Background
Velić was born on November 18, 1958 in Sušica, in the municipality of Pristina, Yugoslavia.
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Dragan Velic
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He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Construction Department, in 1982 in Priština. He completed his master"s studies at the Faculty of Law.
Career
Velić was the Prefect of the Kosovo District, of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, from December 6, 2001 to September 28, 2004. He was the Technical Director and then Acting Director General of Binačka Morava Gnjilane from 1988 to 1991, and Secretary of Urban Planning and Construction of the City Assembly of Pristina from 1992–1997. In December 1999, he was a Sofia workshop participant, representing the Serb National Council, at the Sofia Declaration.
From December 6, 2001 to September 28, 2004, he was head of the Kosovo district.
He was also chairman of the executive board of the Serbian National Council of Kosovo and Metohija (SNC) from 2002 to 2006. He has participated in numerous projects, and one of the most important is the project on decentralization in Kosovo.
Along with Randel Nojkic, Velic was sent as an observer in the Kosovo Transitional Council. He is the president of the Union of Serbian Districts and District Units of Kosovo and Metohija of North Kosovo, and the Coordinator of the Serbian Government Commission for Refugees, in charge of Kosovo.
The unions are not recognised by Kosovo authorities, or by UNMIK.
Membership
Velić was a 2003 Member of the European Centre for Minority Issues" Standing Technical Working Group.
