Béla Bálint (born 26 July 1952) is a Serbian

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, academic who has served as Minister of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation since 16 April 2025. He is also a member of the founding committee of the People's Movement for the State.

Early life and education

Bálint was born in

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on 26 July 1952. He obtained his master's degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; ) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad is ...

in 1984, his doctorate from the Military Medical Academy in 1997, specialized in transfusiology in 1983, and completed a subspecialization in haematology in 2007.

Career

Bálint has worked at the transfusiology Institute of the Military Medical Academy (MMA) since 1980, as an experimental haematologist at the Institute for Medical Research of the

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since 1996, as a full professor at the MMA since 2005, as a visiting professor at the medical faculties in

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and

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, as a professor at the European School of Transfusion Medicine in

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, and as the head of the transfusiology Institute of the MMA since 2010. He has been a full member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Society since 2008, a member of the Association of Transfusion Specialists of Serbia, the

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, the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the European Haematology Association, the Association of Anaesthesiologists, Resuscitators and Transfusionists of Serbia, the Section for Transfusiology and Transplantation of the Serbian Medical Society. He is the president of the Association for

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Treatment of Serbia and a full member of the

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since 4 November 2021.

Political career

In March 2017, he signed a proclamation of support for

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, which stated that "650 intellectuals, artists, and athletes stand behind his candidacy with their names, knowledge, and achievements, ready to fight with him for a better Serbia." In February 2018, ahead of the Belgrade elections, he supported the list “Aleksandar Vučić – Because We Love Belgrade.” In April 2018, he was elected President of the National Council for Higher Education. In December 2023, ahead of the

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and Belgrade elections, he signed a declaration of support for the list “Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Must Not Stop.” On 16 April 2025 he was elected as Minister of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation in Macut's cabinet.

Awards

In 2024, he was awarded the Sretenje Order, by president Vučić.

References

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