Office for Kosovo and Metohija
Government of the Republic of Serbia

Director

Marko Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Government of the Republic of Serbia.

Marko Đurić was born in Belgrade in 1983. A graduate lawyer, already during his student days he expressed a high degree of social awareness through his engagement in student organizations, initiating and organizing numerous forums, international panel discussions and other public events. From 2003 to 2007, he regularly won at the traditional debating competition organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. He is currently taking postgraduate master studies in Sustainable Development and Ecology at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.

He has been a researcher with the Institute for Political Studies since 2011.

After Tomislav Nikolić’s victory in the 2012 presidential election, Đurić was appointed a foreign policy advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia, where he coordinated the President’s foreign policy team, the daily diplomatic communication and strategic political planning, as well as the activities of the state leadership on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, preparing the official state platform for negotiations with the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina, where he articulated the Community of Serbian Municipalities.

Since May 2014, after the formation of the Government of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, he has been the Acting Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija. In addition, Đurić is also the Head of the Team for Negotiating between Belgrade and Pristina, as well as the Head of the Negotiating Group for Chapter 35 in Serbia's accession to the European Union.

He has been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since its founding in 2008, and has continuously performed the most responsible duties. He is currently the Vice President of the SNS.

Đurić speaks English and Hebrew fluently, and has solid French and Russian language skills.

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