Lazar Krstić

Lazar Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Крстић; born 1984) is a Serbian consultant. He served as the Minister of Finance in the Government of Serbia from 2013 to 2014.

Lazar Krstić
Лазар Крстић
Krstić in June 2014
Minister of Finance
In office 26 August 2013 – 12 July 2014
Prime Minister	Ivica Dačić Aleksandar Vučić
Preceded by	Mlađan Dinkić
Succeeded by	Dušan Vujović
Personal details
Born	1984 (age 40–41) Niš, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Yale University
Profession	Consultant

Education and early career

Krstić was born in Niš in 1984. He graduated from Yale University.^[1] After studies he worked for international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.^[1]

Political career

Krstić was appointed the Minister of Finance in the Government of Serbia on 26 August 2013, on the proposal of ruling Serbian Progressive Party.^[2] On 12 July 2014, he resigned from the position due to disagreements with Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić over the level of public sector salaries and pension reduction.^[3] During his tenure, he pushed for economic reforms, huge salaries and pension reduction, electricity price increase and other taxes for citizens.^[3]

Life after government duties

After leaving his government duties, he returned to his previous firm McKinsey & Company as consultant, and has since then been based in Geneva, Switzerland.^[1][4]