Goran Bogdanović

Goran Bogdanović Горан Богдановић B.S.A.
Minister for Kosovo and Metohija
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2008
Preceded by	Slobodan Samardžić
Personal details
Born	1963 Raška, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Political party	Democratic Party
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Goran Bogdanović (Serbian: Горан Богдановић) is a Serbian politician and current Minister for Kosovo and Metohija in the cabinet of Mirko Cvetković.

He was born in 1963 in Raška and holds a degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Agriculture. From 1992 to 1996, he was manager of JUKO in Srbica. Afterwards held the position of as state agricultural inspector until 2002, before becoming Minister of Agriculture of Kosovo and Metohija and later on resumimg the position of state agricultural inspector.

Bogdanović is a member of the Democratic Party since 2000 and leads the Party provincial committee. He was elected MP to the National Assembly of Serbia on January 21, 2007. On July 7, 2008, he was named Minister for Kosovo and Metohija even though he is forbidden by the Kosovo^[a] authorities from doing any work there. In fact, on January 13th, 2010, the 'Minister for Kosovo' was stopped and then escorted by Kosovo Police to the Kosovo-Serbia 'border' at Merdare for being in Kosovo without permission ^[1].

Personal life

Bogdanović is married with two sons. He speaks Russian, English and his native Serbian.

Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.

References:

1. ^ http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/01/14/nb-06

See also

• Politics of Serbia
• Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

External links

• Ministry of Kosovo and Metohija homepage

Government offices
Preceded by Slobodan Samardžić	Minister for Kosovo and Metohija 2008–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Bogdanovic, Goran
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Date of birth	1963
Place of birth	Raška, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Date of death
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