Nemanja Starović,
Minister of European Integration
Born on 9 May 1982 in Novi Sad. He graduated from the Karlovci Gymnasium and obtained a Master’s in History from the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad in 2011.
He completed the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia in 2013.
He served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022, and as State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence from October 2022 to May 2024.
From May 2024 to April 2025, he was Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs.
He was Director of the Regional Development Agency Bačka d.o.o. in Novi Sad from 2016 to 2018, and Deputy Director from 2018 to 2021.
From 2014 to 2016, he worked as an associate in the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
In the City of Novi Sad, he served as a member of the City Council in charge of education from 2011 to 2012, Assistant to the Mayor in 2012, and a member of the City Council responsible for urban planning and environmental protection from 2012 to 2013.
He worked as a project manager at the public broadcasting service of Vojvodina, “RTV Vojvodina”, from 2010 to 2011, and as an authorised representative of the founder with the authority of the President of the Assembly of the company at PD “Energotehnika Južna Bačka” from 2006 to 2010.
He is the author of the collection of historical essays “Middle East, Short and Clear” [Bliski istok, kratko i jasno] (2014), and the novels “On the Other Side” [Sa druge strane] (2016) and “Divided City” [Podeljeni grad] (2018).
He is also the author of the TV programme “Foreign Affairs” [Ino-strane], aired on RTV Vojvodina’s First Channel.
He is a regular member of Matica srpska and the Association of Writers of Serbia.
He speaks English.
Married, father of three children.