Mihailo Jovanović (politician)

Mihailo Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Јовановић; born 1972) is a Serbian engineer and politician serving as minister of information and telecommunications since 2022.

Mihailo Jovanović
Михаило Јовановић
Minister of Information and Telecommunications
Assumed office
26 October 2022
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byOffice re-established
Personal details
Born1972 (age 50–51)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Engineer
  • economist

Early life

Mihailo Jovanović was born in 1972 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He graduated and earned his master's degree from the School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade.[1][2] He received his doctorate in topics of economics in 2012.[1][3]

Career

He began his career at Pošta Srbije, where he worked in telecommunications.[1][2] He also previously worked at Telekom Srbija.[3] He was later appointed director of the Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Administration of the Government of Serbia in April 2017.[1][3] He is a close associate of Ana Brnabić.[4]

Minister of Information and Telecommunications

It was announced on 24 October 2022 that Jovanović would serve as minister of information and telecommunications in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić.[5] He was sworn in on 26 October.[6]

Personal life

Jovanović is married and has two children.[1][2] He received two awards, in 2002 and 2022 respectively, due to his work on information technologies.[1][3] He is a member of the Chamber of Engineers of Serbia.[2][4]

References
  1. "Odluka o izboru Vlade i biografije predloženih članova Vlade" (PDF). National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. "Ko je novi ministar informisanja: Mihailo Jovanović - od Telekoma i Pošte do vladine Kancelarije za IT". Danas (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. Matić, Nada (25 October 2022). "Ko je Mihailo Jovanović, kandidat za novog ministra informisanja i telekomunikacija". Blic (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. "Ministar informisanja Mihailo Jovanović: Od Pošte do medija i telekomunikacija". Vreme (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. "I Jovanović i Blagojević ministri, predlog novog sastava Vlade upućen Skupštini". Tanjug (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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