Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic Succeeded by Verica Kalanovic Name Mladan Dinkic Spouse Tanja Dinkic | Preceded by Ivana Dulic Markovic Role Serbian Politician Education Great School | |
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Preceded by Mirko Cvetkovic (Finance)Nebojsa Ciric (Economy) Succeeded by Lazar Krstic (Finance)Sasa Radulovic (Economy) Similar People Ivica Dacic, Dragan Dilas, Zorana Mihajlovic | ||
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Mlađan Dinkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Млађан Динкић, [mlǎdʑan dîːŋkitɕ]; born 20 December 1964) is a Serbian businessman and former politician.
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He previously served as the Minister of Economy and Regional Development in the Government of Serbia and a Deputy Prime Minister serving from 2007 until he was sacked by the Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković. He previously he also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 – 2006 and as the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2000 – 2003. He was again holding the post of Minister of Finance and Economy in the Cabinet of Ivica Dačić between 27 July 2012 and 2 September 2013.
Early life and education
Dinkić was born in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the First Economy highschool in Belgrade in 1983 and obtained his B.A. at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1988 and his M.Sc. in 1993.
He has served as a teaching assistant for Theory and Planning of Economic Development at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics since 1994.
Dinkić's main fields of research are: high inflation and shadow financial markets, public sector deficits and its macroeconomic implications and measuring efficiency of resource use (on the macro and project level).
Dinkić is an avid guitar player and has his own rock band called "Monetary Coup".
Career
Mlađan Dinkić entered politics as a co-founder of the G17 Plus NGO in 1997. He later served as vice-president of the G17 Plus from 2003–2006 after it became a political party. Dinkić was elected leader of the G17 Plus in 2006 after incumbent leader Miroljub Labus stepped down.
Dinkić served as governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2000–2003, at age 36 he was the youngest governor of the bank in its history.
Dinkić received the 2007 award for Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney magazine. He received the 2009 award for Reformer of the Year for his contribution to the development of a climate conductive to business in Serbia and many others.