Ivan Mrkić
| Ivan Mrkić | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia | |
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In office 27 July 2012 – 27 April 2014 |
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| President | Tomislav Nikolić |
| Prime Minister | Ivica Dačić |
| Preceded by | Vuk Jeremić |
| Succeeded by | Ivica Dačić |
| Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office 2006–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Predrag Filipov |
| Succeeded by | Bojana Adamović Dragović |
| Personal details | |
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30 May 1953 Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Spouse(s) | Ivona Mrkić |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
| Website | Official biography |
Ivan Mrkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Мркић, pronounced [ǐʋan mr̂kitɕ], born 30 May 1953) is a Serbian diplomat and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mrkić was born in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, where he finished his elementary and secondary education. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1977. He also speaks English and French.
Mrkić started his diplomatic career soon after graduation, with a job at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia.
Between 1979 and 1982, Mrkić worked as a clerk in the Administration of International Relations of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He attended a United Nations Disarmament Fellowship in Geneva, Vienna, New York, and Boston. He continued on in the roles of counselor, then Assistant Chief of the Division of Multilateral Activities. He was also a participant in United Nations General Assembly sessions, as well as in the delegation at the Ninth Conference of the Non Aligned Movement in Belgrade in 2012.
Mrkić continued his diplomatic service in Brussels, where he served as the Minister Counselor for the Yugoslav mission to the European Community between 1990 and 1992. During that period, he participated in the work of the Conference on the former Yugoslavia in the Hague and Brussels.
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