Zoran Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Зоран Ђорђевић, born 11 February 1970) is a Serbian politician. He served as the
Minister of Defence of Serbia in the
Government of Serbia from 2016 to 2017, and the
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy from 2017 to 2020.
Education and career
Đorđević graduated from the
School of National Defense in Belgrade.
He later acquired a
joint-master's degree in international banking and finance from the
John Naisbitt University Faculty of International Economics and the
Panteion University
The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences ( el, Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University, is a university loc ...
. He currently completes his doctoral studies in the field of economic sciences at the University Business Academy in Novi Sad.
He gained professional experience in leading positions in financial and executive management domestic and regional companies including Comtrade, Kabel-X and others.
Political career
From 2012, he served as the Deputy
Minister of Defence of Serbia.
He also serves as the president of the Political Council for Gender Equality of the
Government of the Republic of Serbia and National Director of Arms. On 2 March 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Defence of Serbia.
In February 2017, the
Prime Minister of Serbia
The prime minister of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, премијерка Србије, premijerka Srbije; masculine: премијер/premijer), officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, председница Влад ...
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 ...
decided to run for the
2017 Serbian presidential election
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s. He won the elections in the first round and was sworn as the
President of Serbia
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The curr ...
on 31 May 2017. Weeks later, he gave mandate to
Ana Brnabić
Ana Brnabić ( sr-cyr, Ана Брнабић, ; born 28 September 1975) is a Serbian politician serving as the prime minister of Serbia since 2017. She is the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the office.
She entered government a ...
to form the governmental cabinet. On 29 June 2017, the cabinet of Ana Brnabić was formed, with Đorđević swapping minister positions with
Aleksandar Vulin
Aleksandar Vulin ( sr-cyr, Александар Вулин; born 2 October 1972) is a Serbian politician and lawyer serving as the director of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) since 1 December 2022. Additionally, he previously served as d ...
to become the
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy. His term ended on 28 October 2020, when
Darija Kisić Tepavčević was appointed as new minister.
Since 4 March 2021, Đorđević has been serving as director of the national postal service
Pošta Srbije
Pošta Srbije ( sr-Cyrl, Пошта Србије, lit=Post of Serbia) is the national postal service of Serbia, with the headquarters in Belgrade. Public postal service was first introduced in Serbia in 1840. The first stamp was printed in 1866. ...
.
Personal life
He is married and has a son and daughter.
He speaks English and Russian and is a member of
Mensa Serbia.
References
External links
1970 births
Living people
Politicians from Belgrade
Government ministers of Serbia
Defence ministers of Serbia
Megatrend University alumni
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