the Political Committee until December 2000. On 5 October 2000, he was among the citizens who welcomed the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević on the stairway of the Federal Parliament building. He was appointed an Ambassador of FR Yugoslavia in Ottawa, Canada in 2001, where he was highly appreciated by the Serbian immigration, working steadily on greater interconnectedness of the diaspora and its integration into political and social life of Serbia and Montenegro. Former Foreign Minister Goran Svilanović emphasized that Perišić "with his dignity of an intellectual, had opened many doors which for others had been closed, in such a way succeeding to bring one small country, as it is Serbia and Montenegro, into the society of the great". Family He was married to the former Žaneta Đukić; the couple had twin daughters. Death Perišić died of a heart attack on a treadmill during a workout at the University of Ottawa, one month short of his two-year mandate. He was 54 years old. He is interred in the Belgrade New Cemetery. References External links Interview for Vreme News Digest, 1996 1948 births 2003 deaths Politicians from Subotica Writers from Subotica Serbian literary critics Literary critics of Serbian Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Ambassadors of Serbia to Canada Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery