Diana Dragutinović ( sr-cyr, Диана Драгутиновић; born 6 May 1958) is a

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economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, who was Minister of Finance in the

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from 2008 to 2011.

Biography

Dragutinović graduated from the

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Faculty of Economics where she also received an MSc and a PhD and still lectures. From 2001 to 2002, she was special advisor at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, as well as a special advisor at the

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(2002–04). From 1 September 2004 she was the vice governor of the

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Radovan Jelašić Radovan Jelašić ( sr-cyr, Радован Јелашић; ; born 19 February 1968) is a Hungarian-Serbian economist who served as the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2004 to 2010. He has been the CEO of Erste Bank Hungary since Jun ...

, in charge of coordination and management of research and statistics, monetary policy and payment systems. Her main areas of research are macroeconomics, econometric modelling, financial programming, long-term economic growth theory, convergence analysis, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, poverty and social policy. Dragutinović was elected to the position of Minister for Finance on 7 July 2008. During the reconstruction of Cvetković's Government on 14 March 2011, she was dismissed from the position of Minister for Finance. Following that, she returned to the

and reclaimed the position of the vice governor of the National Bank of Serbia, under Governor Dejan Šoškić and retaining the same position under Governor Jorgovanka Tabaković as well.

Personal life

She is the author of textbooks, ten monographs and over 50 studies, articles and papers. She is married and a mother of two children.

References

External links

Diana Dragutinović biography

1958 births Living people Politicians from Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics alumni Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Finance ministers of Serbia Government ministers of Serbia Women government ministers of Serbia Female finance ministers 21st-century Serbian women politicians 21st-century Serbian politicians Academic staff of the University of Belgrade {{Serbia-politician-stub