Petar Škundrić ( sr-cyr, Петар Шкундрић; born February 21, 1947) is a Serbian politician. He is a member of the

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia ( sr, Социјалистичка партија Србије, Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Ivica Dačić. It was founded in 1990 as the direct successor to ...

who served as the Minister of Energy and Mining from 2008 to 2011.

Education and career

Škundrić graduated and obtained his masters and PhD degrees at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy 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-ba ...

. He is professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade, and honorary professor at the

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Технологический Институт (Технический Университет)) was founded in 1828. It is o ...

. He is one of the founding members and first secretary general of the

, and was a member of parliament of the former state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Presently he is a member of the board of SPS. On July 7, 2008 he was elected Minister of Energy and Mining in the Government of Serbia, a post he held until March 2011, when the portfolio was split into the Infrastructure and Environment ministries. He was kicked out from the Socialist Party of Serbia after his son arrested at an anti-government protest in July 2019. President of Serbia,

Aleksandar Vučić Aleksandar Vučić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Вучић, ; born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017, and as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2012. Vučić serve ...

called him a tycoon. Škundrić is married and father of two sons.

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1947 births Living people People from Gračac Serbs of Croatia Government ministers of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia politicians University of Belgrade alumni {{Serbia-politician-stub