COMMISSIONER
FOR INFORMATION OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

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COMMISSIONER
FOR INFORMATION OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION



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COMMISSIONER
FOR INFORMATION OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

ZlatkoPetrovic

Born in 1978 in Šabac.

Graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.

Passed the bar exam in 2005.

After graduation, he started working in the Municipal Court in Šabac, as a judicial intern.

From August 2003 to January 2013, he worked at the Ministry of Interior in Belgrade.

In the period from 2003 to 2006, he was engaged in Property and Legal Affairs in the Directorate for Joint Affairs of the Ministry of Interior.

In the period from 2006 to 2013, he held managerial positions in the service of Personnel Affairs and Labor Advocacy in the Human Resources Administration of the Ministry of Interior.

He performed the duty of a Disciplinary Officer and Lecturer at trainings organized by the Ministry of Interior.

During this period, he personally, through the development and implementation of several development projects, participated in changes in the human resources management system in the Ministry of Interior, which subsequently led to changes in the organizational structure of this ministry, as we know it today.

In January 2013, he started working in the Office of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, as an authorized person of the Commissioner in the Supervision Sector.

In September 2014, he became the head of the Department for Data Protection Supervision in Public Authorities, and subsequently took over the duty of the head of the Department for Data Protection Supervision in Government Bodies.

Since August 2015, he has been appointed by the Commissioner to the position of Assistant Secretary-General, in charge of the Sector for Supervision.

During this period, he participated in the implementation of some of the most important supervision procedures in the field of Personal Data Protection in the Republic of Serbia and launched several initiatives towards other Public Authorities, aimed to harmonize the legal framework in the field of Personal Data Protection.

Since 2015, he has been a lecturer in Personal Data Protection trainings, organized by the Human Resources Management of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. He is an accredited lecturer at the National Academy of Public Administration in the field of Personal Data Protection. He is a lecturer on a short study program at the Faculty of Security, University of Belgrade, for Personal Data Protection Managers. He is the author of several professional texts in the field of Personal Data Protection.

He was the candidate of the Republic of Serbia in the elections at the General Assembly of INTERPOL in 2021, for a Personal Data Protection expert in the CCF (Commission for Control of INTERPOL's Files), where he was shortlisted for this position.

From March 2022, he performs the duty of acting Assistant Secretary-General in the Sector for Reporting and Analytical Affairs.

He is fluent in English.