ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROWN COUNCIL

The session chaired by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II

Belgrade, 14 February 2003 – Anniversary of renewing the Crown Council, founded on the Day of the Presentation of the Lord (Sretenje) in 1992, chaired by the renewer of the advisory bodies of the Crown HRH Crown Prince Alexander II was marked at The White Palace tonight.

A formal dinner was organized by Their Royal Highnesses after the session.

On the Day of the Presentation of the Lord in 1992, advisory bodies of the Crown were renewed: Crown Council and Privy Council. Persons outside political parties from the country and abroad were nominated for the members, and their mandate was not time limited. Throughout all these years the members have stayed united together.

Last night’s session was attended by the members of the Crown Council: Mrs. Svetlana Velmar – Jankovic, academician Ivan Antic, academician Dragomir Vitorovic, academician Miroslav Gasic, Prof. Dr. Slobodan Vitanovic, Prof. Dr. Pavle Nikolic, academician Milorad Pavic, academician Predrag Palavestra, academician Slobodan Perovic, Prof. Dr. Branko Pesic, Dr. Bosko Djukanovic; members of the Privy Council: Arch. Dragomir Acovic, Prof. Dr. Dusan Batakovic and the member of the Crown Cabinet Mr. Zoran Trifunovic.

The session was not attended, due to previous engagements, by the members of the Crown Council: academician Matija Beckovic, academician Zivojin Bumbasirevic, academician Aleks Draganic, Prof. Dr. Dragoljub Kavran, academician Dusan Kovacevic, Prof. Dr. Nikola Moravcevic, academician Mladen Srbinovic, Prof. Dr. Djordje Vid Tomasevic, Mr. Predrag Markovic, Prof. Dr. Bogoljub Sijakovic and the members of the Privy Council: Mr. Djordje Novakovic and The Hon. Branko Terzic.

The present at the dinner remembered with sadness and pride their deceased members: academician Borislav Pekic, Mr. Stjepan Dragojlovic, Mr. Milorad Ilic, Mr. Borislav Mihajlovic-Mihiz, academician Miodrag (Mica) Popovic and academician Branko Popovic.