Borislav "Borko" Stefanović (born 1974, Novi Sad) is a Serbian politician who is the Serbian representative during the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations.[1] He is the Political Director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Chief of Staff for Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić.[2]
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Stefanović was born in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, SFR Yugoslavia in 1974, but spent his childhood growing up in the village of Liman. He graduated from high school in Karlowitz before going to Law School, his first job was as a law job. Stefanović used to play bass guitar in a band Generacija bez budućnosti (Generation without a future).
After the October changes and shifts away from the Milošević era in 2001, Stefanović began to work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia in 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent him to work at the Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro Washington D.C, the ambassador at the time was Ivan Vujacić. Stefanović's job was to lobby the U.S. Congress, where he successfully created the foundations of the Serbian caucus on Capitol Hill. Due to his successful work, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Ambassador. For the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Serbia was elected Vuk Jeremic who invited him to Belgrade and placed the head of his cabinet, as well as political director in his ministry.[2] In early 2011, Stefanović was appointed the the Serbian representative for the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations.[2]