Žarko Obradović

Žarko Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Обрадовић, pronounced [ʒǎːrko obrǎːdoʋitɕ]; born 1960) is a Serbian politician who was Minister of Education in the Government of Serbia from 2008 to 2013.

He holds a position of Lecturer at the Megatrend University and the Dean at the University’s Faculty of Public Administration.

Apart from his native Serbian, Obradović speaks English fluently and has a working knowledge of French. He is married, and a father of two daughters.

Born at Ivangrad in Montenegro, Obradović graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, where he later also received his MA and PhD. He published two books and ten papers.

From 1998 until 2000, he was Deputy Minister for Local Self-Government and in the Interim Government, while from October 2000 until January 2001 he held a position of Deputy Minister of Higher Education.

He has been MP since 2001. He was President and Deputy President of the Socialist Party of Serbia caucus in the Serbian parliament and has been Deputy President of the Socialist Party of Serbia from December 2006.

On 7 July 2008 he was appointed Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Mirko Cvetković, and held that position in the Cabinet of Ivica Dačić as well until Cabinet reshuffle in 2013.