Biography of Vladimir Gak, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Vojvodina

Vladimir Gak was born in Inđija on June 26, 1981, where he completed primary and secondary school. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Novi Sad and earned the title of Bachelor of Laws, after which he passed the bar exam. Until assuming the office of the President of the Municipality of Inđija, he worked as an attorney in Inđija. He served as a councilor in the Assembly of the Municipality of Inđija in the 2004–2008 and 2012–2016 convocations. During his tenure as a councilor, he was a member of numerous standing and temporary working bodies of the Assembly of the Municipality of Inđija. From 2006 onwards, he worked continuously in managerial positions representing the interests of foreign investors from Cyprus, Russia, and Germany, primarily in the field of investments in the territory of the municipalities of Inđija, Ruma, Pećinci, and the cities of Belgrade and Novi Sad. He attended a series of seminars dedicated to media relations, improvement and efficiency of local self-government, and communal policy. In the period from 2016 to 2024, he served as the President of the Municipality of Inđija. During his eight-year mandate at the head of the Municipality of Inđija, over 26 new investments worth more than one billion euros were attracted. More than nine thousand new jobs were created in the territory of the municipality, which resulted in employees in Inđija having the highest average salary in the Srem District and the third highest in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. On September 11, 2024, he was elected President of the Chamber of Commerce of Vojvodina. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Executive Board of NALED (National Alliance for Local Economic Development). He was elected President of the Assembly of the Hunting Association of Vojvodina in 2021, a position he holds to this day. He has been the holder of the highest decoration of the Eparchy of Srem of the Serbian Orthodox Church since 2023 – the Order of Saint Bishop Maksim Branković. He is the recipient of numerous foreign and domestic awards in the fields of economy, culture, and sports. He lives in Inđija and is married to his wife Maja, with whom he has two daughters, Nastasja and Galina.