16 Facts About Miroslav Lazanski

Previous to his appointment, Lazanski was a Member of parliament.

Miroslav Lazanski wrote on political and military matters and was a correspondent and commentator for the Belgrade daily Politika.

Miroslav Lazanski was a member of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2019 as member of the governing coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party.

Young Miroslav Lazanski began his primary education in the town of his birth, attending the Dragojla Jarnevic Elementary School and completing five grades.

In February 1991, Miroslav Lazanski took an offer from Politika to become their commentator and moved to Belgrade.

Miroslav Lazanski reported from the Yugoslav Wars as well as the First Chechen War, Libyan Civil War, and annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

In 2016, Miroslav Lazanski interviewed commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, Bashar al-Assad.

Miroslav Lazanski was the only foreign reporter in North Korea during the 2018 February military parade held in honor of Military Foundation Day.

Miroslav Lazanski was interviewed in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains 2.

Miroslav Lazanski was a frequent guest on TV Happy's popular show Cirilica hosted by Milomir Maric.

Miroslav Lazanski has authored two documentary films, Rat za Kosovo and Komandosi, and fronted several more.

Miroslav Lazanski became a member of the Board on Defense and Internal Affairs, as chosen by the National Assembly by 22 June 2016.

Miroslav Lazanski resigned from the assembly on 25 September 2019 after being appointed Serbia's ambassador to Russia.

Miroslav Lazanski is related to former president of Republika Srpska Biljana Plavsic, his maternal grandmother and Plavsic's father being siblings.

Miroslav Lazanski's spouse was from Belgrade and they had a son.

On 3 August 2021, Miroslav Lazanski died of a heart attack in his home in Belgrade at the age of 70.