Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković
Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković Minister of Agriculture and Environment | |
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In office 27 April 2014 – 11 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Aleksandar Vučić |
Preceded by | Dragan Glamočić |
Succeeded by | Branislav Nedimović |
Personal details | |
Born | SFR Yugoslavia | 24 January 1964
Nationality | Serbian |
Political party | Socialist Party of Serbia |
Alma mater | University of Kragujevac University of Belgrade |
Occupation | Politician, university professor |
Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković (
Early life and career
Bogosavljević Bošković was born in
She has been a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia since the party's formation in 1990.[3]
Political career
Member of the National Assembly (2012–14)
Bogosavljević Bošković first became a member of the National Assembly shortly after the
Cabinet minister (2014–16)
Bogosavljević Bošković was appointed as Serbia's minister of agriculture and environment in Vučić's government on April 27, 2014.
When the
Bogosavljević Bošković brought Serbia into a partnership with Germany on bioenergy projects in September 2014.[11] Later in the year, during a meeting with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund, she said that increased competitiveness in the agriculture sector and the food industry would be necessary for Serbia to integrate with Europe.[12] In early 2015, she signed a deal permitting the Italian firm Rigoni di Asiago to invest between twenty and thirty million euros in Serbia for the organic production of hazelnuts.[13]
Serbia was required to accept increased milk imports from the European Union at low prices in 2015; Vučić and Bogosavljević Bošković subsequently indicated that surcharges on imports would be required, while Bogosavljević Bošković spoke of further discussions with the EU on protection measures to preserve Serbia's dairy sector.[14]
In June 2015, Serbia approved a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 9.8 per cent by 2030; Bogosavljević Bošković said that Serbia was the first country in the region to pledge voluntary cuts.[15]
Return to the assembly (2016–present)
Bogosavljević Bošković received the eighth position on the Socialist Party's list in the 2016 parliamentary election and returned to the assembly when the list won twenty-nine seats.[16] Although the Socialist Party remained in Vučić's coalition government, she was not reappointed to cabinet.[17] She is a member of the parliamentary environmental protection committee and the committee on culture and information; a member of Serbia's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups for Belarus, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, and Russia.[18]
References
- ^ Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković, istinomer.rs, accessed 7 March. 2017.
- ^ Ko je nova ministarka poljoprivrede, Blic, 29 August 2014, accessed 7 March 2017.
- ^ Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković, istinomer.rs, accessed 7 March. 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ИВИЦА ДАЧИЋ - "СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКА ПАРТИЈА СРБИЈЕ (СПС), ПАРТИЈА УЈЕДИЊЕНИХ ПЕНЗИОНЕРА СРБИЈЕ (ПУПС), ЈЕДИНСТВЕНА СРБИЈА (ЈС)"), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 27 February 2017.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ИВИЦА ДАЧИЋ - "Социјалистичка партија Србије (СПС), Партија уједињених пензионера Србије (ПУПС), Јединствена Србија (ЈС)"), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 27 February 2017.
- ^ "SERBIA GOVERNMENT LIST - Updated April 29, 2014," Reuters News, 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Tandem Financial - Serbian Daily Report, Jun 23, 2014," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 24 June 2014; "Banca Intesa ad Beograd - Daily Report, Jul 11, 2014," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Russian sanctions give Serbia unique food export chance - agriculture minister," ITAR-TASS News Service, 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Serbian PM to call urgent news conference upon receipt of EU call to refrain from increasing exports to Russia (corrected)," Itar-TASS, 21 August 2014; Interfax Russia & CIS Food and Agriculture Weekly, 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Tandem Financial - Serbian Daily Report, Oct 16, 2014," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Germany, Serbia : SERBIA inks bioenergy partnership with GERMANY," Mena Report, 11 September 2014.
- ^ "Tandem Financial - Serbian Daily Report, Nov 13, 2014," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Italian co plans to invest up to 30 mln euro in hazelnut production in Serbia – govt," SeeNews - The Corporate Wire, 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Banca Intesa ad Beograd - Daily Report, May 25, 2015," Emerging Markets Broker Reports Central Eastern Europe, 26 May 2015; "Serbia: Gov't decides to issue charges on imports of milk," Esmerk Eastern European News, 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Serbia pledges 9.8 percent carbon emissions cut by 2030," Reuters News, 11 June 2015.
- ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (ИВИЦА ДАЧИЋ – „Социјалистичка партија Србије (СПС), Јединствена Србија (ЈС) – Драган Марковић Палма“), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 27 February 2017.
- ^ A prior news report in late 2015 had indicated that Vučić was dissatisfied with the work of the ministry under her leadership. "Serbian government reshuffle taken off agenda for now - paper," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 27 October 2015 (Source: text of report by Serbian newspaper Politika website on 25 October).
- ^ Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic, National Assembly of Serbia, accessed 7 March 2017.