Dušan Vujović

Dušan Vujović
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
15 July 2014
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić
Preceded by Lazar Krstić
Minister of Defence
Acting
In office
5 February 2016  2 March 2016
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić
Preceded by Bratislav Gašić
Succeeded by Zoran Đorđević
Minister of Economy
In office
27 April 2014  3 September 2014
Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić
Preceded by Igor Mirović
Succeeded by Željko Sertić
Personal details
Born (1951-07-22) 22 July 1951
Požarevac, Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Political party Independent
Alma mater University of Belgrade

Dušan Vujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вујовић; born 22 July 1951) is a Serbian politician and current Minister of Finance in the Government of Serbia.[1][2]

Biography

Vujović is professor for economics at Singidunum University in Belgrade.[3] He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and a PhD at the Belgrade Faculty of Economics. He did his post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked as an assistant at the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade and as an assistant at the Belgrade Faculty of Economics, and then as an assistant professor and associate professor at this faculty. He is a long-time associate of the World Bank. He led the programme of advanced training of the staff of ministries of economy of countries in transition of eastern and southern Europe, the former Soviet Union, China and Vietnam. He worked as representative of Serbia and Montenegro in the World Bank’s Board of Governors, led a Bank’s programme in Ukraine and was the Bank’s chief economist for Europe and Central Asia. Since 2011 he has worked as a consultant of the World Bank and USAID in the field of innovation, budget reform and public sector reform. He has published a number of papers in international journals. He is the editor of the magazine "Finances" published by the Ministry of Finance of the Serbian government.

He served as Serbian Minister of Economy from 27 April 2014 to 4 August 2014. Vujović is fluent in English and Russian.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Lazar Krstić
Minister of Finance
2014–present
Incumbent
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