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Dubravka Đedović
Дубравка Ђедовић
Đedović in January 2023
Minister of Mining and Energy
Assumed office
26 October 2022
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić
Preceded by Zorana Mihajlović
Personal details
Born (1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 (age 45)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party Independent
Spouse
Christophe Nègre
( div. 2020)
Domestic partner Damir Handanović
Children4
Alma mater
Profession
  • Banker
  • financer
  • television producer

Dubravka Đedović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дубравка Ђедовић; formerly Dubravka Nègre; born 6 November 1978) is a Serbian banker and politician serving as minister of mining and energy since 2022.

Born in Belgrade, she graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, and earned her master's degree from the Bocconi University and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Initially working for CNN International, she later worked as a financer before being appointed manager of operations at the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2004. She worked at EIB until 2012, only to return as the director of the Regional Representative Office for Western Balkans in 2016. She left EIB in 2021, after which she served as a member of the executive board of NLB Komercijalna banka from December 2021 to October 2022.

Early life

Dubravka Đedović was born on 6 November 1978 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [1] [2] [3] She finished her primary education at a school at Braće Jerković, in Belgrade. [1] She graduated in banking and finance from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade. She received her master's degree from the Bocconi University and UCLA Anderson School of Management. [4] Đedović has published several scientific papers regarding public-private partnerships and is a lecturer at the University College London. [1] [5]

Career

She began her career as a television producer for CNN International. [4] During her work at the CNN International, where she covered the War in Afghanistan in 2001, she earned an award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [1] [5] Đedović later worked as a financer. [4] She was appointed manager of operations of the European Investment Bank in 2004. [1] [6] As the manager, she contracted projects in fields of education, energy, and telecommunications. [1] She resided in Luxembourg and worked there until 2012. [4] Đedović received two awards, the Project Finance Deal and EMEA Finance Magazine European Deal, due to her work on partnership projects in 2013. [1] [4]

She worked as the director of the Regional Representative Office of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Western Balkans from 2016 to 2021. [1] [2] As the director, she supported government of Serbia's economics reforms, [7] while the EIB invested mostly in small and medium enterprises and the transportation sector in Serbia. [8] [9] In December 2021, she became a member of the executive board of NLB Komercijalna banka. [1] [2] She resigned from that position in October 2022, a day after becoming a minister in the government of Serbia. [10]

Minister of Mining and Energy

Initially, it was speculated that Đedović would be appointed minister for public investments, [11] but on 23 October 2022 it was announced that she would instead serve as the minister of mining and energy in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić. [12] She was sworn in on 26 October, succeeding Zorana Mihajlović. [13] [14] Vreme, a weekly news magazine, stated that "she would symbolize the pro-Western orientation at least of her department". [6] Đedović is supportive of accession of Serbia to the European Union. [15]

During her first week in office, Đedović announced that the government should consider reforming the energy sector. [16] In early November 2022, Đedović announced the increase of price of electricity and stated that " lithium mining should be considered"; [17] [18] a few days later, she stated that "Serbia will be an important source of rare minerals in the world". [19]

Personal life

According to Đedović, her parents were engineers; her father was an entrepreneur in Yugoslavia, while her mother worked at a Slovakian company. [2] [4] She was married to Christophe Nègre, a French-Luxembourgish entrepreneur, until 2020, [20] and has four children in total; two of them were adopted. [4] She speaks English, French, Italian, and Russian. [1] [4] Đedović describes herself as yugo-nostalgic. [21] She is currently in a relationship with Serbian composer Damir Handanović. [22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ko je Dubravka Negre - nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike". 021.rs (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ko je Dubravka Đedović Negre, nova ministarka u Vladi Srbije". Danas (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Biography: Dubravka Đedović". Mineral Resources in Serbia. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Luković, Danijela (23 October 2022). "Ko je Dubravka Negre, nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike: Počela kao TV producent, ekspert za bankarstvo, govori 4 jezika". Blic (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b Spasić, Vladimir (23 October 2022). "Dubravka Đedović Negre nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike". Balkan Green Energy News (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Švarm, Filip (23 October 2022). "Poznat sastav Vlade: Nova sezona rijalitija sa izbacivanjem i specijalnim gostima". Vreme (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Dubravka Nègre: Strongly Supporting Serbia's Reform Path". CorD Magazine. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ Nešić, Nataša (10 February 2021). "Dubravka Negre, EIB: The EIB continues to invest in Serbia". Diplomacy&Commerce. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  9. ^ Nešić, Milan (7 July 2018). "EIB: Zadovoljni smo napretkom na Koridoru 10". Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Ministarka Đedović podnela ostavku na mesto člana IO NLB Komercijalne banke". N1 (in Serbian). 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ Jelovac, Jelena (20 October 2022). "Novo lice u Vladu Srbije dolazi iz bankarskog sektora: Dva ministarstva su u opticaju za nju". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Aleksandar Vučić: Ovo su ministri nove Vlade". Vreme (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Dubravka Đedović Negre: Mogla je da bude na čelu i nekog drugog resora". Vreme (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  15. ^ Ristić, Nikola S. (20 May 2017). "Negre: Povezanost i regionalna saradnja važni za proces EU integracija". European Western Balkans (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Dubravka Đedović: Neophodna reforma energetskog sektora, ali i investicioni planovi". Tanjug (in Serbian). 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Nova ministarka najavila poskupljenje struje i razmatra iskopavanje litijuma". Danas (in Serbian). 4 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. ^ Spasić, Vladimir (4 November 2022). "Đedović: Energy sector reforms priority, lithium production to be examined". Balkan Green Energy News. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Đedović: Srbija će biti važan izvor retkih minerala u svetu". N1 (in Serbian). 9 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Đedović ili Negre: Ministarka prvi put za Kurir razrešila dilemu o bivšem mužu! Evo kako se tačno preziva". Kurir (in Serbian). 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  21. ^ Čaluković, Nenad (3 November 2020). "Dubravka Negre za Karakter: Život kao film". Karakter (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  22. ^ "(VIDEO) UDAJE SE DUBRAVKA ĐEDOVIĆ Ministarka energetike i Damir Handanović staju na ludi kamen: Uslikani zajedno na aerodromu". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dubravka Đedović
Дубравка Ђедовић
Đedović in January 2023
Minister of Mining and Energy
Assumed office
26 October 2022
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić
Preceded by Zorana Mihajlović
Personal details
Born (1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 (age 45)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party Independent
Spouse
Christophe Nègre
( div. 2020)
Domestic partner Damir Handanović
Children4
Alma mater
Profession
  • Banker
  • financer
  • television producer

Dubravka Đedović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дубравка Ђедовић; formerly Dubravka Nègre; born 6 November 1978) is a Serbian banker and politician serving as minister of mining and energy since 2022.

Born in Belgrade, she graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, and earned her master's degree from the Bocconi University and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Initially working for CNN International, she later worked as a financer before being appointed manager of operations at the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2004. She worked at EIB until 2012, only to return as the director of the Regional Representative Office for Western Balkans in 2016. She left EIB in 2021, after which she served as a member of the executive board of NLB Komercijalna banka from December 2021 to October 2022.

Early life

Dubravka Đedović was born on 6 November 1978 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [1] [2] [3] She finished her primary education at a school at Braće Jerković, in Belgrade. [1] She graduated in banking and finance from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade. She received her master's degree from the Bocconi University and UCLA Anderson School of Management. [4] Đedović has published several scientific papers regarding public-private partnerships and is a lecturer at the University College London. [1] [5]

Career

She began her career as a television producer for CNN International. [4] During her work at the CNN International, where she covered the War in Afghanistan in 2001, she earned an award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [1] [5] Đedović later worked as a financer. [4] She was appointed manager of operations of the European Investment Bank in 2004. [1] [6] As the manager, she contracted projects in fields of education, energy, and telecommunications. [1] She resided in Luxembourg and worked there until 2012. [4] Đedović received two awards, the Project Finance Deal and EMEA Finance Magazine European Deal, due to her work on partnership projects in 2013. [1] [4]

She worked as the director of the Regional Representative Office of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Western Balkans from 2016 to 2021. [1] [2] As the director, she supported government of Serbia's economics reforms, [7] while the EIB invested mostly in small and medium enterprises and the transportation sector in Serbia. [8] [9] In December 2021, she became a member of the executive board of NLB Komercijalna banka. [1] [2] She resigned from that position in October 2022, a day after becoming a minister in the government of Serbia. [10]

Minister of Mining and Energy

Initially, it was speculated that Đedović would be appointed minister for public investments, [11] but on 23 October 2022 it was announced that she would instead serve as the minister of mining and energy in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić. [12] She was sworn in on 26 October, succeeding Zorana Mihajlović. [13] [14] Vreme, a weekly news magazine, stated that "she would symbolize the pro-Western orientation at least of her department". [6] Đedović is supportive of accession of Serbia to the European Union. [15]

During her first week in office, Đedović announced that the government should consider reforming the energy sector. [16] In early November 2022, Đedović announced the increase of price of electricity and stated that " lithium mining should be considered"; [17] [18] a few days later, she stated that "Serbia will be an important source of rare minerals in the world". [19]

Personal life

According to Đedović, her parents were engineers; her father was an entrepreneur in Yugoslavia, while her mother worked at a Slovakian company. [2] [4] She was married to Christophe Nègre, a French-Luxembourgish entrepreneur, until 2020, [20] and has four children in total; two of them were adopted. [4] She speaks English, French, Italian, and Russian. [1] [4] Đedović describes herself as yugo-nostalgic. [21] She is currently in a relationship with Serbian composer Damir Handanović. [22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ko je Dubravka Negre - nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike". 021.rs (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ko je Dubravka Đedović Negre, nova ministarka u Vladi Srbije". Danas (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Biography: Dubravka Đedović". Mineral Resources in Serbia. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Luković, Danijela (23 October 2022). "Ko je Dubravka Negre, nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike: Počela kao TV producent, ekspert za bankarstvo, govori 4 jezika". Blic (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b Spasić, Vladimir (23 October 2022). "Dubravka Đedović Negre nova ministarka rudarstva i energetike". Balkan Green Energy News (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Švarm, Filip (23 October 2022). "Poznat sastav Vlade: Nova sezona rijalitija sa izbacivanjem i specijalnim gostima". Vreme (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Dubravka Nègre: Strongly Supporting Serbia's Reform Path". CorD Magazine. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ Nešić, Nataša (10 February 2021). "Dubravka Negre, EIB: The EIB continues to invest in Serbia". Diplomacy&Commerce. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  9. ^ Nešić, Milan (7 July 2018). "EIB: Zadovoljni smo napretkom na Koridoru 10". Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Ministarka Đedović podnela ostavku na mesto člana IO NLB Komercijalne banke". N1 (in Serbian). 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ Jelovac, Jelena (20 October 2022). "Novo lice u Vladu Srbije dolazi iz bankarskog sektora: Dva ministarstva su u opticaju za nju". NOVA portal (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Aleksandar Vučić: Ovo su ministri nove Vlade". Vreme (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Dubravka Đedović Negre: Mogla je da bude na čelu i nekog drugog resora". Vreme (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  15. ^ Ristić, Nikola S. (20 May 2017). "Negre: Povezanost i regionalna saradnja važni za proces EU integracija". European Western Balkans (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Dubravka Đedović: Neophodna reforma energetskog sektora, ali i investicioni planovi". Tanjug (in Serbian). 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Nova ministarka najavila poskupljenje struje i razmatra iskopavanje litijuma". Danas (in Serbian). 4 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  18. ^ Spasić, Vladimir (4 November 2022). "Đedović: Energy sector reforms priority, lithium production to be examined". Balkan Green Energy News. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Đedović: Srbija će biti važan izvor retkih minerala u svetu". N1 (in Serbian). 9 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Đedović ili Negre: Ministarka prvi put za Kurir razrešila dilemu o bivšem mužu! Evo kako se tačno preziva". Kurir (in Serbian). 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  21. ^ Čaluković, Nenad (3 November 2020). "Dubravka Negre za Karakter: Život kao film". Karakter (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  22. ^ "(VIDEO) UDAJE SE DUBRAVKA ĐEDOVIĆ Ministarka energetike i Damir Handanović staju na ludi kamen: Uslikani zajedno na aerodromu". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

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