Kori Udovički
| Kori Udovički PhD | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Suzana Grubješić |
| Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nikola Selaković (Public Administration) Igor Mirović (Local Self-Government) |
| Assistant Secretary-General of United Nations, Director of the Regional Bureau of UNDP for Europe and CIS and Assistant Administrator of UNDP | |
| In office 1 February 2007 – 22 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kalman Mizsei |
| Succeeded by | Cihan Sultanoğlu |
| 2nd Governor of the National Bank of Serbia | |
| In office 22 July 2003 – 1 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Mlađan Dinkić |
| Succeeded by | Radovan Jelašić |
| Minister of Mining and Energy | |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 22 July 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Goran Novaković |
| Succeeded by | Radomir Naumov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1961 La Paz, Bolivia |
| Nationality | Serbian, Bolivian |
| Education | BEcon University of Belgrade, MA and PhD Yale University |
| Profession | Economist |
Kori Udovički, Ph.D. (Serbian Cyrillic: Кори Удовички) (Serbian pronunciation: [kôri udoʋǐtʃkiː]) (born 4 December 1961 in La Paz, Bolivia) is a Serbian politician and current Deputy Prime Minister, and the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government in the Government of Serbia.[1]
She was an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of the UNDP and Director of the Regional Bureau of UNDP for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC) from 2007 to 2012.[2][3]
Previously she was the founder and the President of the Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES), a Belgrade NGO that works for the advancement of economic research and education in South East Europe. She was also President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN). CEVES's main publication is Quarterly Monitor of Economic Trends and Policies in Serbia, a publication that systematically monitors macroeconomic, corporate and financial trends and policies in Serbia. It comes out in Serbian and English and is also posted on the CEVES and FREN websites. Kori Udovički was the Editor in Chief until February 2007.
Education and political career
She graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1984 she obtained an MA (1988) and a PhD (1999) in Economics from Yale University. She researched inter-regional trade and integration between the republics of the former Yugoslavia. More recently, she has studied the sustainability of Serbia's macroeconomic framework. From 1993 to 2001, she worked at the IMF in Washington, D.C. and then returned to Belgrade as Special Advisor to the Serbian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. In 2002, she became Minister of Energy and Mining in Serbian Government. She was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Serbia[4] on July 23, 2003, a position she held until February 25, 2004, when her appointment was annulled due to the illegal use of a proxy vote in the Serbian parliament .
Personal and trivia
She is married and has three children. Her uncle is the former Bolivian president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Her father was a politician of former communist Yugoslavia Lazar Udovički who served as ambassador in Bolivia.
References
- ↑ Udovicki: Public policy secretariat to be introduced INSerbia.info 28 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "Turkish Minister Meets Senior UN Official". Turkish Weekly. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ↑ "Kori Udovicki joins UNDP as Director of Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States". UNDP Newsroom. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Serbia seeks new top banker". BBC News. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
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| Preceded by Goran Novaković |
Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia 2002 – 2003 |
Succeeded by Radomir Naumov |
| Preceded by Mlađan Dinkić |
Governor of the National Bank of Serbia 2003 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Radovan Jelašić |
| Preceded by Nikola Selaković (Public Administration) Igor Mirović (Local Self-Government) |
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government 2014–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Suzana Grubješić |
Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia 2014–present |
Incumbent |
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