Tanja Miščević

Tanja Miščević (; born 6 August 1966) is a Serbian political scientist and professor who served as minister of European Integration from 2022 to 2025. An independent politician, she is best known for her work on the accession of Serbia to the European Union.

Born in Zemun, a Belgrade municipality, she graduated and earned her master's and doctorate at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade. She began working at the Faculty of Political Sciences in the 1990s, becoming a docent in 2003 and an associate professor in 2009. As of 2016, she works as a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences. She was the director of the Office for European Integration from 2005 to 2009; member of government's negotiating team regarding accession of Serbia to the European Union, and head of the negotiating team for the Visa Facilitation Agreement and Readmission Agreement between Serbia and the European Union. She also previously served as vice-president of the European Movement in Serbia and as a member and vice-president of the board of the Anti-Corruption Agency.

She served as the state secretary in the ministry of defence from 2010 to 2012, and was appointed director of the negotiating team regarding the accession of Serbia to the European Union in 2013. As the director, she emphasised on harmonising Serbia's foreign policy positions with the European Union and worked on implementing the reforms into law. She resigned from the role in 2019, after which she began working as deputy secretary general of Regional Cooperation Council until her appointment in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić in October 2022.

Early life Tanja Miščević was born on 6 August 1966 in Zemun, Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She finished her primary and secondary education in Zemun. She graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade in 1989, where she also earned her master's and doctorate.

Career

Faculty of Political Sciences Miščević began her work at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade in 1991 as a demonstrator for the English language, a role which she held until 1995, when she became an intern assistant. She worked as an assistant until 2003, when she became a docent. Between 2005 and 2009, she was the director of the Office for European Integration of the government of Serbia. she served in that role until July 2012, after which she served as a special secretary for European Integrations for Rasim Ljajić, who at the time served as deputy prime minister. She accepted the job shortly after in September 2013. As the director, she urged to implement the reforms into law, to enter the European Union as soon as possible. She also emphasised her support to harmonise Serbia's foreign policy positions with the positions of the European Union. She resigned from the role in September 2019.

She previously served as vice-president of European Movement in Serbia. From 2013 to 2019, she was the Chief Negotiator for the EU Accesion negociation.

Minister of European Integration It was announced on 23 October 2022 that Miščević would serve as the minister of European Integration in the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić. She was sworn in on 26 October. Miščević advocates for the accession of Serbia to the European Union, citing her support for a "modern, stable, and developed society, and equality".

In November 2022, Miščević announced that "Serbia will progressively adopt the visa policy of the Schengen Area" and that it will align its foreign and security policy with the European Union.

Personal life Miščević received the French National Order of Merit in 2017 due to her work on accession of Serbia to the European Union. She speaks English and Russian.

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