Božidar Đelić, head of the negotiating team for Serbia’s EU integration

Božidar Ðelic, Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister, was born in Belgrade in 1965, and graduated from HEC business studies and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, in 1987. Božidar Ðelic was the Minister of Finance and the Economy in the Serbian government between 2001 and 2004; from May 2007 until July 2008 he was the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Integration; and was then the Minister of Science and Technological Development until March 2011.

Dragana Milićević Milutinović, new State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Information and Information Society

Dragana Milicevic Milutinovic is new State Secretary responsible for information and media. She was born in 1956 in Belgrade, where she graduated from the criminal justice department at the Law School. She speaks Russian and English, and uses Spanish. From 1991 until 1997, she was a journalist, editor of the editorial board and editor of Studio B programmes. Between 1997 and 2002 she was editor at PG ‘Mreža’. She was employed in the capacity of Editor-in-Chief and General Director of Studio B from 2002 to 2007, and was the General Director of ‘Jugodrvo Holding’ from 2007 to 2011.

Svetlana Ristić, new member of the Executive Board of Piraeus Bank and member of ALCO

Mrs. Svetlana Ristic has been officially appointed by the Executive Board of Piraeus Bank as member of the Executive Board and member of ALCO. Mrs. Ristic commenced her successful managerial career in 2003 at the National Bank of Greece, based in Belgrade, where she was engaged in the position of Corporate Banking Department Manager between 2003 and 2006. Following this she worked at Volksbank, Belgrade, as the Head of Department for major international corporate clients. During this time, she also became a member of the loans committee. Since 2008 Mrs. Ristic has been employed at Piraeus Bank Belgrade in the capacity of Credit Department Director.

Dragan Đilas, new president of the Basketball Association of Serbia

Dragan Ðilas, the Mayor of Belgrade, was born on February 22nd 1967 in Belgrade. He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, in the air force department. He has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2004. Dragan Ðilas has been a member of the Executive Board and the Main Board of the Democratic Party. From 2004 until the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in 2007, he served as the Director of the Serbian President’s People’s Office. From May 2007 until July 2008, he was a minister in the Serbian Government and was in charge of the implementation of the National Investment Plan.

Žarko Trebješanin, new member of the Board of RTS

Žarko Trebješanin was born in 1950 in Belgrade, where he graduated in 1974 from the department of psychology in the Faculty of Philosophy. He currently works at the Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation in Belgrade. He was elected as an assistant for the General Psychology with Psychology of Personality course in 1982, as an associate professor in 1992, and in 1995 he became the emeritus professor. He also teaches Psychology of Personality at the Faculty for Education of Teachers in Belgrade.