  miroljub labus (serbian cyrillic: ÐÐ¸ÑÐ¾ÑÑÐ± ÐÐ°Ð±ÑÑ) (born february 28, 1947 in mala krsna, serbia fpr yugoslavia) is a serbian economist and politician. currently he is a university of belgrade professor, lecturing political economy at the university of belgrade faculty of law. he is also the owner of consulting firm belox advisory service. he was the deputy prime minister of serbia from march 2004, serving under pm vojislav koÅ¡tunica, but resigned on may 3, 2006, after eu suspended enlargement talks with serbia, over ratko mladiÄ. labus also resigned from the position of president of g17 plus. ==early life and education== labus was born in the town of mala krsna village near smederevo, pr serbia, fpr yugoslavia. he graduated law in 1970 from the university of belgrade faculty of law. this was followed by two postgraduate qualifications in economics. ==academic and administrative career== he began his career in academia as a university professor. in 1983, he was a fulbright lecturer on the topic of participation and self-management systems. he has also been a guest lecturer at cornell university. labus was a senior adviser at the federal statistics bureau (savezni zavod za statistiku) in belgrade between 1986 and 1994. since 1993, he has been a researcher at belgrade's economics institute. he edited the federal bureau of statistics's economic trend publication from 1990 to 1996, and the belgrade economics institute's economic barometer from 1994 to 2000. labus has also been involved with the national bank of yugoslavia and world bank. h
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