Mirko Cvetković | |
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9th Prime Minister of Serbia | |
In office 7 July 2008 – 27 July 2012 |
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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 |
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Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Diana Dragutinović |
Succeeded by | Mlađan Dinkić |
In office 15 May 2007 – 7 July 2008 |
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Prime Minister | Vojislav Koštunica |
Preceded by | Mlađan Dinkić |
Succeeded by | Diana Dragutinović |
Director of the Privatisation Agency | |
In office 2003–2004 |
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Preceded by | Vladimir Čupić |
Succeeded by | Branko Pavlović |
Personal details | |
Born |
Zaječar, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
16 August 1950
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.
Mirko Cvetković was born in the small city of Zaječar in eastern Serbia on 16 August 1950. 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.