Goran Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Горан Богдановић) is a Serbian
politician
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who served as the
Minister for Kosovo and Metohija in the Cabinet of
Mirko Cvetković
Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...
from 2008 to 2012.
Early years and education
He was born in 1963 in
Raška and holds a degree from the
University of Belgrade
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Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...
Faculty of Agriculture.
Professional career
From 1992 to 1996, he was manager of JUKO in
Srbica. Afterwards held the position of as state agricultural inspector until 2002, before becoming Minister of Agriculture of Kosovo and Metohija and later on resuming the position of state agricultural inspector.
Bogdanović has been a member of the
Demokratska Stranka since 2000 and leads the Party provincial committee. He was elected MP to the
National Assembly of Serbia
The National Assembly ( sr-cyr, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ) is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The as ...
on 21 January 2007. On 7 July 2008, he was named Minister for Kosovo and Metohija. On 13 January 2010, he was stopped and then escorted by
Kosovo Police
The Kosovo Police ( sq, Policia e Kosovës, sr-Cyrl, Полиција Косова, sr-Latn, Policija Kosova) is the national policing law enforcement agency of Kosovo.
History
A Kosovo Police Service was created in 1999 in the aftermath o ...
to the Kosovo-Serbia border at
Merdare
Merdare ( sr-cyr, Мердаре) is a village located in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 151 people. The administrative crossing between Serbia and Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, K ...
, for "illegal political activities". In June 2012, he was banned from entering Kosovo for trying to enter "illegally".
Personal life
Bogdanović is married with two sons. He speaks
Russian
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,
English
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* English language
* English people
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and his native
Serbian.
Notes and references
Notes:
References:
See also
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Politics of Serbia
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Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija
The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija ( sr, Косово и Метохиja, Kosovo i Metohija; sq, Kosova dhe Metohija), commonly known as Kosovo and abbreviated to Kosmet or KiM, is an autonomous province defined by the constitu ...
External links
Ministry of Kosovo and Metohija homepage
1963 births
Living people
People from Raška, Serbia
Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Serbia)
University of Belgrade Faculty of Agriculture alumni
Social Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians
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