 He was a candidate at the 2003 Serbian presidential election, winning 35.42% of the popular vote, but the election was canceled due to low turnout.Mićunović's childhood was spent in Skopje where his father Mile worked as a civil servant.Following the annexation of parts of Yugoslavia by the Italian puppet Albanian Kingdom and Axis Kingdom of Bulgaria, he sought refuge in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia and fought occupying Axis forces with the Yugoslav Partisans.