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Nela Kuburović
Нела Кубуровић
Minister of Justice
In office
11 August 2016 – 28 October 2020
Prime MinisterAleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (Acting)
Ana Brnabić
Preceded byNikola Selaković
Succeeded byMaja Popović
Personal details
Born (1982-04-07) 7 April 1982 (age 42)
Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Political partySerbian Progressive Party
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationLawyer, politician

Nela Kuburović (Serbian Cyrillic: Нела Кубуровић, born 7 April 1982) is a Serbian lawyer and politician. She served as the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2016 to 2020. Before the appointment, she was Deputy Minister of Justice in the Department of Justice.

Education and career

She finished primary and secondary school in Belgrade. In 2005, she graduated from the University of Belgrade, and passed the professional law exam in 2008.

From 2006, she worked as an assistant judge in the First Belgrade Court, and from 2008 until 2009 as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice. Then she moved to the High Council of Judiciary, as part of the Department of Legislation and from 2013 as part of the Department of The Status of Judges. In 2014, she became Deputy to Minister of Justice Nikola Selaković. In 2016, she became the Minister of Justice in the second cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić.[1][2]

In February 2017, the Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić decided to run for the 2017 Serbian presidential elections.[3] He won the elections in the first round and was sworn as the President of Serbia on 31 May 2017.[4] Weeks later, he gave mandate to Ana Brnabić to form the governmental cabinet.[5] On 29 June 2017, the cabinet of Ana Brnabić was formed,[6][7] with Kuburović keeping her office. In November 2017, she joined the Chairmanship Board of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).[8]

References

  1. ^ "Cabinet revealed; Assembly to elect it by end of week". .b92.net (in Serbian). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ Jelovac, Bojana (16 September 2016). "Nela Kuburović za "Blic": Da je Vučić hteo mladu i lepu ministarku, mogao je da nađe i lepšu i mlađu". blic.rs (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ "SNS: Jednoglasno - Vučić kandidat za predsednika". b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Vucic Sworn in as Serbia's New President Amid Protests". usnews.com. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Vučić: Kandidat za predsednika Vlade je Ana Brnabić". b92.net (in Serbian). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Kabinet Ane Brnabić položio zakletvu". danas.rs (in Serbian). Danas Online. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ Surk, Barbara. "Serbia Gets Its First Female, and First Openly Gay, Premier". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Ničić već stigao do Predsedništva, izabrani i Mali i Vesić". b92.net (in Serbian). 18 November 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice of Serbia
2016–2020
Succeeded by