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Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski

Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Ђурђевић Стаменковски; born 21 July 1990) is a Serbian politician and political scientist serving as minister of family welfare and demography since 2024. She co-founded the far-right Serbian Party Oathkeepers in 2012 and is currently serving as its president.

Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski
Милица Ђурђевић Стаменковски
Đurđević Stamenkovski in 2022
Minister of Family Welfare and Demography
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2024
Prime MinisterMiloš Vučević
Preceded byDarija Kisić
Personal details
Born (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 34)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partySRS (2009–2012)
SSZ (2012–present)
SpouseStefan Stamenkovski
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade (no degree)
OccupationPolitician
NicknameMilica Zavetnica

Early life and education

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Đurđević Stamenkovski was born on 21 July 1990 in Belgrade. Her father is Rajko Đurđević [sr], a journalist, writer and publicist. She was a student at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences from 2009, before transferring to the Russian Institute for Diaspora and Migrations in 2020.[1] She falsely claimed in her biography that she graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences.[1]

Political career

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Đurđević Stamenkovski distinguished herself as the leader of ultranationalist protests, with the support of other right-wing organisations, in protests against the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence,[2][failed verification] the arrests of Radovan Karadžić and[3] Ratko Mladić,[4] the ICTY verdicts against Serbian war criminals, and the implementation of agreements on border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo,[5] as well as the Brussels Agreement.[6] She also participated in organising protests against the visit of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the ratification of the agreement between Serbia and NATO on cooperation in the field of logistical support.[7]

Đurđević Stamenkovski participated in the rally in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and at the rally in support of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. She was the leader of the list of the Serbian Party Oathkeepers for the 2014 Serbian parliamentary elections in a coalition with Borislav Pelević;[8] however, the list did not pass the required 5% threshold.[9] On 10 September 2017, she married Stefan Stamenkovski, president and founder of the Serbian Party Oathkeepers.[10]

She became a minister in SNS government in 2024, after elections held in 2023,[11] even though they were nominally a self-proclaimed opposition to SNS and Aleksandar Vučić.[12] The party Oathkeepers were accused before of being a fake opposition to SNS.[13] Đurđević Stamenkovski joined the government as Minister of Family Welfare and Demography in May 2024.[14]

Personal life

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Đurđević Stamenkovski is married to Stefan Stamenkovski. She gave birth to two children in June 2023.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b CINS (6 August 2024). "CINS otkriva: Milica Zavetnica lažirala da je završila FPN, status studenta izgubila 2020, pa upisala Ruski institut". Nova S.
  2. ^ "Održan miting "Kosovo je Srbija"". B92.net (in Serbian). 21 February 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ inbox-online.com. "Press Green". Press Online (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Протести у Београду и Новом Саду". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 27 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Protest u Beogradu zbog oslobađanja hrvatskih generala (FOTO) (VIDEO)". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 18 November 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Protest DSS-a protiv predloga sporazuma". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 27 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "ЗАВЕТНИЦИ: Велики протест против НАТО-а у центру Београда". ИСКРА. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. ^ "IZBORI 2014 – Zavetnici: Da se čuje glas naroda". RTV Šabac (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. ^ "2016 Izbori". 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. ^ "(VIDEO, FOTO) UDALA SE MILICA ZAVETNICA: Stefan pogodio jabuku iz prve, mitropolit Amfilohije pesmom mladencima poželeo sreću!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. ^ srbija.gov.rs. "Милица Ђурђевић Стаменковски". www.srbija.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  12. ^ Colic, Nina (4 April 2022). "Zavetnici: U parlamentu ćemo biti državotvorna opozicija, nema paktiranja i trulih kompromisa - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Lutovac: Zavetnici, NADA i Dveri su lažna opozicija - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Izglasana nova Vlada Srbije" [New government of Serbia has been elected]. Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  15. ^ Vulović, Neda (15 June 2023). "Porodila se Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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