Béla Bálint

Béla Bálint (born 26 July 1952) is a Serbian haematologist, academic who has served as Minister of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation since 16 April 2025. He is also a member of the founding committee of the People's Movement for the State.

Early life and education Bálint was born in Ostojićevo on 26 July 1952 to Hungarian parents. He obtained his master's degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Novi Sad in 1984, his doctorate from the Military Medical Academy in 1997, specialized in transfusiology in 1983, and completed a subspecialization in haematology in 2007.

Career Bálint has worked at the transfusiology Institute of the Military Medical Academy (MMA) since 1980, as an experimental haematologist at the Institute for Medical Research of the University of Belgrade since 1996, as a full professor at the MMA since 2005, as a visiting professor at the medical faculties in Niš and Banja Luka, as a professor at the European School of Transfusion Medicine in Milan, and as the head of the transfusiology Institute of the MMA since 2010.

Social/Political career In March 2017, he signed a proclamation of support for presidential candidate Aleksandar Vučić. In February 2018, ahead of the Belgrade elections, he supported the list “Aleksandar Vučić – Because We Love Belgrade.”

Awards In 2024, he was awarded the Sretenje Order, by president Vučić.