Dragan Sutanovac, Minister of Defence

Born in Belgrade in 1968. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. He specialised in security courses in the field of law enforcement and gained a diploma for security issues and oversight. He is also holder of the diploma of Marshall Centre for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. From April to May 2000, he served in the European parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels. In September 2000, he was appointed special advisor at the Federal Ministry of Interior and in 2001 he became Assistant Federal Minister of Interior. In parliamentary elections in 2000, 2003 and 2007 he was selected as an MP. From 2002 to 2003 he was president of the Serbian parliament’s committee for defence and security. In local elections in 2000 and 2004, he was voted deputy in the Belgrade City Assembly. Married, with two children. Speaks English.