Early years and education
Samardžić was born in Belgrade in 1953 toProfessional career
He was editor of scientific and political program at Radio Belgrade from 1982 to 1984. He was a fellow of the Institute of European Studies (Belgrade), Institute of European Studies. Since 2001, Samardžić is a full professor of European Studies 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav president and List of Prime Ministers of Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica. He headed the Serbian government’s Committee for Decentralisation and was (with Vuk Jeremić) co-ordinator of Serbia's State Negotiating Team on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija.Personal life
Samardžić speaks English language, English and German language, German. He is married and has three children.Media
Slobodan Samardžić appears in Boris Malagurski's documentary film ''The Weight of Chains'' in which he talks about the motives behind Western intervention in the Kosovo War. In the film, Samardžić also speaks about concerns regarding the status of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.References
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