even better tomorrow.
Address
The First Roma National
TV Station "Amaro Drom"
Prvomajska 116
11080 Zemun
Serbia and Montenegro
Tel/Fax : ++381 11 618 725
email :
tvamaro@SCnet.yu