Milutin Mrkonjić

Milutin Mrkonjić
Милутин Мркоњић
Mrkonjić in 2011
Minister of Transportation
In office 27 July 2012 – 2 September 2013
Prime Minister	Ivica Dačić
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Aleksandar Antić
Minister of Infrastructure and Energy
In office 14 March 2011 – 27 July 2012
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković
Preceded by	Himself Petar Škundrić (Energy)
Succeeded by	Himself Zorana Mihajlović (Energy)
Minister of Infrastructure
In office 7 July 2008 – 14 March 2011
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković
Preceded by	Velimir Ilić
Succeeded by	Himself
Personal details
Born	(1942-05-23)23 May 1942 Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Died	27 November 2021(2021-11-27) (aged 79) Belgrade, Serbia
Political party	Socialist Party of Serbia
Spouse	Dragana Mrkonjić
Domestic partner	Ana Bekuta (2011–2021)
Residence(s)	Belgrade, Serbia
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Civil engineer

Milutin Mrkonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Мркоњић; pronounced [milǔtin mr̩̂kɔɲitɕ]; 23 May 1942 – 27 November 2021) was a Serbian politician. He co-founded the Socialist Party of Serbia, together with Slobodan Milošević.

Education and career

Mrkonjić was born in 1942 in Belgrade, then occupied by Nazi Germany. His father was a Croatian Serb from the village of Bojna, near Glina, in the region of Banija.

Mrkonjić graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1968. He was the first director of CIP - Institute of Transportation.

He was the head of the Reconstruction Agency after NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia in 1999.

He ran for president in the 2008 election under slogans "Achievements speak for themselves" (Serbian: Дела говоре, Dela govore) and "Our Comrade!" (Наш друг! Naš drug!). Mrkonjić finished fourth with 5.97%.

On 8 May 2007, Mrkonjić became vice-president of the National Assembly of Serbia, and on 7 July 2008 he became Minister for Infrastructure in the Serbian government. He became the Minister for Infrastructure and Energy in March 2011.