Aleksandar Popović, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (Александар Поповић; born in 1971 in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

) is a Serbian politician and the former Minister of Energy and Mining and previously Minister of Science and Environment.

Internationally educated Popović completed elementary school in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, before moving to Moscow

Moscow

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 where he finished high school. Returning home for college he obtained a degree from University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

's Faculty of Chemistry. During mid-90s he moved abroad again, this time to Tallahassee, FLA where in 1996 he earned his MA

Master's degree

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 from Florida State University

Florida State University

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. Finally in 2002 he added a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...

 to his academic resume from Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, where he also currently works as an assistant professor

Professor

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.

He is the vice-president of Democratic Party of Serbia

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. He was a track and field

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 runner, a national champion and record-holder in various disciplines.