President of CIRSD, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly

Mr. Vuk Jeremić is the President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD). In June 2012, Mr. Jeremić was directly elected by the majority of world’s nations to be the President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, in the first contested vote since the end of the Cold War. Mr. Jeremić served as Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2012. In 2007, he chaired the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, representing the Committee before the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly. Prior to becoming Foreign Minister, Mr. Jeremić served as an advisor to the President of Serbia and various government ministries. Before entering public service, Mr. Jeremić worked in London for Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Jeremić led Serbia’s successful campaign for the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015.

Mr. Jeremić holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Cambridge University and a master’s degree in Public Administration/International Development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.