Slobodan Samardžić ( sr-cyr, Слободан Самарџић) is a Serbian academic and politician who served as the
Minister for Kosovo and Metohija from 2007 to 2008.
Early years and education
Samardžić was born in
Belgrade in 1953 to
Bosnian Serb
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and
Montenegrin Serb
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parents. He belongs to a prominent Montenegrin
Samardžić family that originates from the
Herzegovinian Krivošije region and
clan near
Herceg Novi
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, in
Montenegro
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Samardžić graduated from the
, where he also obtained his PhD.
Professional career
He was editor of scientific and political program at
Radio Belgrade
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from 1982 to 1984. He was a fellow of the
Institute of European Studies. Since 2001, Samardžić is a full professor of
European Studies
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Some programmes offer a social science or public administration curriculum focusing on develop ...
at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade.
He is also Director of Political Studies at the Belgrade think-tank Centre for Liberal-Democratic Studies.
Area of his studies includes political ideas and institutions, contemporary federalism, political theory and practice of constitutionalism, political system of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and European Union.
Samardžić has written six books: ''Ideology and Rationalism'' (1984), ''Council Democracy'' (1987), ''Yugoslavia and the Challenge of Federalism'' (1990), ''Coercive Community and Democracy'' (1994), ''European Union as a Model of the Supranational Community'' (1998), and ''State Construction and Deconstruction'' (2008).
Samardžić was advisor for political issues to former
Yugoslav president and
Serbian Prime Minister
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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.
...
.
He headed the Serbian government’s Committee for Decentralisation and was (with
Vuk Jeremić
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) co-ordinator of Serbia's State Negotiating Team on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija.
Personal life
Samardžić speaks
English
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and
German
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. He is married and has three children.
Media
Slobodan Samardžić appears in
Boris Malagurski
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The Weight of Chains
''The Weight of Chains'' is a 2010 Canadian documentary film directed by Boris Malagurski.[Kosovo War
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. In the film, Samardžić also speaks about concerns regarding the status of Serbia's northern province of
Vojvodina
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.
References
External links
Articles about Samardzic in 'Mail & Guardian'
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1953 births
Living people
Politicians from Belgrade
Democratic Party of Serbia politicians
Serbian political scientists
Academic staff of the University of Belgrade
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia
Serbian people of Montenegrin descent