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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Žarko Korać
| nationality         = [[Serbs|Serbian]]
| image               = Žarko Korać Cropped.jpg
| imagesize           =
| caption             = Žarko Korać in 2010
| order               = [[Government of Serbia (2001–2004)|Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia]]
| primeminister       = [[Zoran Đinđić]]<br />[[Zoran Živković (politician)|Zoran Živković]]
| term_start          = 25 January 2001
| term_end            = 3 March 2004
| predecessor         = [[Spasoje Krunić]]
| successor           = [[Miroljub Labus]]
| order1              = [[Government of Serbia (2001–2004)|Prime Minister of Serbia]]<br /><small>Acting</small>
| predecessor1        = [[Nebojša Čović]] (acting)
| successor1          = [[Zoran Živković (politician)|Zoran Živković]]
| term_start1         = 17 March 2003
| term_end1           = 18 March 2003
| order2              = [[National Assembly of Serbia|Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia]]
| primeminister2      = [[Ivica Dačić]]
| term_start2         = 23 July 2012
| term_end2           = 16 April 2014
| predecessor2        = Judita Popović
| successor2          = [[Gordana Čomić]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1947|3|9|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Belgrade]], [[People's Republic of Serbia|PR Serbia]], [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| spouse              =
| party               = [[Civic Alliance of Serbia|GSS]] <small>(1992–1996)</small><br />[[Social Democratic Party (Serbia 2001-2010)|SDP]] <small>(2002–2003)</small><br />[[Social Democratic Union (Serbia)|SDU]] <small>(1996–2002; 2003–2014)</small>
| vicepresident       =
| native_name_lang    = sr
| native_name         = {{nobold|Жарко Кораћ}}
}}
'''Žarko Korać''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Жарко Кораћ}}; born 9 March 1947) is a [[Serbia]]n [[psychologist]] and [[politician]].
He taught [[psychology]] at the  [[University of Belgrade]] [[University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy|Faculty of Philosophy]] and is one of the founders and former president of the [[Social Democratic Union (Serbia)|Social Democratic Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Žarko Korać: Ova vlast je hrabra|url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:453512-Zarko-Korac-Ova-vlast-je-hrabra|access-date=2021-02-07|website=NOVOSTI|language=sr}}</ref>
==Biography==
He was Deputy Prime Minister in the [[Government of Serbia]] between 2001 and 2004, and briefly [[List of Prime Ministers of Serbia|acting Prime Minister]] (17–18 March 2003), after Prime Minister [[Zoran Đinđić]] was assassinated.<ref name="istinomer">{{cite web |title=Žarko Korać |url=https://www.istinomer.rs/akter/zarko-korac/ |website=istinomer.rs}}</ref>
Korać is a long time member of the [[Parliament of Serbia]], being part of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia 2005)|LDP]]-led coalition since 2008.
After [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|May 2012 elections]], Korać was elected as Deputy Speaker in the [[Parliament of Serbia]].
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.f.bg.ac.rs/zaposleni?IDZ=214 Professor Korać web page] at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy website
*[http://www.parlament.gov.rs/content/cir/sastav/poslanici_detalji.asp?id=868 Žarko Korać's webpage at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia website]
*[http://www.sdu.org.rs/ Official website] of the Social Democratic Union
*[http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2000/04/15/srpski/P00041403.shtm Glas javnosti, April 14, 2000]
*[http://www.parlament.gov.rs/national-assembly/composition/deputy-speakers/zarko-korac.482.html Deputy Speakers at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia website]
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[[Category:1947 births]]
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[[Category:Politicians from Belgrade]]
[[Category:Social Democratic Union (Serbia) politicians]]
[[Category:Civic Alliance of Serbia politicians]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Belgrade]]
[[Category:University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Serbia]]
[[Category:Serbian psychologists]]
[[Category:Health professionals from Belgrade]]
[[Category:Prime ministers of Serbia]]
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