Dragan Šutanovac ( sr-cyrl, Драган Шутановац, ; born 24 July 1968) is a Serbian politician who served as the

minister of defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

from 2007 to 2012 and as the president of the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2018.

Biography

He graduated from the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He specialized in security courses in the field of law enforcement and gained a diploma for security issues and oversight. He is also holder of the diploma of

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. From April to May 2000, he served in the

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and

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. In September 2000, he was appointed special advisor at the Federal Ministry of Interior and in 2001 he became Assistant Federal Minister of Interior. In parliamentary elections in 2000, 2003 and 2007 he was selected as an MP. From 2002 to 2003 he was president of the Serbian Parliament's committee for defense and security. In local elections in 2000 and 2004, he was voted deputy in the Belgrade City Assembly. He supports the

accession of Serbia to the European Union Serbia applied to join the European Union (EU) in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012 (along with nine other states), while negotiations started in 2014 and are still ongoing. Serbia is the largest country in Southeast Eu ...

and

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References

External links

Biography at Ministry of Defence
* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutanovac, Dragan 1968 births Living people Politicians from Belgrade Government ministers of Serbia Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians University of Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering alumni Defence ministers of Serbia