Zorana Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Зорана Михајловић, ; born 5 May 1970) is a Serbian politician who served as deputy prime minister of serbia from 2014 to 2022 and as minister of mining and energy from 2012 to 2014, and again from 2020 to 2022. A member of the

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(SNS), she previously served as minister of construction, transport and infrastructure from 2014 to 2020.

Early life and education

Mihajlović was born in May 1970 in

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, but she finished her elementary and secondary school in Belgrade,

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. She graduated from 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 ...

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in 1993 with a degree in Foreign and Domestic Trade. Her thesis was titled ''Energy Resources in European Economic Community''. She received her M.A. degree in 1998 at

with the thesis ''Energy Sector of Serbia and Selected European Countries -

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and Sweden''. Mihajlović obtained a Ph.D. degree in 2001 from the

with the thesis ''Energy and Economic Development and - Analyses of Interdependence between Serbia and Countries of

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''. In 2006, she became research associate at

, and since 2008 she has been an associate professor at

Megatrend University Megatrend University ( sr, Универзитет Мегатренд, Univerzitet Megatrend) is a private university located in New Belgrade, the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 as the Megatrend Business School, which later became ...

. She has published three books in Serbian and several scientific papers in a national journal (also in Serbian).

Professional career

Mihajlović worked for nearly 15 years in her profession, first as a Professor of Accounting and Business Economy at First High School in Economics in Belgrade. From 1996 to 2006, she worked at the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), in the Elektroistok public company for electric power transport. She was a member of the EPS’s Board of Management from 2004 to 2007. Since 2008, she has worked as an associate professor at

in Belgrade.

Political career

Mihajlović started her political career as a member of

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party. During that time she worked as adviser for Energy and Environmental Protection to

Miroljub Labus Miroljub Labus (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирољуб Лабус; born 28 February 1947) is a Serbian economist and former politician. He is currently a University of Belgrade professor, lecturing political economy at the University of Belgrade Faculty ...

, deputy prime minister in the Government of Serbia. She was head of the Sector for Energy and Environmental Protection Politics, and from 2005 to 2006 she was also head of the Cabinet. Mihajlović joined the

in April 2010. She soon became a member of the Executive Board of the

. During the 2012 campaign for Serbian general elections, Zorana Mihajlović was a leader in the campaign for her

. On 27 July 2012, Mihajlović was elected Minister of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection in the Government 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

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s. He won the elections in the first round and was sworn as the

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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 Mihajlović keeping her office.

Personal life

Mihajlović is fluent in English. She has one son.

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External links

Official Biography of Minister of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection
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