Acting Assistant Minister for Security Policy Ambassador Igor Kuželka

He was born on 4 February 1972 in Vršac.

He attended elementary school partly in Postojna (Republic of Slovenia), and then in Karlovac (Republic of Croatia), where he graduated from high school.

After completing his military service, he enrolled in the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, where he graduated (majoring in marketing) in 1997. For the next two years, he worked in the private sector as an international shipping agent.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 2000 as an intern.

Having completed training at the Diplomatic Academy, in May 2001, he was granted the rank of Attaché, working in the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation (portfolio: CEI, SECI regional initiatives) in the Multilateral Affairs Sector.

From November 2001 to March 2006, he served as Third and Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (State Union of Serbia and Montenegro) in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium (portfolio: political bilateral relations, negotiations on EUROCONTROL membership and other affairs).

From March to September 2006, he served as First Secretary in the Europe Department (Central European countries portfolio), and then until September 2008 as a coordinator of affairs in the Bilateral Cooperation Sector with the rank of Counsellor, which he was granted having passed the Counsellor exam in October 2007.

For the next four years, until September 2012, he served as First Counsellor in the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union in Brussels (political affairs - Council of the EU, European Commission, member states, following the work of PSC, COWEB, Technical Dialogue and other affairs).

After returning to the country, since September 2012, he served as an affairs coordinator in the Office of the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of Minister-Counsellor, obtained in 2013.

In the Security Policy Sector, since May 2015, he served as Head of Department for Common Security and Defence Policy, Security Challenges, and for a certain period, for Arms Control as well.

On 5 October 2023, he was appointed Acting Assistant Foreign Minister for Security Policy.

He speaks English and French.

He is married to Ljubica. They have a daughter, Maša, and a son, Uroš.