Goran Trivan

Goran Trivan (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Триван, born 1962) is a Serbian politician. He serves as the Minister of Environmental Protection since 29 June 2017. He is a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia since its foundation.

Goran Trivan
Горан Триван
Serbian environmental protection minister Trivan on green economy and systemic waste management in September 2017.
Minister of Environmental Protection
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 June 2017
Prime Minister	Ana Brnabić
Preceded by	Branislav Nedimović (Environment)
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office 11 February 1991 – 31 July 1991
Prime Minister	Dragutin Zelenović
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dragan Kićanović
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 57–58) Kladovo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Political party	Socialist Party of Serbia (1991–present)
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Occupation	Politician

He also served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in 1991, in the first convocation of the Government of Serbia.

Education and career

Trivan was born in Kladovo, SFR Yugoslavia in 1962, where he finished primary and secondary school. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Forestry. Being a member of Socialist Party of Serbia, he served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the first convocation of the Government of Serbia, from 11 February until 31 July 1991.[1]

Later he worked in national forestry company Srbijašume, where he later became executive director. Being a prominent ruling party member, he has served as the president and member of Steering committee of numerous national institutions in various fields.

In November 2001, year after the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, he was arrested for the suspicion of committing the criminal act of incitement, which damaged Kladovo-based youth camp for 6.5 million dinars.[2] He was later acquitted due to absolute obsolescence.

He was the head of Belgrade Secretariat for Environmental Protection from 2008 to 2017.[1]

2017–present: Minister of Environmental Protection

On 29 June 2017, he was named the Minister of Environmental Protection of Serbia in the cabinet of Ana Brnabić.[1]

In August 2017, Trivan has stated that Serbia, which significantly lags behind other European countries in the environmental protection, needs 15 billion euros of investments to put in order the field of environment.[3] He has also stated that his ministry will emphasize on projects (thus way generating more money from EU funds and foreign investments), better management of landfills and control of harmful gases and excretories.[3] In late August 2017, Trivan stated that it is primarily necessary to invest around 5 billion euros in wastewater treatment plants.[4] He has also criticized the sales of water sources in the past decade to foreign companies, saying that we are yet to see long-term incomprehensible consequences of such actions.[4]

References

1. "Biografije Ane Brnabić i ministara". n1info.com (in Serbian). Beta, Tanjug. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. "UHAPSEN FUNKCIONER SPS GORAN TRIVAN". b92.net (in Serbian). 19 November 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. "Trivan: Napredak Srbije usko vezan za životnu sredinu". n1info.com (in Serbian). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
4. "Trivan: Za životnu sredinu treba izdvojiti 15 milijardi evra". n1info.com (in Serbian). 27 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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Political offices
Preceded by Branislav Nedimović (Environment)	Minister of Environmental Protection 2017–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Position established	Minister of Youth and Sports 1991	Succeeded by Dragan Kićanović