Zoran Đorđević (politician)

Zoran Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђорђевић, born 11 February 1970) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Defence of Serbia in the Government of Serbia from 2016 to 2017, and the Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy from 2017 to 2020.

Zoran Đorđević
Зоран Ђорђевић
Đorđević in June 2014.
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy
In office
29 June 2017 – 28 October 2020
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byAleksandar Vulin
Succeeded byDarija Kisić Tepavčević
Minister of Defence
In office
2 March 2016 – 29 June 2017
Prime MinisterAleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (Acting)
Preceded byDušan Vujović (Acting)
Succeeded byAleksandar Vulin
Personal details
Born (1970-02-11) 11 February 1970
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Political partySerbian Progressive Party
Children2
Alma materSchool of National Defense
Megatrend University
Panteion University
OccupationPolitician

Education and career

Đorđević graduated from the School of National Defense in Belgrade.[1] He later acquired a joint-master's degree in international banking and finance from the John Naisbitt University Faculty of International Economics and the Panteion University. He currently completes his doctoral studies in the field of economic sciences at the University Business Academy in Novi Sad.[1] He gained professional experience in leading positions in financial and executive management domestic and regional companies including Comtrade, Kabel-X and others.[2]

Political career

From 2012, he served as the Deputy Minister of Defence of Serbia.[2] He also serves as the president of the Political Council for Gender Equality of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and National Director of Arms. On 2 March 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Defence of Serbia.[1]

In February 2017, the Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić decided to run for the 2017 Serbian presidential elections.[3] He won the elections in the first round and was sworn as the President of Serbia on 31 May 2017.[4] Weeks later, he gave mandate to Ana Brnabić to form the governmental cabinet.[5] On 29 June 2017, the cabinet of Ana Brnabić was formed,[6][7] with Đorđević swapping minister positions with Aleksandar Vulin to become the Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy.[8] His term ended on 28 October 2020, when Darija Kisić Tepavčević was appointed as new minister.

Since 4 March 2021, Đorđević has been serving as director of the national postal service Pošta Srbije.[9]

Personal life

He is married and has a son and daughter.[1] He speaks English and Russian and is a member of Mensa Serbia.[1]

References
  1. "Ko su Vučićevi ministri? Pogledajte biografije". mondo.rs (in Serbian). Tanjug. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Ko je Zoran Đorđević: Kandidat za novog ministra odbrane". newsweek.rs (in Serbian). 2 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. "SNS: Jednoglasno - Vučić kandidat za predsednika". b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. "Vucic Sworn in as Serbia's New President Amid Protests". usnews.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. "Vučić: Kandidat za predsednika Vlade je Ana Brnabić". b92.net (in Serbian). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. "Kabinet Ane Brnabić položio zakletvu". danas.rs (in Serbian). Danas Online. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. Surk, Barbara. "Serbia Gets Its First Female, and First Openly Gay, Premier". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. "Vulin i Đorđević zamenjuju mesta". danas.rs (in Serbian). FoNet. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. "Zoran Đorđević novi direktor Pošte". b92.net (in Serbian). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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