Aleksandar Antić Explained

Aleksandar Antić
Office:Minister of Mining and Energy
Term Start:27 April 2014
Term End:28 October 2020
Primeminister:Aleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić
Ana Brnabić
Successor:Zorana Mihajlović
Office1:Minister of Transportation
Term Start1:2 September 2013
Term End1:27 April 2014
Primeminister1:Ivica Dačić
Predecessor1:Milutin Mrkonjić
Successor1:Zorana Mihajlović
Birth Date:7 May 1969
Birth Place:Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Party:Socialist Party of Serbia
Signature:Aleksandar Antić signature.svg

Aleksandar Antić (; born 7 May 1969) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Energy and Mining between 2014 and 2020. Antić previously served as the Minister of Transportation from 2013 to 2014. He is a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

Career

Antić was born on 7 May 1969 in Belgrade.[1] He was a councilor in the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara for two terms (1992–1996) and was elected Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) member of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade three times. From 2004 to 2008, he was the President of the SPS parliamentary group in the Assembly of the City of Belgrade.

He served as the president of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade from 2008 to 2012. In 2013, he became a Minister of Transportation in the Government of Ivica Dačić, and served until the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election, after which he became a Minister of Mining and Energy per 27 April 2014 in the Government of Aleksandar Vučić. While talking to the press on 4 December 2014 he was hit by an approximately three-kilogram chunk of ice that fell from a powerline. He was unhurt as he wore a hard hat.[2] He lost his position with the formation of the second cabinet of Ana Brnabić and was succeeded as Minister by Zorana Mihajlović on 28 October 2020.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aleksandar Antić . Serbian . Istinomer.rs . 5 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211072230/http://www.istinomer.rs/akter/aleksandar-antic/ . 11 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Minister geraakt door vallend ijsblok . Dutch . . 5 December 2014 . 5 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Zorana Mihajlović to be new energy minister, Irena Vujović to head environmental protection ministry . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031102922/https://balkangreenenergynews.com/zorana-mihajlovic-to-be-new-energy-minister-irena-vujovic-to-head-environmental-protection-ministry/ . Balkan Green Energy News . 27 October 2020 . 31 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Serbian parliament approves new gov't headed by PM Brnabic . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031104308/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/29/c_139474279.htm . Xinhua . 29 October 2020 . 31 October 2020.