Acting Assistant Minister - Center for Analytics and Information, Ambassador Željko Jović

Born on January 9, 1974, in Belgrade, Željko Jović graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, majoring in International Relations. He completed his Master's and Doctoral degrees at the same faculty, focusing on topics related to foreign policy and security.

He began his professional career as a volunteer at the Yugoslav Committee of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of FR Yugoslavia for cooperation with UNMIK in Pristina (in the then-PIV KiM). From 2003 to 2013, he worked at the Security Information Agency (BIA).

From 2013 to 2014, he served as the Chief of the Department for Analytics and Support to Foreign Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 2014 to 2019, he was the Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of Serbia, and from 2019 to 2024, he served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Bulgaria.

Since July 2024, he has been an ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.

Since 2010, he has been engaged as a lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he leads the course "Security in International Relations," teaching subjects such as "Contemporary Crisis Hotspots," "Contemporary Security Challenges, Risks, and Security Threats," and "Energy Security."

He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Academy for National Security in Belgrade, teaching "Ecological and Energy Security." He has also been a visiting lecturer in the Master's program in Ecological Policy at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and at the Faculty of Security in Belgrade.

He has published numerous works in the fields of ecological terrorism, ecology, energy security, international relations, security, and medieval Serbian history.

In December 2024, he was appointed as the Acting Assistant Minister for the Center for Analytics and Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He is married and the father of two children.

He speaks English and Bulgarian.