Vuk Jeremić
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| Vuk Jeremić | |
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Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| Assumed office May 15, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Vuk Drašković |
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| Born | 3 July 1975 Belgrade |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Nataša Jeremić |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | BA of Univ. of Cambridge MPA of Harvard Univ. |
Vuk Jeremić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Јеремић; born on July 3, 1975[1]) was sworn in as the Foreign Minister in the Government of Serbia on May 15, 2007.
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[edit] Education
Jeremić was born in Belgrade in 1975. He began his high school studies in Belgrade, but completed his secondary school studies in London. As a member of Queens' College he graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Theoretical Physics.
He worked for a number of financial institutions in the City of London, including Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort, and then for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.
He attended the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, graduating with a degree of Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID).
He was a founder and the financial manager of the Organization of Serbian Students Abroad (OSSI), the first international organization of Serbian students, which at the time had several thousand members.[2]
[edit] Political career
Following the democratic changes in Belgrade in October 2000, he worked as an adviser to the Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and then in June 2003 joined the Ministry of Defense of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in the capacity of the Special Envoy for Euro-Atlantic Affairs.
From July 2004 to May 2007, he served as Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Boris Tadić, President of Serbia (with whom he worked in Ministry of Telecommunications and Ministry of Defense). In February 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, and in February 2006 to the Main Board of the Democratic Party.
On May 19, 2007 he said the current administration in Serbia will lose its mandate if Kosovo is granted independence, sending Serbia back to the "traumatic isolation" of its past. The European Union and the United States support a proposed plan of United Nations-supervised independence for Kosovo but Russia, Serbia's traditional ally, continues to oppose any resolution granting independence.[3]
[edit] Personal
He is married to Nataša Lekić, a journalist on Radio Television of Serbia[4]. He speaks English and German fluently.[1]. Jeremić also stems from a long lineage of Pozderac family considered one of the most influential political family in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the communist rule (see Hamdija Pozderac).[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b T. Nikolić (2007-05-19). Vuk Jeremić (Ljubitelj ptica) (Serbian). Glas Javnosti.
- ^ Kokkalis program on SEE and CE:Past Fellows. John F. Kenedy School of Government of Harvard University (2002).
- ^ Serbia warns of government crisis if Kosovo breaks away Radio Free Europe
- ^ Aleksandra Dinić (2006-03-25). Nataša Lekić i Vuk Jeremić (Serbian). Blic-Europa.
- ^ Slobodna Bosna (2006-06-07). Vuk Jeremić and Bosnian Kennedys (Bosnian). Slobodna Bosna.
