CURRICULUM VITAE
AMBASSADOR DRAGAN ZUPANJEVAC
BORN: 23 FEBRUARY 1955 FRANKFURT UPON MAINE GERMANY
EDUCATION: GRADUATED AT FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE 1977. COMPLETED POST GRADUATE MASTERS STUDIES AT EUROPA INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM LAW SCHOOL, THE NETHERLANDS, 1984. GRADUATED AT DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SFR YUGOSLAVIA 1989.
PRPOFESSIONAL CAREER:
2017 TILL PRESENT: AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA TO KENYA, UGANDA, RWANDA, BURUNDI, ERITREA. UNION OF COMOROS AND F.R. SOMALIA. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO UNEP AND UNHABITAT IN NAIROBI.
2013-2016: AMBASSADOR IN THE SECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION IN MFA COORDINATOR OF SERBIA’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, RELATIONS WITH UN AGENCIES AND THE MIGRANT CRISIS. MEMBER OF UN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON FINANCING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
2009- 2013: AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA TO THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ( NONRESIDENTIALY)
2007-2009: CHARGE D’AFFAIRES, MINISTER COUNSELLOR IN THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON
2005- 2007: MINISTER COUNSELLOR IN THE EMBASSY OF SERBIA MONTENEGRO/ REPUBLIC OF SERBIA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON.
2001-2004: MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR THE AMERICAS IN MFA OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA/SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.
2000- 2001: CHARGE D’AFFAIRES, MINISTER COUNSELLOR IN THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.
1998- 2000: HEAD OF CABINET OF THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.
1997-1998: DIRECTOR OF DIRECTORATE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.
1990- 1997: COUNSELLOR IN THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE SFRY/FRY TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK.
1989-1990: FIRST SECRETARY IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR NON ALIGNED AFFAIRS IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN THE PREPERATION OF THE 9TH SUMMIT OF THE NON ALLIGNED MOVEMENT.
1978-1988: SECRETARIAT/ COMMITTEE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SERBIA. PROMOTED FROM POSITION OF TRAINEE TO ADVISOR OF THE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
