H.E. Mirko Cvetković, Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia
Mirko Cvetković was nominated by Serbian President Boris Tadic as the new prime minister on June 27, 2008. Cvetković was born in Zajecar, Serbia and graduated from the University of Belgrade where he also received his master’s and PhD.
Cvetković worked at the Mining Institute for ten years, and then left to work at the Economics Institute for another six years. He then moved on to advisory and research firm CES Mecon where he worked as a consultant.
From 1998 to 2001, he was an adviser for economic issues at the Mining Institute and from January 2001 worked as deputy minister of economy and privatization. He served as the director of the Privatization Agency from 2003 to 2004, and in 2005 he became a special advisor at CEO Intercom Consulting.
In the 1980s he was external consultant for the World Bank on a number of projects in Pakistan, India and Turkey and worked on the UNDP in Somalia. Cvetković served as Serbian finance minister from 2007 to 2008 before he was tapped as prime minister. In an address to parliament after her was sworn in, Cvetković said EU accession would be his cabinet’s main priority and pledged to push ahead with ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU.
Working to strengthen the economy and social responsibility and fight crime and corruption will also be priorities, he said.
Cvetkovic is married and has two children. He is fluent in English.
