Aleksandar Popović, Minister of Energy and Mining

Aleksandar Popovic was born in Belgrade in 1971. He obtained his secondary education in Moscow, and graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade University. He received his MA from Florida State University in 1996, and his PhD from the Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade University, in 2002, where he currently works as an assistant professor. He is a vice-president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. Popovic was an accomplished athlete, a champion and record-holder in various important disciplines. He was Serbian Minister of Science and Environmental Protection from 2004 to 2007.