Biography
1974 Born in Novi Sad.
1993 Graduated from Karlovac Grammar School, majoring in law. Leaves for military service.
1999 Graduated from the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad and obtained the title of Bachelor of Laws.
2000 – 2002 Trained in the law office of Fedor Kolesar in Novi Sad.
In 2002, at a public competition, he was admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the FRY (later SCG) as trainee diplomat.
In 2002, he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with top marks.
2003-2007 Worked at the Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro in Washington, D.C., USA, as First Secretary for work with the US Congress.
2006 Extraordinary promotion to the position of minister-counselor at the SCG Embassy in Washington, D.C., deputy ambassador and head of the Embassy's political sector.
2007-2012 Served as political director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the minister's cabinet chief-of-staff.
2010-2012 Head of Serbia's negotiating team in the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels.
2009 Head of the negotiation team for the elimination of consequences of the "Satellite" affair. Forgiveness of almost 20 million euros of the Republic of Serbia’s accrued debt made possible.
2012-2016 Member of Parliament of the Republic of Serbia in two legislatures. Member of the Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the Head of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group.
2018 Enrolled in master's studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, majoring in International Relations, US Studies.
2020 Defended his master's thesis on the topic "Lobbying in the American Congress, with a special focus on lobbying for the interests of foreign governments and so-called ethnic lobbying" with a score of 10.00. Completed master's studies with a 10.00 grade and obtained the master's degree in international relations at FPN.
2021 Admitted to doctoral studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, module International and European Studies, enrolled.
2022 Third year of doctoral studies at the FPN of the University of Belgrade.
Other activities:
2017 - Published the book Despatch Washington, Dan Graf, Belgrade.
2019 - Deputy President of the Freedom and Justice Party.
Foreign languages:
Advanced level of spoken and written English.
Beginners’ level Spanish.
Plays music.