17 Facts About Sulejman Ugljanin

Sulejman Ugljanin was the Mayor of Novi Pazar, and the former Minister without portfolio in the Government of Serbia between 2008 and 2014.

Sulejman Ugljanin holds a doctoral degree in stomatology from the University of Sarajevo.

Sulejman Ugljanin was born in Mitrovica in the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija, which was part of the People's Republic of Serbia in the FPR Yugoslavia.

Sulejman Ugljanin's parents were from Novi Pazar, but moved to Mitrovica after his grandfather bought a house there.

Sulejman Ugljanin's father worked as a carpenter, and mother as a tailor.

Sulejman Ugljanin started going to school at an early age of six, assuring his parents and school principal that his sisters and brothers taught him how to read and write.

Sulejman Ugljanin grew up in somewhat conservative surrounding, as his cousins objected to his father for letting his oldest daughter to attend a high school.

Sulejman Ugljanin recalled that he feasted since his early childhood for every Ramadan.

Sulejman Ugljanin's parents sent him to a dental high school in Pristina.

Sulejman Ugljanin soon started to train boxing for the Radnicki boxing club.

Sulejman Ugljanin quit boxing after a match in Bijeljina in 1979.

Sulejman Ugljanin has three daughters and one son with her.

Sulejman Ugljanin was elected to the Executive Council of the Party of Democratic Action in May 1990, and in the same year he became the president of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak.

In 1993, when the authorities started arresting those responsible for "endangering territorial integrity of the FR Yugoslavia and unallowed carrying of arms", Sulejman Ugljanin escaped to Turkey, where he spent three years.

Sulejman Ugljanin accused them of betrayal of the Sandzak Muslims' interests.

Sulejman Ugljanin has been described as a supporter and promoter of Greater Albania ideology and an extremist by Serbian government officials.

Sulejman Ugljanin was labelled a promoter of fascism because of his involvement in placement of a plaque dedicated to Axis collaborator Acif Hadziahmetovic accused of massive war crimes against Serbs.