Jorgovanka Tabaković ( sr-cyr, Јоргованка Табаковић; ; born 21 March 1960) is a Serbian politician who has been the governor of the National Bank of Serbia since 2012. A member of the

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a major populist, catch-all party, catch-all List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It has been the Ruling party, ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime mi ...

(SNS), she has been the deputy president of the party since 2012.

Early life and education

Tabaković holds a bachelor's and master's degree in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from the University of Priština and a Ph.D. in economics obtained in 2011 from the private Faculty of Service Business.

Career

In 1992, Tabaković joined the

Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party (, abbr. SRS) is a Far-right politics in Serbia, far-right, Ultranationalism, ultranationalist List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. Founded in 1991, its co-founder, first and only leader is ...

and represented the party in the

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as a member. After the

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, the radicals joined a new Serbian government in 1998, with the

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006. SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...

and JUL. That same year, she became Minister of Ownership and Economic Transformation. In May 2008, in early parliamentary elections, Tabaković was re-elected as a member of

. In September 2008, after the split of the party, she joined the

led by

Tomislav Nikolić Tomislav Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Николић, ; born 15 February 1952) is a Serbian former politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. A former member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), he di ...

, and became a member of the parliamentary group "Let's Get Serbia Moving." Following the resignation of previous Governor Šoškić over a disagreement with adopted amendments to the National Bank of Serbia Law,

President of Serbia The president of Serbia (), officially styled as President of the Republic (), is the head of state of Serbia. The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected in 2017 and has held the role since 31 May 2017. According to the C ...

proposed and nominated Tabaković to the post, and she was elected as the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia on 6 August 2012.

Other activities

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

(IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2012)

Personal life

Tabaković lives in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, having resided in

Priština Pristina or Prishtina ( , ), . is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district. In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdom. The heritage of th ...

until 1999. She has two children.

References

External links

Jorgovanka Tabaković profile
, samo-opusteno.info; accessed 9 February 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabakovic, Jorgovanka 1960 births Living people People from Vushtrri University of Novi Sad alumni University of Pristina alumni Serbian Progressive Party politicians Governors of the National Bank of Serbia Serbian economists Kosovo Serbs Politicians from Vushtrri 21st-century Serbian women politicians Serbian Radical Party politicians