Milutin Mrkonjić Explained

Milutin Mrkonjić
Native Name:Милутин Мркоњић
Native Name Lang:sr-Cyrl
Office:Minister of Transportation
Term Start:27 July 2012
Term End:2 September 2013
Primeminister:Ivica Dačić
Predecessor:Himself
Successor:Aleksandar Antić
Office1:Minister of Infrastructure and Energy
Term Start1:14 March 2011
Term End1:27 July 2012
Primeminister1:Mirko Cvetković
Predecessor1:Himself
Petar Škundrić (Energy)
Successor1:Himself
Zorana Mihajlović (Energy)
Office2:Minister of Infrastructure
Term Start2:7 July 2008
Term End2:14 March 2011
Primeminister2:Mirko Cvetković
Predecessor2:Velimir Ilić
Successor2:Himself
Birth Date:May 23, 1942
Birth Place:Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality:Serbian
Party:Socialist Party of Serbia
Partner:Ana Bekuta (2011–2021)
Spouse:Dragana Mrkonjić
Residence:Belgrade, Serbia
Alma Mater:University of Belgrade
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Civil engineer

Milutin Mrkonjić (Serbian: Милутин Мркоњић; pronounced as /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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voja. Poreklo Milutina Mrkonjića - Poreklo. 2021-11-30. www.poreklo.rs. 28 November 2021 . sr-RS.
  2. Web site: Serbia: Presidential Elections — 2008 . Norwegian Centre for Human Rights/NORDEM . 5.
  3. Web site: Government of Serbia Vice-Presidents and Ministers . srbija.gov.rs . Government of Serbia . https://web.archive.org/web/20111213052105/http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vlada/ministri.php . 13 December 2011. 13 December 2011 .