Danica Grujičić

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{{Short description|Serbian health minister since 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Danica Grujičić

| native_name = Даница Грујичић

| native_name_lang = sr

| image = Danica Grujičić.png

| caption = Grujičić in 2019

| office = Minister of Health

| primeminister = Ana Brnabić

| term_start = 26 October 2022

| term_end = 2 May 2024

| predecessor = Zlatibor Lončar

| successor = Zlatibor Lončar

| party = {{ubl|DS (2004–2011)|{{abbr|SDS|Social Democratic Alliance}} (2011–unknown)}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Titovo Užice, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia

| alma_mater = University of Belgrade

| occupation = {{hlist|Neurosurgeon specialist|politician}}

| profession = Neurosurgeon

}}

Danica Grujičić ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Даница Грујичић}}; born 30 August 1959) is a Serbian doctor, neurosurgeon specialist, and politician who served as minister of health from 2022 until 2024.{{Cite web |last=Sovrlić |first=Sanja |date=23 October 2022 |title=Predloženi ministri: Martinović, Gašić, Vesić, Negre, Grujičić |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/u-toku-sednica-go-sns-ocekuju-se-imena-ministara/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}{{Cite web |title=ČISTKA U VLADI Ko je sve ostao bez ministarske fotelje? {{!}} Društvo i ekonomija |url=https://direktno.rs/vesti/drustvo-i-ekonomija/524453/vlada-srbije-ministri-ko-je-ostao-bez-fotelje.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Direktno |language=sr}}

A member of the Democratic Party (DS) from 2004 to 2011, she left DS in 2011{{Cite web|date=14 February 2022|title=Prva na listi SNS-a Danica Grujičić: Profesorka za promene na mozgu|url=https://www.vreme.com/vesti/prva-na-listi-sns-a-danica-grujicic-profesorka-za-promene-na-mozgu/|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Vreme|language=sr-RS}} and was elected vice president of the Social Democratic Alliance (SDS).{{Cite web|title=Danica Grujičić|url=https://www.istinomer.rs/akter/danica-grujicic/|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Istinomer|language=sr-RS}} Grujičić participated in the 2012 Serbian presidential election, finishing last with 0.78% of the votes.{{Cite web|title=Konačni rezultati prvog kruga|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/1950/izbori-2012/1099120/konacni-rezultati-prvog-kruga.html|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Radio televizija Srbije}} In February 2022, she became affiliated with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and it was announced that she would be the ballot carrier of the SNS-led coalition's Together We Can Do Everything ballot list in the 2022 parliamentary election.{{Cite web|title=Vučić nosilac svih lista SNS, Danica Grujičić prva na republičkoj|url=https://www.glasamerike.net/a/sns-izbori-vucic/6439770.html|access-date=15 February 2022|website=Glas Amerike|language=sr}} She is the current head of the Center for Neuro-oncology of the Neurosurgical Clinic of the Clinical Centre of Serbia and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade.

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