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| President of the National Assembly of Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 20 March 2024 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Orlić Stojan Radenović (acting) |
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| Prime Minister of Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 June 2017 – 6 February 2024 |
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| President | Aleksandar Vučić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Aleksandar Vučić Ivica Dačić (acting) |
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| Succeeded by | Ivica Dačić (acting) Miloš Vučević |
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| Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 August 2016 – 29 June 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Aleksandar Vučić Ivica Dačić (acting) |
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| Preceded by | Kori Udovički | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Branko Ružić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 September 1975 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Domestic partner | Milica Đurđić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Northwood University University of Hull |
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Ana Brnabić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Брнабић; born 28 September 1975) is a Serbian politician. She has been the president of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2024. Before this, she served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2017 to 2024. She was the first woman and the first openly gay person to hold the office of Prime Minister in Serbia. She was also the longest-serving Prime Minister.
She first joined the government as the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. This was from August 2016 to June 2017. During this time, she worked on improving government services in Serbia.
In June 2017, she was chosen to be the new Prime Minister. She and her government were approved by the National Assembly of Serbia on 29 June 2017. She joined the ruling Serbian Progressive Party in 2019. Later, in 2021, she became the party's vice president. She was re-elected as Prime Minister after the 2020 and 2022 elections. In March 2024, she became the president of the National Assembly.
In 2019, Forbes magazine listed her as one of the most powerful women in the world.
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Early and personal life
Ana Brnabić was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Her father, Zoran, was born in Užice and studied in Belgrade. Her paternal grandfather, Anton Brnabić, was from the Croatian island of Krk. He was a military officer who fought during World War II. Her maternal grandparents are from Babušnica, in southeastern Serbia.
Ana Brnabić is openly lesbian. She was one of the first openly LGBT heads of government in the world. In 2017, she became the first head of government from the Balkan region to attend a gay pride march. This was at Belgrade Pride.
In 2019, her partner, Milica Đurđić, gave birth to a son. This made Brnabić the first openly gay prime minister whose partner had a child while she was in office.
Education and business career
Brnabić grew up in Belgrade, Serbia. She went to the Belgrade Fifth Gymnasium. She also studied in the United States and England. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Northwood University in Michigan, USA. She also has an MBA from the University of Hull in England, UK.
Before becoming a minister, she worked for over ten years. She worked with international organizations and foreign investors. She also worked with local governments and the public sector in Serbia.
She was the director of Continental Wind Serbia. There, she helped with a large project to build a wind park. She was also a member of the managing board of the Peksim foundation.
Brnabić also worked for American consulting companies. These companies managed projects in Serbia funded by USAID. She helped with programs to improve local government and economic development. She was also involved in starting the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED) in 2006. She later became the president of NALED's managing board.
Politics
In August 2016, Ana Brnabić became the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. She also became the president of the Council for Innovative Entrepreneurship and Information Technologies. She is also the vice president of the Republic Council for Public Administration Reform.
Brnabić has said that her government's main goals are modernization, education reform, and digitization.
In May 2018, Brnabić temporarily took over the Ministry of Finance. This was after the previous minister resigned. She appointed Siniša Mali as the new Minister of Finance later that month. In July 2018, she hosted a ceremony in Washington, D.C. This event celebrated 100 years since the Serbian flag was raised in front of the White House.
In October 2019, she officially joined the ruling Serbian Progressive Party. On 25 October 2019, Brnabić signed a Free Trade Agreement. This agreement was between Serbia and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It allowed more Serbian products to be sold in the EAEU.
When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Serbia in March 2020, Brnabić was put in charge of the Health Crisis Committee. After a state of emergency was declared, her government introduced measures to control the outbreak. This included a curfew, which was the first in Serbia since World War II. In November 2021, Brnabić was elected as vice president of the Serbian Progressive Party. Her third government was elected on 26 October 2022.
She was elected president of the National Assembly of Serbia on 20 March 2024.
LGBT rights
After becoming prime minister, Brnabić said she wanted to focus on other reforms. She stated that she did not want to be known only as Serbia's gay prime minister. In September 2017, Brnabić attended the pride parade in Belgrade. She was the first Serbian prime minister to do so. At the event, she said that the government works for all citizens. She also said it would ensure that everyone's rights are respected.
Brnabić supports inheritance rights for same-sex couples. In February 2019, her partner, Milica Đurđić, gave birth to their son, Igor. In Serbia, same-sex marriage is not allowed by the constitution. Also, LGBT parenting is not fully regulated.
Awards
Ana Brnabić has received several awards. These awards recognize her work on development projects. They also acknowledge her efforts to promote socially responsible business and tolerance. She has been awarded the Order of the Republika Srpska. In 2024, she was named an honorary citizen of Šabac.
See also
In Spanish: Ana Brnabić para niños
- Prime Minister of Serbia
- First cabinet of Ana Brnabić
- Second cabinet of Aleksandar Vučić
- List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
- List of the first LGBT holders of political offices
- List of openly LGBT heads of state and government
Images for kids
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Brnabić with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to Serbia, 19 October 2019
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Brnabić with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, 28 September 2022
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