Božidar Đelić

Božidar Đelić
Božidar Đelić
Manager Director Sovereign Advisory Group, Lazard
	In office; 6 January 2014 – Present
Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia
	In office; 15 May 2007 – 9 December 2011
Preceded by	Ivana Dulić-Marković
Minister of Science and Technological Development
	In office; 7 July 2008 – 14 March 2011
Preceded by	Ana Pešikan
Succeeded by	Žarko Obradović; (Merged into Ministry of Education)
Minister of Finance and Economy
	In office; 25 January 2001 – 3 March 2004
Succeeded by	Mlađan Dinkić
Personal details
Born	1 April 1965 (age 59); Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia (present-day Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
Nationality	Serbia
Political party	Democratic Party
Children	2
Residence(s)	Belgrade, Serbia
Profession	Economist
Website	www.djelic.net

Božidar Đelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Ђелић, pronounced [bɔ̌ʒidaːr dʑɛ̌ːlitɕ]; born 1 April 1965, Belgrade) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the Serbian Minister of finance in the first post-Milošević government of Zoran Đinđić in 2001-03, and vice-president of the government from May 2007 to December 2011, from the list of Democratic Party.

Early life

Đelić was born in Belgrade in 1965, an only child.^[1]

Đelić's parents divorced soon after his birth and went abroad in search of better prospects, while he stayed behind in Belgrade where he was raised by his maternal grandparents. He later described his grandmother Mileva as the strongest figure in his childhood. When his grandparents died in 1973, he moved to Paris to live with his mother and stepfather in Paris. When her small business collapsed, Božidar helped earn his way by washing dishes and cleaning windows, while studying at the same time.^[2] In 1980 and 1981, Đelić won French national competitions for high-school students in history and economics.^{[citation needed]}

Education

MBA (Master of Business Administration), Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, 1991. Fulbright scholarship. Specialized in finance and marketing
MPA (Master of Public Administration), J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1991. Lavoisier scholarship. Specialized in economic policy making
MA in Economics (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, 1988. Thesis on the effects of real exchange rate instability on growth in emerging countries under the direction of Charles Wyplosz
HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) diploma, Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1987. Entered this top French business school after a national entrance exam with 7% acceptance ratio. Specialized in strategy and finance
IEP (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) Lauréat (summa cum laude, graduated in the top 5% of a class of 800), Paris, France, 1987. Specialized in public administration and law
Twice winner (lauréat du Concours général) of the prestigious national French scholarly competition in geography and economy in 1980-81.

Career

From 2008-11, Đelić was Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, as well as Minister for Science and Technological Development. During that period he was chief negotiator for Serbia's entry to the European Union (EU).^{[citation needed]} From 2007-08, Đelić was the sole deputy to the Prime Minister. Chief negotiator for the entry of Serbia into the EU. Governor for Serbia of the World Bank Group and Deputy Governor of the EBRD.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2014, Djelic joined Lazard Investment Bank in Paris.

References

^ Gerry Emons (1 October 2002). "Banishing Balkan Ghosts: Bozidar Djelic and the Rebirth of a Nation". Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin. Archived from the original on 22 October 2002. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 30 June 2009 suggested (help)
^ Dimitrije Boarov (3 January 2002). "Jednog dana nismo imali ni za hleb" (in Serbian). Vreme. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 30 June 2009 suggested (help)

External links

Personal web-site

[hbs-1] Gerry Emons (1 October 2002). "Banishing Balkan Ghosts: Bozidar Djelic and the Rebirth of a Nation". Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin. Archived from the original on 22 October 2002. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 30 June 2009 suggested (help)

[vreme-2] Dimitrije Boarov (3 January 2002). "Jednog dana nismo imali ni za hleb" (in Serbian). Vreme. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 30 June 2009 suggested (help)

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