Dragan Marković Palma passed away

Dragan Marković Palma was born on May 2, 1960 in the village of Končarevo near Jagodina. He comes from a very hard-working family that was engaged in agriculture and small-scale farming, where he himself acquired the habit of working.

In his youth, he was involved in sports, and later he proved himself as a recognized sports worker. He is a private entrepreneur and the founder of the ATP "Palma" company, which also includes Palma plus television.

Dragan Marković was declared the best Serbian entrepreneur in 1994, and the best Yugoslav manager in 1995. He has been a member of parliament for five terms, and in 2003 he was also a member of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro.

He is the founder and president of the United Serbia party. Since 2004, he has been at the head of the city of Jagodina. He is the holder of a significant international recognition, the title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Katerini in Greece and Honorary Senator of the Senate of the Economy of Serbia, established in cooperation with the Senate of the Economy of Austria.

As a great humanist, he received numerous awards for his achievements and humanitarian work. In 2006, Bishop Jovan of Šumadija presented Dragan Marković Palma with the Order of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-flowing First Degree, as the highest recognition of the Eparchy of Šumadija. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church awarded Dragan Marković Palma the highest honor of the Serbian Orthodox Church - the Order of Saint Sava of the First Degree, which was presented to him by Serbian Patriarch Irinej.

Dragan Marković Palma with his family and ATP "Palma", which is owned by the Marković family, are the founders of the church of St. John the Baptist in Končarevo.

He is married to his wife Snezana, he is the father of sons Dalibor and Darko, of whom he has five grandchildren.

This is an irreparable loss for his family, of which he was most proud, for the city of Jagodina, for his United Serbia, but also for all of Serbia.

The public will be informed about the date of the funeral later.