Born in 1977 in Serbia. He graduated at the Faculty of Law at the Novi Sad University, Serbia, specialising in EU Private and Commercial Law. He did an internship with a private law firm from 2000-2002. He was a Higher Expert Associate at the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (APV) from 2002-2006. From 2006-2010, he was an assistant at the APV, Provincial Secretary for Regulations, Administrations and National Minorities. He was a Member of the Government of APV and Provincial Secretary for Education, Administration and National Communities from 2010-2012. From 2012 until his election to the European Parliament in 2014, he was Vice-President of the Government of APV responsible for Education, Administration and National Communities. MEP since 2014.