Srđan Majstorović ( Serbian: Срђан Мајсторовић; (13 June 1972) was born in

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

, He is a Serbian

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

who is an expert in the European integration of Serbia and the

Western Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whol ...

. He is the current chairman of the governing board of the

European Policy Centre The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a Brussels-based not-for-profit think tank on European Union affairs, founded in 1997. Activities Under the guidance of Herman Van Rompuy, the EPC's Chief Executive is Fabian Zuleeg, a German economist. Its ...

and is a member of the

Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (abbreviation: BiEPAG) is an expert group founded in 2013 by European Fund for the Balkans and Centre for Southeast European Studies of the University of Graz. It is composed of the policy analysts, sc ...

(BiEPAG).

Biography

Majstorović graduated from the Department of International relations at the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences The Faculty of Political Sciences ( sr, Факултет политичких наука Универзитета у Београду, Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu, abbreviated FPN) is a constituent institution of the Univers ...

and received his

MA degree A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

at the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The unive ...

Karl-Franzens Faculty of Law, Department of European Integration and Regionalism. After graduation, he worked as the assistant teacher of European Studies and Civil Society at the Belgrade Open School from 1997 until 2001. During the period between 2001 and 2003 he was employed in the sector for European Integration and Regional Multilateral Cooperation in the Federal Ministry for International Economic Relations of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He then worked in the sector for European Integration in Republic of Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations between 2003 and 2004. He participated in the creation of Serbia's national strategy for the accession of Serbia and Montenegro to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

which was published in July 2005. He was a member of 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, � ...

's negotiating team and participated in negotiations on the conclusion of the

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between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia. He became a member and the deputy chairperson of the Commission for the Implementation of the National Judicial Reforms Strategy for the period 2002–2018. In August 2015 he was named a member of the negotiating team to negotiate the accession of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union where he is in charge of political criteria and Chapter 23 of the negotiations which concern: judicial reform, anti-corruption policy, fundamental rights and the rights of EU citizens. . He became chairman of the governing board of the

on 12 October 2017. Majstorović is also one of the visiting lecturers on the staff of the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law of the University in Belgrade ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu''), also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educatio ...

. He is also a member of the

(BiEPAG). Occasionally he publishes texts for the

European Western Balkans European Western Balkans (sometimes abbreviated EWB) is a web portal that focuses on the Western Balkans countries and reports on development of the European Union's enlargement policy towards the states of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, ...

portal.

Private life

He speaks English and to some extent Italian and French. Majstorović is married and has two children.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Interview of Srđana Majstorović
for portal

(30 September 2018)
Interview of Srđana Majstorović
for television N1 (18 April 2018) {{DEFAULTSORT:Majstorović, Srđan University of Belgrade alumni University of Graz alumni Serbian political scientists 1972 births Living people People from Pula