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Marko Blagojević (born 1974)

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Marko Blagojević
Марко Благојевић
Blagojević in 2015
Minister for Public Investments
In office
26 October 2022 – 2 May 2024
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byDarko Glišić
Personal details
Born (1974-04-20) 20 April 1974 (age 50)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician

Marko Blagojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Благојевић; born 20 April 1974) is a Serbian politician who served as minister for public investments from 2022 to 2024.

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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.