Dragan Šutanovac
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| Dragan Šutanovac | |
 Dragan Šutanovac at the Pentagon in 2009 |
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| Assumed office May 15, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Zoran Stanković |
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| Born | July 24, 1968 Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marija Šutanovac |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Dragan Šutanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шутановац) (born July 24, 1968 in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is the current Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia.
[edit] Background
He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. He specialised in security courses in the field of law enforcement and gained a diploma for security issues and oversight. He is also holder of the diploma of Marshall Centre for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. From April to May 2000, he served in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels. In September 2000, he was appointed special advisor at the Federal Ministry of Interior and in 2001 he became Assistant Federal Minister of Interior. In parliamentary elections in 2000, 2003 and 2007 he was selected as an MP. From 2002 to 2003 he was president of the Serbian Parliament’s committee for defence and security. In local elections in 2000 and 2004, he was voted deputy in the Belgrade City Assembly. He is married, with two children.
Šutanovac speaks fluent English.
[edit] External links
- Biography at Ministry of Defence
Media related to Dragan Šutanovac at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by Zoran Stanković |
Minister of Defence 2007–present |
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