Petar Petković (; born 12 July 1980) is a Serbian politician who is currently serving as the Director of the

Office for Kosovo and Metohija The Office for Kosovo and Metohija ( sr, Канцеларија за Косово и Метохију, Kancelarija za Kosovo i Metohiju) is a coordination body of the Government of Serbia. It was constituted on 2 August 2012 after the dissolution ...

since 8 October 2020. Previously he served as the Assistant Director of the office and was a Member of the National Assembly. He was a member of the

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...

(DSS) until he joined the

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска напредна странка, Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) has been the ruling political party of Serbia since 2012. Founded by Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić in 2008 as a s ...

(SNS).

Biography

Early life and education

He was born in 1980 in

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; ro, Zaicear or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the city administrative area has a population of 59,461 inhabitants. Zaječar ...

which at the time was a member of the

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of 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 ...

and the Diplomatic Academy of the

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of Serbia. He did his postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences in

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at the Department of International Studies and received a masters degree.

Political career

Petković served as an advisor in the

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of the Prime Minister of Serbia

Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica ( sr-cyrl, Војислав Коштуница, ; born 24 March 1944) is a Serbian former politician who served as the last president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the prime minister of Serbia from 2004 to 2008. ...

from 2007 to 2008. After the 2012 parliamentary elections, he was elected MP on the list of the

. In October 2014, Petković left the DSS only a day after its founder and longtime leader Vojislav Koštunica left the party. In the meantime, he joined the

and became a member of the party's Main Board. He has been the Assistant Director of the

from April 2016 to October 2020 when he took over as the Director replacing

Marko Đurić Marko Đurić ( sr-cyr, Марко Ђурић; born 25 June 1983) is a Serbian politician and diplomat serving as the Ambassador of Serbia to the United States of America since 8 October 2020, and the non-resident Ambassador of Serbia to Colombi ...

who was named the new Ambassador of Serbia to the United States of America. On 8 December 2022, during the

North Kosovo crisis The North Kosovo crisis may refer to: * North Kosovo crisis (2011–2013) Clashes between the Republic of Kosovo and ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo began on 25 July 2011 when the Kosovo Police crossed into the Serb-controlled municipalities ...

, Petković stated that Serbia could respond by sending up to 1,000 security force personnel to Kosovo in accordance with the UN Resolution 1244.

Personal life

Petković speaks

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and can use

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

. He is married to his wife Ivana, and is the father of two children.

References

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Biography

Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

See also

References