Maja Matija Ristić
Maja Matija Ristić was born in 1970 in Belgrade. She graduated from the Fifth Belgrade Hight School and earned her law degree from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. She obtained the title of Specialist in European Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, in cooperation with the European University Center in Nancy (Republic of France). She is a certified lecturer in legislative procedure.
She began her professional career in 1998 at the Intellectual Property Office, gaining experience in the field of industrial property rights as well as copyright and related rights. Since 2022, she has served as Head of the Minister's Cabinet at the Ministry of Culture and Information.
From 2003 to 2007, she worked as an Independent Advisor for normative affairs and public procurement at the Ministry of Culture. She participated in the drafting of the Law on Culture and the Law on Endowments and Foundations. From November 2008 to February 2009, she held the position of Head of the General Affairs Department within the same ministry.
In February 2009, she was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and subsequently, in March 2011, to the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry, and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia.
From August 2012, she worked as an Independent Advisor at the Ministry of Justice, where, as Head of the Group for Normative Affairs in the field of judicial professions, she participated in drafting the Law on Misdemeanors and the Law on Personal Data Protection.
In September 2016, she was appointed Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Ponikve Airports, Member of the Provisional Management Body of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers, and Member of the Supervisory Board of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers.
From October 2020 to October 2022, she served as Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Mining and Energy. In January 2021, she was elected Member of the Assembly of Elektrodistibucija Srbije d.o.o. Belgrade.
At the Ministry of Justice, she held the position of Head of the Civil Law Group as a Senior Advisor, from November 2022 to July 2024.
In June 2024, she was appointed Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation.
