Dalibor Jevtić (, , born 31 March 1978) is a Kosovo Serb politician. He was formerly the Deputy Mayor of

Štrpce Štrpce (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Штрпце) or Shtërpcë ( sq-definite, Shtërpca) is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Ferizaj, Ferizaj District in Kosov ...

as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, and the former Minister for Communities and Return in the

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. He is a vice president of the Serb List.

Biography

Dalibor Jevtić was born on 31 March 1978 in

Pristina Pristina or Prishtina ( , ), . is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and District of Pristina, district. In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdo ...

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(Now

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), to a

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family, where he lived until 1980. He finished elementary and high school in

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. In September 1999 he decided to return to Kosovo at a time when many

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were leaving this province. In April 2000 he started to work for an American company KBR, Inc. at Camp Bondsteel, near

Ferizaj Ferizaj or Uroševac,, or Uroševac sr-Cyrl, Урошевац, . Also formerly known as Ferizovići (). is a city and a municipality in Kosovo. It is the third largest city in Kosovo by population and also the seat of Ferizaj Municipality and ...

, simultaneously finishing college. From March 2006 to September 2009 he worked in

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for the same company as the manager of a military base the US Army. He has received several awards from the US Government and US Army for his contributions while working in Kosovo and in Iraq as a project manager supporting peacekeeping missions in those regions.

Political career

He began his political career at the local elections in

in October 2009 as a member of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS). He started working as an adviser and head of the Cabinet of the Mayor of Štrpce municipality. In February 2010 he became a senior official of the SLS when he was elected party director. In March 2010 he took up the position of Executive Director and Director of Public Relations in Štrpce, until March 2013 when he assumed the office of Minister for Communities and Return in the Republic of Kosovo government. As the Minister dealt with the problems of returnees but especially worked on the survival of the Serb people in Kosovo, more than 400 houses were built during his tenure. He also formed several projects to assist returnees. After the election of 2014 and the end of the mandate of the Government of Kosovo, he returned to the local government, becoming Deputy Mayor of Štrpce in March 2015. In April that year, on the proposal of the Serb List, he returned to the head of the Ministry for Communities and Return where he stayed until September 2017. In September 2015, he joined 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 ...

following disagreements on policy with the SLS. From September 2017 to February 2020, he held the positions of Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister for Communities and Return.

Awards

* Gramata Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (September 2014) * Manager of the year 2008 KBR * Dozens of awards and plaques of appreciation (2000–2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jevtić, Dalibor 1978 births Living people Politicians from Pristina Kosovo Serbs Deputy prime ministers of Kosovo Serbian Progressive Party politicians Government ministers of Kosovo