Aleksandar Antić (; born 7 May 1969) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Energy and Mining between 2014 and 2020. Antić previously served as the

Minister of Transportation A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

from 2013 to 2014. He is a member of the

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Career

Antić was born on 7 May 1969 in

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. He was a councilor in the Municipal Assembly of

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for two terms (1992–1996) and was elected

(SPS) member of the Assembly of the

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three times. From 2004 to 2008, he was the President of the SPS parliamentary group in the Assembly of the City of Belgrade. He served as the president of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade from 2008 to 2012. In 2013, he became a

in the Government of Ivica Dačić, and served until the

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, after which he became a Minister of Mining and Energy per 27 April 2014 in the Government of Aleksandar Vučić. While talking to the press on 4 December 2014 he was hit by an approximately three-kilogram chunk of ice that fell from a powerline. He was unhurt as he wore a

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. He lost his position with the formation of the

second cabinet of Ana Brnabić The second cabinet of Ana Brnabić was the Government of Serbia from 2020 to 2022. It was elected on 28 October 2020 by a majority vote in the National Assembly. It succeeded the first cabinet of Ana Brnabić, which was formed in July 2017, shor ...

and was succeeded as Minister by

Zorana Mihajlović 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 202 ...

on 28 October 2020.

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1969 births Living people Government ministers of Serbia Members of the City Assembly of Belgrade Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Politicians from Belgrade Socialist Party of Serbia politicians Megatrend University alumni {{Serbia-politician-stub