Ambassador

AMBASSADOR`S CV
H.E. Mr. Zoran Markovic

Place and date of birth: Belgrade, Serbia, April 21 1966

Education: 1992 Graduated from the Faculty of Law

Languages: English and Greek

Career: 1992-1993 Legal adviser in a foreign trade company

1993-1995 Associate in the Federal Ministry of Human and Minority Rights of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 1995-1996 Third Secretary, MFA Department for Regional Cooperation and Minorities 1996-1998 Third Secretary in the Cabinet of the Minister, in 1998 promoted to the rank of Second Secretary 1998-2002 Second Secretary in the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Athens, in 1999 promoted to the rank of First Secretary 2002-2004 Counselor, Directorate for Consular Affairs 2003-2004 Secretary of the Working Group for harmonisation of visa regime of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro with the EU regulations and Schengen Agreement 2004-2005 Counselor, Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Minister, Deputy National Coordinator of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro for CARDS program 2005-2009 Counselor, Head of Consular Department in the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Athens 2009-2010 Counselor in the Department for Development, Diaspora and Social Agreements 2010 Member of the Working group for Kosovo and Metohija in the MFA and the member of the National Council of the Republic of Serbia for fight against illegal migrations 2010- 2011 First Counselor in the Department for Visa Policy, Migration and Diaspora 2011- 2013 Member of the Commission of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for monitoring the implementation of the free visa regime between the Republic of Serbia and European Union 2011- 2012 Minister Counselor, Head of Department for Visa Policy 2012-2013 Ambassador, Secretary General of the MFA 2013 Ambassador in the MFA November, 2013 – December, 2017 Consul General of the Republic of Serbia in Istanbul April 5, 2018 Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Turkey

0ther assignments: Participated in several international conferences in the areas of human rights, regional cooperation, fight against human trafficking (Royaumont Process, SECI, Adriatic-Ionian lnitiative, MARRI, SEECP, etc.). 2003 -2004 On behalf of the MFA participated in all expert meetings with the EU Delegation in Belgrade concerning Home and Justice Affairs 2010 -2011 Head of negotiations and the member of Serbian Delegations in several meetings on the implementation of free visa regime and readmission 2009-2012 On behalf of the MFA participated in the meetings of the Enhanced Permanent Dialogue with the European Commission within the Chapter 24 (Asylum, Visas and Migrations) 2010 -2012 Creator of the Visa Information System in the MFA

Publications: 1986 Situation in Kosovo in 1968 (Faculty of Law in Belgrade) 1993 Building of Nation and Subculture in the FRY (TOKAI University, Japan) 2003 Albanian Policy in the Balkans in Terms of the FRY Security Aspects (Counselor Thesis in the MFA)

Marital status: married, father of two children