dr. sc. Nikola Popović

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  Nikola Popović was born in Zagreb in 1971. In 1995 he graduated at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb with the topic “The principle of division and unity of the public power”. In 2000 he obtained his LL.M. degree in EU law at the College of Europe, Bruges, with the topic “The liberalization of the telecommunications sector in the Republic of Croatia in the trial of the telecommunications market of the European Union”. In 2012 he obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb with the topic “Liberalisation of network activities in Croatia”. He passed the Bar exam. He is a member of the Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences.

  He works in the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries as Council member. He previously worked at the Rail Market Regulatory Agency as Council member. He has also worked at the Croatian Competition Agency as deputy chairman of the Council, and at the Council of Telecommunications as Council member. He has worked on the EU liberalization and competition policies in the Ministry of European Integration and on other professional activities. He is Secretary General at the Institute of Public Administration in Zagreb. He is a court interpreter for English and French.

  He participated in the preparation of the negotiations for Croatia’s EU membership as a member of the working group for the chapter on transport policy and in the preparation of several laws and regulations in the process of harmonization with EU law. He was programme manager on several projects, including twinning projects, financed by the EU. He teaches in several study programmes and has published a number of papers. He is interested in the areas competition policy, liberalization processes, and the role of government in the economy.