BORN:
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10 June 1970
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AGE:
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42
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MARITAL STATUS:
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Married to Mrs Sanja Jovanović
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EDUCATION:
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B.A. in Political Science/International Relations, Yugoslavia School of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Serbia, 1991 - 1995
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M.A. in Public and International Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1998 - 2000
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Edward Mason Fellow and Harvard International Student Fellow, Mid-career Professionals/MPA Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Massachusetts, USA, 2009 – 2010
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CAREER:
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Sep 1996 -
Jan 1997
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Teaching Assistant, School of Foreign Trade, Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Jan 1997-
Aug 1998
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Research Assistant for Central-East Europe, Institute for European Studies, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Jun -
Aug 1999
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Research Associate in Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Washington D.C.
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Oct -
Nov 2000
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Consultant, Special report on the U.S. Presidential Elections, Polish Television, Internet Section, Warsaw, Poland
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Dec 2000
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Special correspondent - Serbian parliamentary elections, Polish Television, Internet Section,
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Dec 2000 - Jun 2003
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Executive Director, FreeSerbia (Internet news organization)
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Sep 2002 - June 2003
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Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Yugoslavia Publication Working Group
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Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
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Member, Board of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Serbia and Montenegro
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Mar 2004 - May 2006
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Foreign Policy Advisor/Head of the Department of Foreign and Internal Policy (Office of Deputy Prime Minister Mr Miroljub Labus)
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Jan 2005 - Feb 2007
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President, Supervisory Board of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Serbia and Montenegro
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Jun 2006 - Nov 2006
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Foreign Policy Advisor, Head of the Department of Foreign Policy and European Integration, Republic of Serbia (Office of Deputy Prime Minister Mrs Ivana Dulic Markovic)
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Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
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Program Officer, Balkan Trust for Democracy/German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Aug-
Sep 2010
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Special Assistant to Mr. Dino Patti Djalal, Special Staff for International Affairs and Spokesperson of the President of Indonesia
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Oct -
Dec 2010
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Part-time engagement in creating initial promotional materials in English and Serbian, Centre for the Promotion of Science, Belgrade, Serbia
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Jan 2011 - Oct 2011
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Curator of the blog "Rising Asia" (risingasia.blogspot.com)
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Feb 2012
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Ambassador to Indonesia
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19 November 2012
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Ambassador to Singapore
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HONOURS:
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1994 - 1996
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Serbian Government Scholarship for Outstanding Students
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1997 - 1998
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Serbian Government Scholarship for Young Talents
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1998
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U.S. Government Ron Brown Fellowship for Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
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1999
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University of Pittsburgh Student Honoree
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2009/2010
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Harvard Kennedy School's International Student Fellow
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SELECTED CONFERENCES AND TRAINING
PROGRAMMES:
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The Unity of Central-East European Peoples, Sponsored by Young Polonia, under the auspices of the President of Poland, Krakow, Poland (Jul 1994)
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The New Central Europe, Centre for European Studies, Sombathely, Hungary (Aug 1996)
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Intensive Course on European Law, Centre for European Studies, University of Toruh, Poland (Mar - Apr 1998)
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Public Policy Process and Analysis, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (Jul - Aug 1998)
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E-commerce for Media Organizations, Media Development Loan Fund, Inc, Prague. Czech Republic, (May 2001)
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Avoiding Another Crisis - The Question of Inter-ethnic Relations in Kosovo: Domestic, Regional and International Views, Halki, Greece, (ELIAMEP) and The Berielsmann Foundation (Jun 2004)
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First Annual Seminar of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence under the auspices of the Council of Europe (2004)
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First Annual Stanford Summer Program on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford (Aug 2005)
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UNITAR Workshop on Negotiation Skills and Techniques, Belgrade (Sep 2005)
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World Movement for Democracy, Fourth Assembly- Advancing Democracy: Justice, Pluralism, and Participation, Istanbul, Turkey (Apr 2006)
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Europe and the Prospects of Enlargement, Italiani Europei, Rome, Italy, (Feb 2007)
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EAPC NATO Security Forum, Ohrid, Macedonia (Jun 2007)
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Bled Strategic Forum, Centre for European Perspective in Bled, Slovenia, (Aug 2007)
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Fourth DECIM Conference, Cavtat, Croatia (Sep 2007)
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Bucharest NATO Conference by German Marshall Fund of the United States, Bucharest, Romania (Apr 2008)
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Fifth DECIM (World Bank & European Commission) Conference, Paris, France (Oct 2008)
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Transferring the Experiences of Visegrad Cooperation, International Centre for Democratic Transition, Budapest, Hungary (Mar 2009)
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PUBLICATIONS:
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Lisip's Horses, Zenon Kosidowski, Trivic Agency, 2001 (translation from Polish into Serbian)
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When the Sun was the God, Zenon Kosidowski, Trivic Agency, 2002 (translation from Polish into Serbian)
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Biblical Stories, Zenon Kosidowski, Trivic Agency, 2002 (translation from Polish into Serbian)
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Kingdom of Golden Tears, Zenon Kosidovski, Trivic Agency, 2003 (translation from Polish into Serbian)
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Poland at the Threshold of the European Union (Article published in the bulletin of the G17 Institute, nr. 40-41 May - June 2003)
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Editor of the Ron Brown Alumni booklet Three Years After - The Alumni Perspective on Transition
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Article on US-Serbian relations funded by US Department of State (September 2003)
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Co-author of the text for the University of Bologna project on the EU Democratic Rule of Law Promotion
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Politics, Andrew Heywood, Clio, 2004 (from English into Serbian)
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From the School, Dariusz Chetkowski, Clio, 2004 (from Polish into Serbian)
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The Definitive Guide to Project Management, Clio, 2005 (translation from English into Serbian)
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Co-author of Corruption in Serbia - Five Years After, Centre for Liberal-Democratic Studies, Belgrade, 2007
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Legend of Europe, Piotr Kuncewicz, Clio, 2007 (from Polish into Serbian)
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Indonesian Relations with Southeast Europe - Bridging the Distance and Overcoming Misperceptions (the Indonesia Quarterly, No.39, March 2011)
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Eschatological Perspective of Globalization vs. Pop-cultural Phenomena: the Santa Claus Marketing Myth, Lana Pavlovic-Aleksic (University of Arts in Belgrade, 2012) (from Serbian into English)
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LANGUAGES:
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English, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and Russian
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The High Commissioner of Zambia Her Excellency Susan Yoyo Sikaneta presented her credentials to President Tony Tan at the Istana today. [Photo: MCI]
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan His Excellency Kesang Wangdi presented his credentials to President Tony Tan at the Istana today. [Photo: MCI]
The High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia His Excellency Philip Victor Green presented his credentials to President Tony Tan at the Istana today. [Photo: MCI]
The Ambassador of the of the Republic of Serbia His Excellency Jovan Jovanovic presented his credentials to President Tony Tan at the Istana today. [Photo: MCI]