Slobodan Samardžić

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Slobodan Samardžić
Слободан Самарџић
Minister for Kosovo and Metohija
In office
15 May 2007 – 7 July 2008
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byGoran Bogdanović
Personal details
Born (1953-04-03) 3 April 1953 (age 71)
)
OccupationUniversity professor
ProfessionPolitical scientist

Slobodan Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Самарџић) is a Serbian academic and politician who served as the Minister for Kosovo and Metohija from 2007 to 2008.

Early years and education

Samardžić was born in

clan, specifially from the area near Herceg Novi, in Montenegro
.

Samardžić graduated from the

Professional career

He was editor of scientific and political program at

European Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade.[1] He is also Director of Political Studies at the Belgrade think-tank Centre for Liberal-Democratic Studies.[1]

Area of his studies includes political ideas and institutions, contemporary federalism, political theory and practice of constitutionalism, political system of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and European Union.[1]

Samardžić has written six books: Ideology and Rationalism (1984), Council Democracy (1987), Yugoslavia and the Challenge of Federalism (1990), Coercive Community and Democracy (1994), European Union as a Model of the Supranational Community (1998), and State Construction and Deconstruction (2008).[1]

Samardžić was advisor for political issues to former

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica.[1] He headed the Serbian government’s Committee for Decentralisation and was (with Vuk Jeremić
) co-ordinator of Serbia's State Negotiating Team on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija.

Personal life

Samardžić speaks English and German. He is married and has three children.

Media

Slobodan Samardžić appears in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains in which he talks about the motives behind Western intervention in the Kosovo War. In the film, Samardžić also speaks about concerns regarding the status of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Slobodan Samardžić". istinomer.rs.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Post established
Minister for Kosovo and Metohija
2007 – 2008
Succeeded by