May 31, 2011

Showing the way

The man in 10B was short with dark hair. He looked vaguely familiar, like that kid in the back of your middle school math class.

He sat down and I realized that I was sitting next to Bozidar Delic (Božidar Đelić), the Vice-Prime Minister of Serbia and minister in charge of Science and Technological Development. One of the most powerful men in Serbia.

I am impressed that this man, whom I met briefly in his office a few months ago, flies economy without a bodyguard or entourage, and, to a lesser extent, that he remembers what I am working on (a small project in a politically crucial city, but a small project nonetheless).