Anđelka Atanasković (; born 1958) is a Serbian mechanical engineer and politician who served as

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from 2020 to 2022. A member of the

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(SNS), she previously served as a director of a local Trstenik company from 2014 to 2020.

Biography

Early life and career

She was born in 1958 in Trstenik. There she finished elementary school and technical high school. She graduated in 1982 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the

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(department in

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). Immediately after graduating, she got a job in the factory "Prva petoletka - namenska". "She learned her craft in machine technology, then she was the director of control. In 2014, she was appointed to the position of General Manager of this company, where she strengthened business policy, improved professional staff, procured new machines and equipment in the production process and expanded the foreign market. With all these moves, she saved the company that was about to close, and otherwise it was considered the giant of the Trstenik area for years. In 2018, she started working on the reopening of the former "Petoletka's" plant in

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. She was named the best manager of Southeast Europe in 2016, Woman of the Year in the region, and she received numerous awards from regional and national chambers of commerce.

Politics

From 2004 to 2008, she was a member of the far-right

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and a member of the local parliament. Then she joined the

. In 2016, she was re-elected as a councilor and held that position until 2020, when she took office of the

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atanaskovic, Andjelka 1958 births Living people People from Trstenik, Serbia University of Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering alumni Serbian Radical Party politicians Serbian Progressive Party politicians Government ministers of Serbia