Božidar Đelić, vice-president of the government of Republic of Serbia and minister for Science and Technological development, was born in 1965 in Belgrade (Serbia). He graduated at leading French business school „Hautes Etudes Commerciales“ at the Institute of Political Sciences and obtained his masters degree in financial management in 1991 from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

From 1991 till 1992, he has been working as consultant of the government of Russia, Romania and Poland for private and banking sector. From 1993 till 2000 he was a partner of McKinsey&Company, working as consultant in department of strategic management in Paris and in California.

As minister of finance and economy in the government of Serbia, in the period of 2001 till 2004 he established strong and competent administration in one the fastest and the most successful reforms of public finances in countries in transition. From 2005 till 2007 he was a director for Central Europe in Credit Agricole Group. In the period from May till July 2008 he was vice-president of the government of the Republic of Serbia. In the name of Serbia he signed Stabilisation and Association Agreement in Luxemburg on April 29, 2008. The World Economic Forum (DAVOS) recognized his achievements in business and politics by nominating him for young world leader for the period from 2005 till 2010.