Mirko Cvetković

Mirko Cvetković
9th Prime Minister of Serbia
In office
7 July 2008 – 27 July 2012
President Boris Tadić
Slavica Đukić Dejanović (Acting)
Tomislav Nikolić
Deputy Ivica Dačić
Preceded by Vojislav Koštunica
Succeeded by Ivica Dačić
Minister of Finance
In office
14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Diana Dragutinović
Succeeded by Mlađan Dinkić
In office
15 May 2007 – 7 July 2008
Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica
Preceded by Mlađan Dinkić
Succeeded by Diana Dragutinović
Director of the Privatisation Agency
In office
2003–2004
Preceded by Vladimir Čupić
Succeeded by Branko Pavlović
Personal details
Born (1950-08-16) 16 August 1950
Zaječar, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 For a European Serbia (2008–2012)
Spouse(s) Zorica Cvetković
Alma mater University of Belgrade
Profession Economist
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Mirko Cvetković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Цветковић, pronounced [mǐːrkɔ tsʋɛ̂tkɔʋitɕ]; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian politician who was Prime Minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012. He was Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008 and from 2011 to 2012.

Biography

Mirko Cvetković was born in the small city of Zaječar in eastern Serbia on 16 August 1950.[1] His father Srboljub was an economist while his mother Stana worked as a pharmacist. His grandfather, Mirko, a school teacher, was killed in 1941, by German soldiers during the Kragujevac massacre.

He completed his elementary and high school education in Zaječar. Mirko Cvetković graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics where he also received his MComm and PhD.

Cvetković worked at the Mining Institute for ten years and later at the Economics Institute for another six years, followed by seven years at the advisory and research firm CES Mecon where he worked as a consultant.

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 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Somalia. As of 2013, Cvetkovic has reestablished himself as a consultant for the World Bank.

In the period 1998–2001 he was employed as adviser for economic issues at the Mining Institute, and in 2005 he became the Special Advisor at CEO Intercom Consulting.

He has published a number of papers and articles on privatization in Serbia and abroad.

Cvetković is married and has two children. Apart from his native tongue, he speaks English and French fluently and, as a hobby, plays piano, saxophone and clarinet.

Political career

Early years

After the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, from January 2001 Cvetković worked as Deputy Minister of Economy and Privatisation in the Government of Serbia of Zoran Djindjić. From 2003 to 2004 he was the Director of the Privatisation Agency. After the fall of Zoran Živković's government on 2003 elections, Cvetković withdrew from politics.

Cvetković served as the Minister of Finance from 15 May 2007 to July 2008 in the coalition government of Vojislav Koštunica.[2]

He was best remembered as being the first to doubt the way money from the central budget was spent in Kosovo. Back then, he told his colleagues in the government: “You can raise the salaries of employees in Kosovo if you give up a part of your salary”.[3]

Prime Minister

On 27 June 2008, President Boris Tadić named Mirko Cvetković as the new Prime Minister following the parliamentary elections that were held in May.[4][5][6] Other possible candidates were the current Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić[7] and the current President of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtić.[8]

Oath of office:
I swear to loyalty to the Republic of Serbia and bind myself with my honor to respect the Constitution and laws, to conduct my duties as the government member conscientiously, responsibly and with dedication, and to be committed to preservation of Kosovo and Metohija within the Republic of Serbia.[9]

Mirko Cvetković is the first prime minister of Serbia since the introduction of the multiparty system who had not previously been in a high position in one of the ruling parties.[10]

He was sworn in on 7 July after taking the oath of office in the National Assembly. In his exposé keynote address Cvetković said that one of the first moves of the new Government will be to submit the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union to the parliament for ratification and that it will not accept Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence.

He also stated that the government will strengthen the economy and social responsibility and lead a decisive battle against crime and corruption, and in favor of international justice. He also said that one of the first lawmaking initiatives will be the ratification of the energy arrangement with the Russian Federation.[9][11]

Cvetković is seen by many as an expert in the economy, a man of compromise, respected by the Democratic Party but by other political parties as well.[12] Western news agencies describe him as a "Democrat" (indicating support for the pro-Western Democratic Party)[13] and a "low profile technocrat" likely to prefer improving Serbia's economy rather than concentrating on difficult political issues.[14]

His political policies combined authority and moderate economic liberalism — that is, the support of laissez-faire economic policies.[11]

Cabinet of Mirko Cvetković is the longest-serving since the fall of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000.[15]

Mirko Cvetković with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Mirko Cvetković with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.
Mirko Cvetković with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.

Cabinet

Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management Dušan Petrović
Culture, Media and Information Society Predrag Marković
Defense Dragan Šutanovac
Diaspora and Religion Srđan Srećković
Economy and Regional Development Nebojša Ćirić
Education and Science Žarko Obradović
Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulić
Finance Mirko Cvetković
Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremić
Health Zoran Stanković
Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Marković
Infrastructure and Energy Milutin Mrkonjić
Interior Affairs Ivica Dačić
Justice Snežana Malović
Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanović
Labour and Social Policy Rasim Ljajić
Social Affairs Jovan Krkobabić
Youth and Sports Snežana Samardžić-Marković
Secretary-General Tamara Stojčević

See also

References

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Political offices
Preceded by
Mlađan Dinkić		 Minister of Finance
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
Diana Dragutinović
Preceded by
Vojislav Koštunica		 Prime Minister of Serbia
2008–2012 		Succeeded by
Ivica Dačić
Preceded by
Diana Dragutinović		 Minister of Finance
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Mlađan Dinkić
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