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Boris Tadić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [bǒris tǎdiːtɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Тадић; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician and the leader of the Democratic Party. He was the President of Serbia, from 11 July 2004 until his resignation on 5 April 2012. He was elected to the first five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February. He resigned on 5 April 2012. Prior to his Presidency, Tadić served as the last Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and as the first Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro. He is a psychologist by profession.
Boris Tadić advocates the integration of Serbia into the European Union but he also believes Serbia should join the EU only with his country's sovereignty over Kosovo. He is seen as a pro-Western leader but who favours balanced relations with Russia, the United States, and the EU.
Boris Tadić was born in Sarajevo, the capital of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a republic within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. His father, Ljubomir, is a philosopher and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His mother, Nevenka, is a psychologist. His maternal grandfather and six other relatives were killed by the Croatian Ustaše during World War II at the Jasenovac concentration camp.