Vojin Mitrović (; born 27 April 1961) is a

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politician serving as Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of

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since December 2022. He previously served as Minister of Communication and Traffic from 2019 to 2022. Mitrović was a member of the national

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and a member of the

National Assembly of Republika Srpska The People's Assembly of Republika Srpska ( Serbian: ''Народна скупштина Републике Српске''; Croatian: ''Narodna skupština Republike Srpske''; abbr. НСРС/NSRS) is the legislative body of Republika Srpska, on ...

. He is currently a member of the

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (; abbr. СНСД or SNSD) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb Serbian nationalism, nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1996, it is the governing party in Republika ...

Early life and education

Born in the village of Brodac Donji near

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, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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on 27 April 1961, Mitrović graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technical Sciences.

Career

Mitrović became a member of the

(SNSD) in 2005, but left the party in 2012. Two years later, before the 2014 general election, he became a member of the National Democratic Movement (NDP) and at that election in October, Mitrović won a seat in the

. A month after the election, he left the NDP and once again became a member of the SNSD. At the 2018 general election, he was elected to the national

. He is currently a member of the party Presidency of the SNSD. On 23 December 2019, Mitrović was appointed as Minister of Communication and Traffic in the

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Zoran Tegeltija Zoran Tegeltija (; born 29 September 1961) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician serving as director of the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITA) since June 2023. He previously served as Ministry of F ...

. As minister, on 16 March 2021, he signed an agreement on cooperation in infrastructure and construction projects between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey, which also referred to the construction of a highway from Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

to Serbia's capital

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. Following his appointment as Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of

on 23 December 2022, Mitrović was relieved of his duty as minister in the Tegeltija cabinet.

Personal life

Vojin is married to Nela Mitrović and together they have two children. They live in

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