Dragan Glamočić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Гламочић; born 4 October 1968) is a Serbian academic and administrator. He was Serbia's minister of agriculture, forestry, and water economy from September 2013 to April 2014 and was an advisor to the

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on agricultural issues until returning as minister of agriculture on 16 April 2025.

Early life and academic career

Glamočić was born in Futog, in the city of

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, in what was then the

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in the

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. He graduated from the

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Faculty of Agriculture in 1992 and later received a

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(1995) and Ph.D. (1999) from the same institution. He has worked at the university since 1992 and was named a full professor in the field of animal nutrition in 2009. Glamočić has served as director of the department of animal husbandry and has published widely in his field. He is the author of the ''MultiMix'' and ''Sesame'' computer software systems.

Minister of Agriculture and advisor

Glamočić was appointed as Serbia's minister of agriculture, forestry, and water economy in the cabinet of Ivica Dačić on 2 September 2013. In April 2014, he travelled to areas that had been damaged by late snowfalls and criticized farmers who chose not to insure their crops due to Serbia's system of government grants.

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succeeded Dačić as prime minister on 27 April 2014, and a new ministry was introduced. Glamočić was not re-appointed as agriculture minister but was instead assigned as advisor to the prime minister on agricultural issues. He said in March 2015 that Serbia would not permit the cultivation of

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(GMOs) or their use for human consumption, in accordance with the

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(EU)'s restrictive rules in the area. In the same period, he said that Serbia would no longer permit frozen meat to be sold as fresh in stores. In January 2016, he announced the arrival of the first batch of

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s for lumpy skin disease in cattle, following their approval by the

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. Glamoćić stood down as an advisor in late 2017. On 19 June 2024, Glamočić was appointed as advisor to Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić with responsibility for agriculture and agrarian reform. Glamočić has been serving as minister of agriculture in the cabinet of Đuro Macut since 16 April 2025.

References

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