Jelena Tanasković

• Banker
• politician

Jelena Tanasković
Јелена Танасковић
Tanasković in February 2023
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy
In office 26 October 2022 –2 May 2024

Jelena Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic : Јелена Танасковић; born 1976) is a Serbian banker and politician who served as minister of agriculture, forestry and water economy from 2022 to 2024.

Early life

Jelena Tanasković was born in 1976 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ^[1] She finished her primary, secondary studies, as well as basic studies of economics in Belgrade. ^[1]

Career

She began her career in a privately held external trading firm in the finance sector in 2003; she later worked as a banker for NLB Group for ten years. ^[1] In 2017, she was appointed as the secretary of finance for Belgrade. ^[1] A year later, she became the state secretary in the minister of finance, ^[1] during which she was a close associate of Siniša Mali. ^{[2] [3]} In 2020, she was named member of the executive board of Dunav osiguranje and as the state secretary in the ministry of environmental protection. ^{[1] [4]}

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy

It was announced on 23 October 2022 that Tanasković would serve as the minister of agriculture, forestry and water economy in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić. She was sworn in on 26 October, succeeding Branislav Nedimović. ^{[5] [6] [7]} She was succeeded by Aleksandar Martinović on 2 May 2024.

Political positions

Tanasković declared that "environmentalism is one of the three key priorities of the country" in July 2021. ^[8]

Personal life

Tanasković is married and has two children. ^[1]

References

1. "Odluka o izboru Vlade i biografije predloženih članova Vlade" (PDF). National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
2. "Ovo su ministri u vladi Republike Srbije: Pročitajte njihove biografije". Srbija Danas (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "Još jedan slučaj u Vladi, zaražena bliska saradnica Siniše Malog". Nedeljnik (in Serbian). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
4. Račić, Ljubinka (23 October 2022). "Biografija svih predloženih ministara za novu Vladu Srbije". Telegraf (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
5. "Aleksandar Vučić: Ovo su ministri nove Vlade". Vreme (in Serbian). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
6. Đurić, Dimitrije (23 October 2022). "Vlada Srbije za sada bez Vulina, Mihajlović i Lončara - a ko su novi ministri?". N1 (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
7. "Druga posebna sednica Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije u Trinaestom sazivu". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
8. "Jelena Tanasković: Ekologija je jedan od tri prioriteta države". Čačanski Glas (in Serbian). 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.