Marko Blagojević ( sr-cyrl, Марко Благојевић; born 20 April 1974) is a Serbian politician serving as minister of public investments since 2022.

Early life

Marko Blagojević was born on 20 April 1974 in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

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. He graduated from the

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at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

Career

Blagojević was politically active through the 1990s. He took part in the 1996–1997 protests against

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

. In 1997, he co-founded

CeSID The Centre for Free Elections and Democracy ( sr-cyr, Центар за слободне изборе и демократију, Centar za slobodne izbore i demokratiju), or CeSID, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization in Serbia. Fou ...

, a non-governmental organisation; he was its member until 2014. He was a member of the board of directors of the Open Society Fund from 2003 to 2008. In 2014, the

Government of Serbia The Government of Serbia ( sr, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Government ( sr, � ...

named him the director of the Office for Relief and Reconstruction of Flooded Areas, while a year later he became the director of the Office for Public Investment Management. He has held the office since then.

Minister of Public Investments

It was announced on 24 October 2022 that Blagojević would serve as minister of public investments in the

third cabinet of Ana Brnabić The third cabinet of Ana Brnabić was formed on 26 October 2022, following the latter's election as prime minister of Serbia by the National Assembly on the same day. It succeeded the second cabinet of Ana Brnabić and is the incumbent government ...

. He was sworn in on 26 October.

Personal life

Blagojević is married and has one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blagojevic, Marko 1974 births Living people Politicians from Belgrade Serbian Progressive Party politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Government ministers of Serbia 21st-century Serbian politicians Independent politicians in Serbia