Milan Parivodić Serbian

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 Cyrillic  Милан Париводић (born in 1966 in Belgrade

Belgrade

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) was the Minister of International Economic Relations in the Government of Serbia

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 and also for a short period the acting Minister of Finance in 2006-07. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

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. His Ph.D. thesis was Franchising Contracts.

He worked as a consultant for the World Bank

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 and other institutions. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia

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. He speaks English

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 and is married with two children.

He was appointed as a Minister on October 19, 2004 replacing Predrag Bubalo

Predrag Bubalo

Predrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations....

who became minister of industry and privatization.