Marko Blagojević (born 1974)

Marko Blagojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Благојевић; born 20 April 1974) is a Serbian politician serving as minister for public investments since 2022.

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Marko Blagojević
Марко Благојевић
Blagojević in 2015
Minister for Public Investments
Assumed office
26 October 2022
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born (1974-04-20) 20 April 1974
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Marko Blagojević was born on 20 April 1974 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1][2] He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Belgrade.[1][3]

Career

Blagojević was politically active through the 1990s. He took part in the 1996–1997 protests against Slobodan Milošević.[1][3] In 1997, he co-founded CeSID, a non-governmental organisation; he was its member until 2014.[1] He was a member of the board of directors of the Open Society Fund from 2003 to 2008.[1] In 2014, the Government of Serbia named him the director of the Office for Relief and Reconstruction of Flooded Areas, while a year later he became the director of the Office for Public Investment Management.[1][3][2] He has held the office until 2022.[4]

Minister for Public Investments

It was announced on 24 October 2022 that Blagojević would serve as minister for public investments in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić.[5] He was sworn in on 26 October.[6]

Personal life

Blagojević is married and has one daughter.[1][3]

References
  1. "Odluka o izboru Vlade i biografije predloženih članova Vlade" (PDF). National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. "Poznat kao čovek za poplave sad je viđen za javna ulaganja: Sluša AC/DC, voli Bonda, ima ćerkicu! Evo ko je Marko Blagojević". Kurir (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. "Marko Blagojević". Istinomer (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. Latković, Nataša (24 October 2022). "Marko Blagojević novi ministar". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. "I Jovanović i Blagojević ministri, predlog novog sastava Vlade upućen Skupštini". Tanjug (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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