Zoran Lutovac Explained

Zoran Lutovac
Native Name:Зоран Лутовац
Office:Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia
President:Vladimir Orlić
Term Start:2 August 2022
Term End:6 February 2024
Office1:President of Democratic Party
Term Start1:2 June 2018
Predecessor1:Dragan Šutanovac
Office2:Ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro
President2:Boris Tadić
Tomislav Nikolić
Primeminister2:Mirko Cvetković
Ivica Dačić
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2013
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Zoran Bingulac
Birth Date:7 August 1964
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Party:Democratic Party (1996–present)
Alma Mater:Belgrade University
Signature:Zoran Lutovac signature.svg

Zoran Lutovac (Serbian: Зоран Лутовац; born 7 August 1964) is Serbian politician and former diplomat who has been the president of the Democratic Party since 2018. A former ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro between 2008 and 2013, he has served as one of the vice-presidents of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2022.

Biography

Zoran Lutovac was born on 7 August 1964 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. His father was from Berane in Montenegro.[1] Zoran Lutovac finished elementary school and high school in Belgrade. After high school, Lutovac graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988. He was awarded magister degree at the same Faculty in 1994.

Lutovac was a lecturer at the Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences, and several other universities. Between 2001 and 2004, he was a member of the board of directors of the Zavod za udžbenike, apublic company issuing school textbooks, and president of the board of directors of the Belgrade Institute for European studies. Lutovac was advisor in the presidential campaign of Dragoljub Mićunović for the 2003 presidential election. and political advisor of Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić. He was member of different government committees during the Đinđić and Živković cabinets (2001–2004). Lutovac was Serbian ambassador to Montenegro between 2008 and 2013.[2]

Lutovac has been a member of the Democratic Party since 1996. He was chairman of the Party committee for ethnic minorities between 1997 and 2003. and chairman of the Party committee for human and minority rights between 2004 and 2008. He was member of the Political council of the Democratic party between 1997 and 2008 and again between 2013 and 2016, when he became the chairman of the council. Lutovac was a candidate for the President of the Democratic party at the party election in 2016,[3] but lost to Dragan Šutanovac. After Šutanovac resigned in 2018, Lutovac was elected President of the Democratic Party on 2 June 2018.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 August 2007 . Zoran Lutovac (Crnogorac se vraća kući) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180314020455/http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/glas-javnosti-11-08-2007/zoran-lutovac-crnogorac-se-vraca-kuci . 2018-03-14 . 30 May 2018 . Glas javnosti.
  2. Web site: Zoran Lutovac . . 30 May 2018 . 11 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180411054957/http://www.ds.org.rs/biografija/zoran-lutovac?_lat=1 . dead .
  3. Web site: Zoran Lutovac kandidat za predsednika DS-a . N1 . 1 July 2016 . 30 May 2018 . 4 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160704052313/http://rs.n1info.com/a173300/Vesti/Vesti/Zoran-Lutovac-kandidat-za-predsednika-DS-a.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Zoran Lutovac novi predsednik Demokratske stranke . N1 . 2 June 2018 . 2 June 2018 . 4 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180604074529/http://rs.n1info.com/a393175/Vesti/Zoran-Lutovac-novi-predsednik-Demokratske-stranke.html . dead .