Aleksandra Damnjanović Sofronijević (; born 1961) is a Serbian politician and jurist who has served as Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure since 2025. She has held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia from 2014 to 2025.

Biography

She was born in 1961 in

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. She graduated from the

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. From

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, she worked in the City Municipality of Savski Venac as advisor, assistant head, and head of departments dealing with property-legal, construction, and communal-housing affairs. Prior to that, she spent two years as a legal intern, specializing in civil law and

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. Between 2004 and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, she served as assistant minister in the Ministry of Capital Investments, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Mining, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of the Republic of Serbia. From 2012 to 2014, she was Assistant Minister of Construction and Urbanism, responsible for the sector overseeing the issuance of building and occupancy permits, energy efficiency in construction, construction land, the republic’s construction and communal inspection, and administrative and legal supervision in the areas of state surveying and cadastre. Since 2014, she has served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia. She has participated in all working groups for drafting laws and by laws in the areas of spatial planning, urbanism, construction, and legalization from

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

to the present. She has been responsible for the implementation of several state projects (construction of the Avala Tower, addressing the aftermath of the floods in

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, and the consequences of landslides across Serbia). She has also participated, by invitation, in the drafting of laws concerning state surveying and cadastral, restitution of confiscated property, roads, and other specific laws. She is a member of the Government Working Group for selecting concessionaires and later for monitoring the concession for

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. She is also a member of the Management Board of the Civil Aviation Directorate. On December 10, 2024, she was proposed for the position of Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, replacing her previous role as State Secretary in the same ministry. A month earlier, the previous minister, Goran Vesić, resigned following the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which claimed 15 lives. She was later elected as the Minister of Construction in Macut's government.

Private life

She speaks English and is the mother of an adult child.

References

1961 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni {{Improve categories, date=June 2025