Jeremic Joins Davos Young Global Leaders' List

Two Serbs, two Romanians, a Montenegrin and a Bosnian are on the World Economic Forum's list of young leaders, published in Davos on Wednesday.

The Serbs are Vuk Jeremic, President of the UN General Assembly, and Srdja Popovic, a founder of the "Otpor" movement against the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.

Igor Luksic, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, is also on the list, as is Almira Zejnilagic, the director of FTI Consulting in Bosnia.

The list also includes Romania's Dana Costache, Founder of MindSpeaker Global Culture and Leadership, and Codrut Pascu, Managing Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

The World Economic Forum honoured 199 young leaders from 70 countries for their professional accomplishments and commitment to society.

The Young Global Leaders Class of 2013 is comprises people from all sectors of society, with 50 per cent coming from business and 50 per cent from the arts and culture, academia, civil society, government, media and the non-profit sector; 42 per cent are women.

All are under 40, and each is asked to join the forum for a five-year period.

The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based near Geneva. Its mission is to engage business, political, academic and other leaders of society with a view to shaping global, regional and industry agendas.