United Serbia leader Dragan “Palma” Markovic dies at 64

Markovic became the first mayor of Jagodina when it gained city status in 2008.

He served as a Serbian Parliament member from 2008 until resigning in September 2011 due to a conflict of interest.

Even after the 2020 elections he was re-elected as Jagodina mayor.

Markovic was a close ally of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and its leader Ivica Dacic. His United Serbia party is part of the ruling coalition. He entered politics in 1993, co-founding the Party of Serbian Unity alongside Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic and Borislav Pelevic.