Mirjana Marković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mirjana Marković

Serbian academic, journalist and politician

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1942

Place of Birth: Požarevac, Braničevo District, Serbia

Date of Death: 14-Apr-2019

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mirjana "Mira" Markovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ??????? ???? ????????, pronounced [mirjana mi?ra ma?rk??it??]; 10 July 1942 – 14 April 2019) was a Serbian politician, academic and the wife of Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Miloševic.She was the leader of the Yugoslav United Left (JUL) which governed in coalition with Miloševic'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.Markovic 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.Markovic lived under political asylum in Russia from February 2003 until her death on 14 April 2019 in Moscow.