Božidar Đelić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technological Development

Born in Belgrade, 1965.

Graduated from HEC business studies and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France in 1987. He received an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, in 1991. He worked as a privatisation and banking advisor to the Russian, Romanian and Polish governments in 1991-1992. From 1993 until 2000 he was a partner with McKinsey&Company in Paris and California.

He was Minister of Finance and Economy in the Government of the Republic of Serbia from 2001 until 2004. He established a strong and sustainable administration in one of the fastest and most successful public finance reforms in the countries in transition and was director for Central Europe at Credit Agricole SA Group from 2005 to 2007.

From May 2007 until July 2008 he was Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, in charge of European integration. On behalf of Serbia he signed the Stabilisation and Association Agreement in Luxembourg on April 29, 2008. Recognising his achievements in business and politics, the World Economic Forum (Davos) nominated him as Young Global Leader for the period 2005-2010.

Speaks French, English, Russian, Polish and German. Father of two daughters.

source: www.srbija.sr.gov.yu

He replaced Ana Pešikan on the position of the Minister and she will now become his adviser.

Ministarstvo prosvete Republike Srbije

Vlada Republike Srbije

RBA banka a.d. Novi Sad