Zoran Lutovac

Zoran Lutovac
Zoran Lutovac
Зоран Лутовац
	Lutovac in 2020
Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia
	In office; 2 August 2022 – 6 February 2024
President	Vladimir Orlić
President of Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 June 2018
Preceded by	Dragan Šutanovac
Ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro
	In office; 2008–2013
President	Boris Tadić; Tomislav Nikolić
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković; Ivica Dačić
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Zoran Bingulac
Personal details
Born	7 August 1964 (age 60); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Democratic Party (1996–present)
Alma mater	Belgrade University
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Zoran Lutovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лутовац; born 7 August 1964) is Serbian politician and former diplomat who has been the president of the Democratic Party since 2018. A former ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro between 2008 and 2013, he has served as one of the vice-presidents of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2022.

Biography

Zoran Lutovac was born on 7 August 1964 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. His father was from Berane in Montenegro.^[1] Zoran Lutovac finished elementary school and high school in Belgrade. After high school, Lutovac graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988. He was awarded magister degree at the same Faculty in 1994.^[1]

Lutovac was a lecturer at the Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences, and several other universities. Between 2001 and 2004, he was a member of the board of directors of the Zavod za udžbenike, apublic company issuing school textbooks, and president of the board of directors of the Belgrade Institute for European studies.^[1] Lutovac was advisor in the presidential campaign of Dragoljub Mićunović for the 2003 presidential election.^[1] and political advisor of Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić.^[1] He was member of different government committees during the Đinđić and Živković cabinets (2001–2004).^[1] Lutovac was Serbian ambassador to Montenegro between 2008 and 2013.^[2]

Lutovac has been a member of the Democratic Party since 1996.^[1] He was chairman of the Party committee for ethnic minorities between 1997 and 2003.^[1] and chairman of the Party committee for human and minority rights between 2004 and 2008.^[2] He was member of the Political council of the Democratic party between 1997 and 2008 and again between 2013 and 2016, when he became the chairman of the council.^[2] Lutovac was a candidate for the President of the Democratic party at the party election in 2016,^[3] but lost to Dragan Šutanovac. After Šutanovac resigned in 2018, Lutovac was elected President of the Democratic Party on 2 June 2018.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Zoran Lutovac (Crnogorac se vraća kući)". Glas javnosti. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zoran Lutovac". Demokratska stranka. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "Zoran Lutovac kandidat za predsednika DS-a". N1. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "Zoran Lutovac novi predsednik Demokratske stranke". N1. 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Position established	Ambassador of Serbia to Montenegro 2008–2013	Succeeded by Zoran Bingulac
Party political offices
Preceded by Dragan Šutanovac	President of the Democratic Party 2018–present	Incumbent

[Glas-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Zoran Lutovac (Crnogorac se vraća kući)". Glas javnosti. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[DS-2] "Zoran Lutovac". Demokratska stranka. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[3] "Zoran Lutovac kandidat za predsednika DS-a". N1. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[4] "Zoran Lutovac novi predsednik Demokratske stranke". N1. 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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