Milutin Mrkonjić

Milutin Mrkonjić
Милутин Мркоњић
Mrkonjić in 2011
Minister of Transportation
In office
27 July 2012 – 2 September 2013
Prime MinisterIvica Dačić
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAleksandar Antić
Minister of Infrastructure and Energy
In office
14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012
Prime MinisterMirko Cvetković
Preceded byHimself
Petar Škundrić (Energy)
Succeeded byHimself
Zorana Mihajlović (Energy)
Minister of Infrastructure
In office
7 July 2008 – 14 March 2011
Prime MinisterMirko Cvetković
Preceded byVelimir Ilić
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Born(1942-05-23)23 May 1942
Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Died27 November 2021(2021-11-27) (aged 79)
Belgrade, Serbia
Political partySocialist Party of Serbia
SpouseDragana Mrkonjić
Domestic partnerAna Bekuta (2011–2021)
Residence(s)Belgrade, Serbia
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil engineer

Milutin Mrkonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Мркоњић; pronounced [milǔtin mr̩̂kɔɲitɕ]; 23 May 1942 – 27 November 2021) was a Serbian politician. He co-founded the Socialist Party of Serbia, together with Slobodan Milošević.

Education and career

Mrkonjić was born in 1942 in Belgrade, then occupied by Nazi Germany. His father was a Croatian Serb from the village of Bojna, near Glina, in the region of Banija.[1]

Mrkonjić graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1968.[2] He was the first director of CIP - Institute of Transportation.[3]

He was the head of the Reconstruction Agency after NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia in 1999.[3]

He ran for president in the 2008 election under slogans "Achievements speak for themselves" (Serbian: Дела говоре, Dela govore) and "Our Comrade!" (Наш друг! Naš drug!). Mrkonjić finished fourth with 5.97%.

On 8 May 2007, Mrkonjić became vice-president of the National Assembly of Serbia, and on 7 July 2008 he became Minister for Infrastructure in the Serbian government. He became the Minister for Infrastructure and Energy in March 2011.[3]

References

  1. ^ Voja (28 November 2021). "Poreklo Milutina Mrkonjića - Poreklo". www.poreklo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Serbia: Presidential Elections — 2008" (PDF). Norwegian Centre for Human Rights/NORDEM. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b c "Government of Serbia Vice-Presidents and Ministers". srbija.gov.rs. Government of Serbia. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.