Milutin Mrkonjić

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| name = Milutin Mrkonjić

| native_name = {{No bold|Милутин Мркоњић}}

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| image = Milutin Mrkonjić Crop.jpg

| caption = Mrkonjić in 2011

| order =

| office = Minister of Transportation

| term_start = 27 July 2012

| term_end = 2 September 2013

| primeminister = Ivica Dačić

| predecessor = Himself

| successor = Aleksandar Antić

| office1 = Minister of Infrastructure and Energy

| term_start1 = 14 March 2011

| term_end1 = 27 July 2012

| primeminister1 = Mirko Cvetković

| predecessor1 = Himself
Petar Škundrić (Energy)

| successor1 = Himself
Zorana Mihajlović (Energy)

| office2 = Minister of Infrastructure

| term_start2 = 7 July 2008

| term_end2 = 14 March 2011

| primeminister2 = Mirko Cvetković

| predecessor2 = Velimir Ilić

| successor2 = Himself

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|5|23|1942|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|11|27|1942|5|23}}

| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia

| nationality = Serbian

| party = Socialist Party of Serbia

| partner = Ana Bekuta (2011–2021)

| spouse = Dragana Mrkonjić

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| residence = Belgrade, Serbia

| alma_mater = University of Belgrade

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Civil engineer

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Milutin Mrkonjić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Милутин Мркоњић}}; {{IPA|sh|milǔtin mr̩̂kɔɲitɕ|pron}}; 23 May 1942 – 27 November 2021) was a Serbian politician. He co-founded the Socialist Party of Serbia, together with Slobodan Milošević.

Education and career

Mrkonjić was born in 1942 in Belgrade, then occupied by Nazi Germany. His father was a Croatian Serb from the village of Bojna, near Glina, in the region of Banija.{{Cite web|last=Voja|title=Poreklo Milutina Mrkonjića - Poreklo|url=https://www.poreklo.rs/2021/11/28/poreklo-milutina-mrkonjica/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=www.poreklo.rs|date=28 November 2021 |language=sr-RS}}

Mrkonjić graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1968.{{cite web |title=Serbia: Presidential Elections — 2008 |url=https://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/about/programmes/nordem/publications/2008/0308.pdf |publisher=Norwegian Centre for Human Rights/NORDEM |page=5}} He was the first director of CIP - Institute of Transportation.{{cite web |title=Government of Serbia Vice-Presidents and Ministers |url=http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vlada/ministri.php |website=srbija.gov.rs |publisher=Government of Serbia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213052105/http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vlada/ministri.php |access-date=13 December 2011|archive-date=13 December 2011 }}

He was the head of the Reconstruction Agency after NATO bombing of FR Yugoslavia in 1999.

He ran for president in the 2008 election under slogans "Achievements speak for themselves" (Serbian: Дела говоре, Dela govore) and "Our Comrade!" (Наш друг! Naš drug!). Mrkonjić finished fourth with 5.97%.

On 8 May 2007, Mrkonjić became vice-president of the National Assembly of Serbia, and on 7 July 2008 he became Minister for Infrastructure in the Serbian government. He became the Minister for Infrastructure and Energy in March 2011.