Dragan Stanojević, President of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus
Born in Pribojska Banja (Zlatibor District).
Obtained his BA from the University of Economics in Kiev. His speciality is ‘Business Management’.
In 1997 he formed the joint Yugoslav-Ukrainian company, ‘YUG¬UKR – Kontrakt’. He is currently the owner and President of the company.
Has been an activist for many years, since at least 1999 when he founded and became president of the first Serbian organisation on the Eurasian territory, ‘Sveti Sava’. He is the organiser of many conferences, round tables, rallies and performances within parliamentary and governmental institutions.
Participates in and organises a large number of media campaigns with a view to protecting Serbian interests, and is a promoter of the Serbian economy on this territory.
Known as a lobbyist in Serbian-Russian and Serbian-Ukrainian relations. He is influential and respected in the political and social life of these countries. Through his active role in politics he prevented the Ukraine from recognizing the secession of Kosovo. He has enjoyed a long and fruitful period of cooperation with Russian politicians. He organises visits for high-level political and state delegations.
He is the founder, chief thinker and sponsor behind the umbrella organisation ‘United Serbian Eurasian Diaspora’, which is registered and has international status. He has received many awards and acknowledgments.
He has homes in Kiev and Moscow.
Zvonimir Jovanović, Vice-President of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Switzerland
Founder and two-mandate president of the Serbian Cultural Club ‘Miloš Obilić’, Zurich.
Received a letter of appreciation from the Government of the Republic of Serbia for his engagement with the task of bringing the homeland and the diaspora together, and boasts numerous commendations and letters of gratitude from our clubs and associations.
Vice-President of the Serbian Cultural Association in Switzerland.
He lives and works in Zurich.
Priest Sasha Stojanović, Vice-President of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Australia
Ordained as deacon in 2007, in the temple of St. Sava in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, and before that as priest on the grounds of the St. Sava monastery near Canberra in 2004.
In 2008, he was appointed Head of the Church of St. Sava in Perth in line with the decision of the Bishop Irenaeus of Australia and New Zealand.
He lives and works in Perth.
Dušan Vidaković, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Germany
Born in Šekovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A businessman, he is the owner and publisher of the Frankfurt Serbian-language daily newspaper ‘Vesti’. He is active in the life of the Serbian community in Germany.
After he graduated from the Electro-Technical High School in Tuzla, he received a degree after studying for two years at the College of Economics in Belgrade.
Once a member of the Diaspora Council of the Federal Government (Serbia and Montenegro), as well as President of the Economic Cooperation Board.
Has made significant investments within Serbia, and intends to expand them even further.
He lives and works in Frankfurt.
Мićo Ćetković, Delegate of the Assemby of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Germany
Born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Graduated from a diplomatic school.
Currently Head of the Representative Office of Republika Srpska in Stuttgart.
One of the co-founders of the Union of Serbian Associations in Germany, he has long served as its President.
He lives and works in Stuttgart.
Dr Nened Josipović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, Germany
Obtained his BA from the Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt in 2009.
Since 2006, hehasworkedattheUniversityClinicinFrankfurt (‘Cardiochirurgia‘).
Member of the Serbian-German Medical Association, the Multiple Sclerosis Patients Association, and the German Association in the United Nations.
Speaks German and English.
He lives and works in Frankfurt.
Milan Čobanov, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, Germany
Ljiljana Milović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Middle and South America
In 1974, she obtained her BA from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Buenos Aires.
Completed post-graduate studies in 1975, at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the ‘Universidad del Salvador’ higher education institution in Buenos Aires.
Possesses many years of experience as both a full-time and associate professor.
Lives and works in Buenos Aires.
Јеlena Vujić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Benelux
Obtained her BA from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade.
Since October 1999, she has worked in the project bureau for designing and building the high-speed ‘Tuc Rail’ in Brussels – in the Department for Strong Current as a project engineer.
Active in the field of supplementary education in the Serbian language.
She lives and works in Mechelen.
Кruniša Bleki Stojković, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Denmark
Born in Ljubičevac (Kladovo Municipality).
Obtained his BA from the Faculty of Economics in Denmark.
Has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Denmark since 1988.
Currently the first supplementary member of the Socialdemokrats in the Hillerod Assembly.
Has been a member of the Union of Serbian Associations in Denmark since 2006.
He lives and works in Hillerod.
Danica Krstic, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Italy
Obtained her BA from Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philosophy in 2004.
She is a student at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy in Trieste, in the ‘History of Art’ department.
In the period from 2006-2009 she organised many exhibitions in Trieste.
She lives and works in Trieste.
Bоris Maksimović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Norway and Finland
For 10 years, he has been an active member of the church board and a trustee for the regions of Oppland and Hedmark, and for the past 5 years he has been the Secretary for the parish of St. Basil of Ostrog.
In cooperation with the Red Cross of Serbia, he organises the traditional campaign to bring children from Kosovo and Metohija to Norway so that they might recover.
Manages the Serbian school in Lillehammer, for which he was awarded the Golden Pin in 2008 by the Cultural-Educational Association of Serbia.
He lives and works in Lillehammer.
Siniša Tucaković, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Spain and Portugal
Branka Kubeš MA, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
Graduate Philologist, Literary Historian, Translator, Publicist and Journalist.
Obtained her Master’s degree in 1993.
President of the ‘St. Sava’ Serbian Association, for the Serbian minority in the Czech Republic.
Written professional pieces of work in the field of Serbian and Macedonian language and literature, and is the author of 35 translated books.
She lives and works in Prague.
Saša Domazet, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Turkey, Countries of the Near East, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait
Obtained his BA from Belgrade University’s Faculty of Architecture in 1998.
Many years of experience designing for architecture companies, in Derventa (Republika Srpska) and Chicago.
Currently works in one of the leading design companies in the Middle East, ‘KEO International Consultants’.
Active in organising the first Serbian Association in the United Arab Emirates.
He lives and works in Abu Dhabi.
Zoran Bogdanović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; China and Asian Countries
Obtained his BA from the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences in Belgrade – Department of Tourismological Sciences.
Within the Serbian community in Beijing, he participates in and plans many activities: humanitarian campaigns, organising gatherings of Serbs in China, sponsoring sporting events, as well as being actively involved in working visits from high-level delegations from Serbia.
Speaks English, French and Chinese.
He lives and works in Beijing.
Аrchimandrite Pantelejmon Jovanović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; the Republic of South Africa and Other African Countries
Ordained Archimandrite.
The Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, with the blessing of His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Paul, sent him to serve in Johannesburg in 2002, at the temple of the ‘Holy Apostle Thomas’, the only Serbian church on the African continent. This he successfully rejuvenated both spiritually and materially.
Founded the now quintessential parish magazine ‘Svetosavsko Ognjište’.
Founded the ‘Sveti Sava’ Serbian language supplementary school, which is to be found on the premises of the temple of ‘St. Thomas the Apostle’.
He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Ljubomir Aleksov, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Hungary
History Professor by occupation.
Mayor of the Lorev municipality since 1990.
Vice President of the Self-Governing Serbs in Hungary from 1995 to 2007.
Since 2007, he has been President of the Self-Governing Serbs in Hungary, an umbrella organisation consisting of Serbs in Hungary.
He lives and works in Budapest.
Nikola Todorović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Slovenia
Born in Gornji Skipovac (Republika Srpska).
Obtained his BA from the Law Faculty in Ljubljana.
Since 2005, he has held the position of Secretary in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
One of the founders of the cultural-artistic society ‘Mladost’ in Ljubljana.
Secretary of the Union of Serbian Associations in Slovenia.
He lives and works in Ljubljana.
Čedomir Visnjić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Croatia
Мilutin Micović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Montenegro
Published around 350 essays with cultural-anthropological and political subject matter. He is the author of numerous reviews and prefaces.
Received the Order of ‘V. V. Bolotov ‘ in 2010 (state award of Russia, for Science and the Orthodox culture).
President of the literary society ‘Njegoš’.
Vice President of the Writers’ Association of Montenegro.
He lives and works in Nikšić.
Pavlo Jakoja Brajović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Albaniа
Gordana Stojkovska Jović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Macedonia
Г Ј С је рођена у Грделици 1961 г., председник је Српске заједнице у Македонији. Професионално се бави књижевношћу, а осим писања и превођења ради као управник Издавачког центра Слово љубве. Члан је Удружења књижевника Србије и Друштва писаца Македоније. За свој књижевни рад је добила више државних и међународних награда, а њена књижевна дела су преведена на много језика.
За делегата Скупштине је кандидирана од стране Националног савета Срба у Македонији.
Мilisav Aleksić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; France
Born in Godečevo (Kosjerić Municipality).
Graduated from the Pedagogic Academy and obtained his BA from the Law Faculty.
He has been a longtime activist behind associations for the Serbian diaspora. He has also organised Serbian language schools in France.
Awarded the ‘Recognition of the City of Paris’ by the French President Jacques Chirac, for coordinating between Yugoslav and French citizens.
He was awarded the Order of the President of Serbia and Montenegro, and in 2005 he received the Republic of Serbia’s ‘Medal of Benevolence’.
He has been President of the Assembly of the Diaspora of Serbs in France for many years.
He lives and works in Paris.
Vidoje Purić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; France
Born in 1952 in Donji Dobric near Loznica.
He is President of the ‘Kozara’ club in Carpentras, and founder of the school for the Serbo-Croatian language in Carpentras and Fréjus.
He is one of the founders and signatories of the Congress of Serbs of Europe, in Zurich, as well as a founding member of the Assembly of the Diaspora in the Lyon Area.
He is Vice President of the Assembly of the Serbian Diaspora in France.
He lives and works in Saint-Tropez.
Dr Jasmina Wellinghoff, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; USA
Studied in Serbia, France, Italy and the United States, and holds a PhD from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland – Department of Material Science and Engineering.
Received many awards as a journalist, critic and columnist, and has over 20 years of experience in the field of art, health and medicine, social sciences and business.
Author of over 2,000 articles, and hundreds of works of criticism.
Currently works as a journalist, columnist and critic for several U.S. magazines.
She lives in San Antonio (Texas).
Dragan Milošević, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; USA
Graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the Loyola University of Chicago in 1996, and from the Faculty of Law in 2000.
Passed the National Legal Exam in New York, and then also in Illinois.
Since May 2002 he has worked in the law office at Schiff Gorman Krkljes.
He was nominated for inclusion by the Serbian National Defense.
He lives and works in Chicago.
Slobodan Mitrović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; USA
Slobodanka Vukotić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Sweden
Graduated in Economics from the University of Stockholm in 1974.
Since 1972, she has been active with the Association of Serbs in Sweden.
One of the founders of the Committee for Promoting the Truth About Events in Our Region, she still works actively on that endeavour.
She lives and works in Sweden.
Srdjan Mladenović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Sweden
Born in Jonkoping, Sweden.
Studied Political Science at the universities of Lund and Uppsala, and also at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade.
Completed post-graduate studies in Political Sciences at the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm.
President of the Union of Serbian Youth in Sweden.
He lives and works in Stockholm.
Мirjana Lazić MA, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Obtained her BA from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade.
Obtained her Master’s degree from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade (History of Literature Department).
Since 2003, she has taught Italian at English colleges.
A member of the Executive Board of the Serbian Society in the UK, acting as co-ordinator of Education.
She lives and works in London.
Željko Vraneš, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; United Kingdom
Born in Belgrade, municipality Savski Venac in 1960.
Education: Faculty of aggroculture in Zemun, NEBOSH in Construction – University of North London.
Друштвени рад у Србији:
Lives and works in UK since 1989, manager in construction firm “Keepmoat”.
Tenor in the church choir “Sveti Sava”. Secretary of the Serbian society. Founder of Association of Serbian painters in the United Kingdom
Borislav Kapetanović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Austriа
Born in Vareš, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Graduated from the Austrian School of Insurance.
Vice President of the Union of Serbs in Austria since 2005.
President of the Community of Serbs in Vienna since 2008.
He lives and works in Vienna.
Dr Radivoje Petrikić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Austriа
Obtained his BA from the Law Faculty in Vienna in 1993.
In 2000, he established an international law company in Belgrade and took over management of the CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz subsidiary.
Legal consultant to several major privatisation projects in the Western Balkans.
He lives and works in Vienna.
Archpriest – Stavrofor Dragan Mićić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Austriа
Born in the village of Konjuša (Osečina Municipality).
In 1988 he was ordained as a deacon, and after that as a presbyter.
Entered service in the parish at Linz in 1988.
Awarded the right to wear the red belt in 1992, then the dignified role of archpriest’s deputy in 1997, after which he was ordained as an archpriest in 2004, and in 2005 he was awarded the Archpriest’s Gramata.
Since 1993, he has taught religious classes in regular Austrian schools.
He lives and works in Linz.
Živko Marković, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Switzerland
Master of Literature and Historical Sciences.
Professor of Serbian language and Literature in Switzerland.
Researcher at the Institute for Literature and Art in Belgrade.
Founder of the Serbian Cultural Association in Switzerland.
Conducted many years of work with the youngest members enrolled in supplementary Serbian language education in Switzerland.
Published several professional and scientific papers, and authored and co-authored several books dealing with the position of the Serbian diaspora around the world.
President of the Serbian Cultural Association in Switzerland.
He lives and works in Zurich.
Boban Petković, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Switzerland
Бобан Петковић рођен је 16.07.1973. године у Врању. Основну школу и гимназију „Бора Станковић“ завршава у родном месту. у Аустралију ради усавршавања енглеског језика на ЕФ Институту (“EF” International Language Schools Sydney) у Сиднеју. Априла 1999 одлази у Аустралију ради усавршавања енглеског језика на ЕФ институту. Након повратка из Аустралије уписује студије теологије на Богословском Институту при Богословском факултету Универзитета у Београду, где 2007. дипломира и стиче звање „Православног вероучитеља“ (Катихете). У јуну месецу 2012. завршава постдипломске студије при Институту за религију, политику и економију Универзитета у Луцерну.
Говори немачки, служи се енглеским и руским језиком.
Ожењен, отац двоје деце.
Zoran Ćurčić, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Eastern Canadа
Has lived in Canada for 38 years.
Founder of the company Zoran Properties Inc., which operates successfully in Toronto.
An active member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Successfully organized the construction of the largest church in North America, in Mississauga.
Founder and organiser of the gala Academy ‘Sveti Sava’. One of the founders of the Canadian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce. Received the Order of ‘Sveti Sava’ in the third degree, for volunteer work and contributions to and on behalf of the Serbian community in Ontario.
He lives and works in Toronto.
Graduated from the University of Technology in Sydney. Began his career as a product expert, and later as a manager of products for Tektronix, Australia, where his work was commended through a number of honours and awards. Years of experience in the field of trade and strategic marketing of technology. A member of the Board and Executive Director of the organisation ‘Serbs for Justice and Democracy Australia’. A member of the organisation ‘Sveti Sava’, which he represents as a delegate to the Council of Ethnic Communities in New South Wales. He lives and works in New South Wales. Graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Journalism and Information, at the University of Belgrade in 1996. Specialised at the International Academy of Journalism – ‘Olof Palme & European House’ International Centre – Budapest/Stockolm in 2001. PhD candidate at the Western University of Timisoara since 2010. In the period from 1992 to 2005 he collaborated with many renowned Romanian print and electronic media outlets, such as: Radio Timisoara, Radio Europa FM, Prima TV, the weeklies ‘Privirea’, ‘Fapte’, ‘Dilema Veche’ and others. In the period from 1993 to 2000 he published over 500 newspaper, radio and television reports, and made a number of TV reports from the front lines in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo and Metohia. During his career he has edited more than 300 daily TV shows, and more than 500 weekly TV shows of various genres and formats. A member of the Governing Council of Romanian National Television (a public service) since 2007. He is married and has two daughters. Born in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Obtained his BA in Psychology from Victoria University. Obtained his Master’s degree from Victoria University on the topic of ‘Trauma and Treatment of Adolescent Refugees.’ Studied the Chinese language, successfully graduating in 2008. He lives and works in Melbourne.Branislav Popović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Western Canada
Dragan Milovanović, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Australia
Rajko Kornja, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Romaniа
Slobodan Bendjo, Delegate of the Assembly of the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region; Australiа