Žarko Obradović ( sr-cyr, Жарко Обрадовић, ; born 21 May 1960) is a Serbian politician who served as the
minister of education
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from 2008 to 2013.
He holds a position of Lecturer at the
Megatrend University
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In 2015, the Council of Megatrend University ...
and the Dean at the University's Faculty of Public Administration.
In May 2022, he was appointed Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna.
Biography
Born at
Ivangrad
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(now Berane) in
Montenegro
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, Obradović graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the
University of Belgrade
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Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...
, where he later also received his MA and PhD.
He has published two books and ten papers.
From 1998 until 2000, he was Deputy Minister for Local Self-Government and in the Interim Government, while from October 2000 until January 2001 he held the position of Deputy Minister of Higher Education.
He has been MP since 2001. He was President and Deputy President of the
Socialist Party of Serbia
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SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...
caucus in the
Serbian parliament and has been Deputy President of the Socialist Party of Serbia from December 2006.
On 7 July 2008 he was appointed Minister of Education in the Cabinet of
Mirko Cvetković
Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 200 ...
, and held that position in the Cabinet of
Ivica Dačić
Ivica Dačić ( sr-cyrl, Ивица Дачић, ; born 1 January 1966) is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of ...
as well until Cabinet reshuffle in 2013.
Apart from his native
Serbian
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** Serbian language
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, he speaks
English fluently and has a working knowledge of
French.
Personal life
He is married, and has two daughters.
References
External links
1960 births
Living people
People from Berane
Serbs of Montenegro
Vasojevići
Socialist Party of Serbia politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Serbia)
University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science alumni
Government ministers of Serbia
Education ministers of Serbia
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