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Mirko Cvetković

Mirko Cvetković
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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 (age 66)
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.

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.


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