Ambassador H.E. Ms. Aleksandra Kovač
Professional Experience:
2021 Named Ambassador of Serbia to Japan
2018 - 2021 Secretary General of the Commission of the Republic of Serbia for cooperation with UNESCO and Head of UNESCO Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2014 - 2018 Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Permanent Delegation to UNESCO – Paris
2013 - 2014 Director of Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012 - 2013 First Counsellor, Cabinet of Minister of Foreign Affairs
2011 - 2012 Counsellor, State Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006 - 2011 Third Secretary for Consular and Cultural Affairs, Embassy to Japan - Tokyo
2005 Third Secretary, Directorate for Asia, Australia and Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2004 Attaché, Embassy to United Kingdom - London
2003 - 2004 Attaché, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002 Trainee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Other Activities:
- Member of International Relations Commission of Olympic Committee of Serbia
- Member of Intergovernmental Coordinating Body for implementation of Management Plan for Stećci, World Heritage Site
- Member of National Committee for implementation of Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970)
- Co-author of „Little Guide of the History of Serbo-Japanese relations”, 2011.
Education:
- Graduated Faculty of Philology University of Belgrade
- Postgraduate studies of Japanese language in Osaka 2001, 2004-2005.
- Enrolled at PhD studies, Faculty of Drama Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade
- Scholarship of Fund for Young Talents, ministries of education and science of Serbia and Japanese Foundation
- Speaks English, Japanese and French language.