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.
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.