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Dragan Šutanovac
Šutanovac in 2016
Minister of Defence
In office 15 May 2007 – 27 July 2012
Preceded by	Zoran Stanković
Succeeded by	Aleksandar Vučić
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-24) 24 July 1968 (age 56) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Democratic Party (1997–2020)
Spouse	Marija Šutanovac
Children	2
Residence(s)	Belgrade, Serbia
Alma mater	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Dragan Šutanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шутановац, [drǎɡan ʃutǎːnoʋat͡s]; born 24 July 1968) is a Serbian politician, former leader of the Democratic Party and former Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia.

Biography

He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He specialized 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 George C. Marshall European Center 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 defense and security. In local elections in 2000 and 2004, he was voted deputy in the Belgrade City Assembly.

He supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union and NATO.

References

1. "Šutanovac: Članstvo u NATO u interesu građana, zašto da budemo Kuba u regionu?". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2020-12-20.

External links

• Biography at Ministry of Defence
• [REDACTED] Media related to Dragan Šutanovac at Wikimedia Commons

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Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	Toma Vučić-Perišić Mileta Radojković Teodor Herbez Ilija Garašanin Đorđe Protić Mladen Žujović Petar Protić Dragačevac Konstantin Hranisavljević Hyppolyte Mondain Milivoje Blaznavac Jovan Belimarković Milivoje Blaznavac Jovan Belimarković Milojko Lešjanin Kosta Protić Tihomilj Nikolić
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Sava Grujić Jovan Mišković Milojko Lešjanin Tihomilj Nikolić Jovan Petrović Dragutin Filipović Đura Horvatović Petar Topalović Antonije Bogićević* Sava Grujić Kosta Protić Dimitrije Đurić Sava Grujić Radovan Miletić Jovan Praporčetović Dimitrije Đurić Antonije Bogićević Dragutin Franasović Sava Grujić Milovan Pavlović Dragutin Franasović Jovan Mišković Dragomir Vučković Jovan Atanacković Miloš Vasić Božidar Janković Čedomilj Miljković Vasilije Antonić Milovan Pavlović Jovan Atanacković Leonid Solarević Milan Andrejević Radomir Putnik Vasilije Antonić Sava Grujić Radomir Putnik Stepa Stepanović Mihailo Živković Ljubomir Stojanović* Milutin Marinović Ilija Gojković Stepa Stepanović Radomir Putnik Radivoje Bojović Miloš Božanović Dušan Stefanović Nikola Pašić* Radivoje Bojović Božidar Terzić Stojan Protić* Mihailo Rašić
Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)	Miodrag Jokić Tomislav Simović Marko Negovanović
Republic of Serbia (2006–)	Zoran Stanković Dragan Šutanovac Aleksandar Vučić Nebojša Rodić Bratislav Gašić Dušan Vujović* Zoran Đorđević Aleksandar Vulin Nebojša Stefanović Miloš Vučević Bratislav Gašić
*Acting Minister

v t e Democratic Party
Leadership	Presidents Mićunović (1990–1994) Đinđić (1994–2003) Živković (2003–2004) Tadić (2004–2012) Đilas (2012–2014) Pajtić (2014–2016) Šutanovac (2016–2018) Lutovac (2018–2024) Milivojević (2024–present) Current vice presidents Mitrović Novaković Rakić Jovančićević Blagojević
Ideology and position	Ideology and platform Social democracy Centre-left International cooperation
History	Formation 1990–1993 1994–2000 2001–2004 2005–2012 2013–2017 2018–present
Italic denotes acting president

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