Marko Nikolić, PhD

PERSONAL DATA:
Date of birth: 02/28/1975
Place of Birth: Belgrade
Citizanship: Republic of Serbia
Nationality: Serbian
Marital status: Married, 3 Children

WORK EXPIRIENCE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 2025 –)
Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in Chicago
Consul General

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (February 2025 –)
Minister Adviser

Government of the Republic of Serbia (December 2015 – January 2025)
Administration for Churches and Religious Communities
Ministry of Justice
Assistant Director
Member of numerous inter‒state commissions and working groups

Institute for International Politics and Economics (IIPE), Belgrade (June 2001‒ December 2015)
Research Fellow
Editor-in-chief of “Review of International Affairs” (RIA) Journal
Coordinator of IIPE Ambassador’s Forum

EDUCATION

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Department for Sociology of Religion (November 2006 – November 2010)
PhD Dissertation
Specialized in Relations of Serbian Orthodox Church with Vatican and Roman Catholic Church in the second part of 20th Century

University of Rome “La Sapienza”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Rome
(February 2002 – September 2003)
Masters in State Management and Humanitarian Affairs
Specialized in EU Common and Security Policy

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences (October 1993 – July 1998)
BA International Relations
Specialized in Enlargement NATO to the East

Belgrade Gymnasium in Zemun (September 1989 – June 1993)

Elementary School “Duško Radović“, New Belgrade (1989)

BOOKS, PAPERS, CERTIFICATES, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

Religion and Law in Serbia, Walters Kluwer, 2022 (book)

Ekumenski odnosi SPC i RKC 1962‒2000, Sluzbeni glasnik RS, 2011 (book)

Seminar for Government Officials, National Academy for Public Administration, Belgrade (February 2023 ‒ December 2023)

Ethics and Integrity, Anticorruption Agency of Serbia, 2021, (certificate)

CIRPS, Rome (September 2003 ‒ December 2003)
Specialized in „Politiche d’Immigrazione ed Occupazione“ (certificate)

CIRPS, Rome (April 2005 ‒ June 2005)
Specialized in „Lo Sviluppo Sostenibile“ (certificate)
Coordinator for Serbia

Published over 30 scientific papers and articles, participated in many scientific conferences (2002‒2015)

Coordinator of several International scientific conferences organized by IIPE (2011‒2013)

Initiator and participant of establishing international scientific cooperation of IIPE with familiar institutions in China, Slovenia, Finland, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, etc.

TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILS

Youths Basketball Champion of Serbia (1991)
Serbian Air Forces, Corporal (December 1998 – December 1999)
Passed State exam October 2015
Passed Diplomatic and consular exam (March 2025 ‒ April 2025)
Foreign Languages: English (fluent), Italian (fluent), French (basic), Russian (basic)