Dušan Vujović ( sr-cyr, Душан Вујовић; 22 July 1951 – 15 May 2025) was a Serbian economist and politician. He served as the

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in the

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from 2014 to 2018. He also had short terms as acting Minister of Economy in 2014 and as acting

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in 2016.

Education and career

Vujović was born in

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on 22 July 1951. He finished primary and secondary school in his hometown and later graduated from the

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in 1974. He received his Master’s degrees in 1977, and a PhD in 1984 from the Belgrade Faculty of Economics. He did his post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade and as an assistant at the Belgrade Faculty of Economics, and then as an assistant professor and associate professor at this faculty. He was a long-time associate of the World Bank. He led the program of advanced training of the staff of ministries of economy of countries in transition of eastern and southern Europe, the former Soviet Union, China and Vietnam. He worked as representative of Serbia and Montenegro in the World Bank’s Board of Governors, led a Bank’s program in Ukraine and was the Bank’s chief economist for Europe and Central Asia. He had also worked as a consultant of the World Bank and USAID in the field of innovation, budget reform and public sector reform. He published a number of papers in international journals and was also a professor of economics at the

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in Belgrade.

Political career

On 27 April 2014, following the 2014 parliamentary elections, Vujović was elected as the Minister of Finance of Serbia in the

, on nomination by the leading government party

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(SNS). He also had short stints as acting Minister of Economy in 2014 and as acting

in 2016. On 7 May 2018, he resigned from the position of Minister of Finance, for personal reasons. He stated that during his tenure: "measurable results were achieved, among which are macroeconomic stabilization, fiscal consolidation and the definition of structural reforms necessary to ensure that these results are sustained". On 16 May, the

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ratified his resignation and Ana Brnabić, at the time

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temporarily took over his duties.

Personal life

Vujović was married and had two children. He spoke English and Russian. He was one of the richest ministers in the Government of Serbia, with multiple real estate properties in

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, and

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, estimated to be worth nearly $3 million.

Other Activities

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, Fellow

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