Mihailo Jovanović (politician)

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Mihailo Jovanović
Михаило Јовановић
Minister of Information and Telecommunications
In office
26 October 2022 – 2 May 2024
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byOffice re-established
Succeeded byDejan Ristić
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Engineer
  • economist

Mihailo Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Јовановић; born 1972) is a Serbian engineer and politician who served as minister of information and telecommunications from 2022 to 2024.

Early life[edit]

Mihailo Jovanović was born in 1972 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He graduated and earned his master's degree from the School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade.[1][2] He received his doctorate in topics of economics in 2012.[1][3]

Career[edit]

He began his career at Pošta Srbije, where he worked in telecommunications.[1][2] He also previously worked at Telekom Srbija.[3] He was later appointed director of the Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Administration of the Government of Serbia in April 2017.[1][3] He is a close associate of Ana Brnabić.[4]

Minister of Information and Telecommunications[edit]

It was announced on 24 October 2022 that Jovanović would serve as minister of information and telecommunications in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić.[5] He was sworn in on 26 October.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Jovanović is married and has two children.[1][2] He received two awards, in 2002 and 2022 respectively, due to his work on information technologies.[1][3] He is a member of the Chamber of Engineers of Serbia.[2][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Odluka o izboru Vlade i biografije predloženih članova Vlade" (PDF). National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ko je novi ministar informisanja: Mihailo Jovanović - od Telekoma i Pošte do vladine Kancelarije za IT". Danas (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Matić, Nada (25 October 2022). "Ko je Mihailo Jovanović, kandidat za novog ministra informisanja i telekomunikacija". Blic (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Ministar informisanja Mihailo Jovanović: Od Pošte do medija i telekomunikacija". Vreme (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ "I Jovanović i Blagojević ministri, predlog novog sastava Vlade upućen Skupštini". Tanjug (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.