CONFEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS
TRADE UNIONS OF SERBIA

LJUBISAV ORBOVIĆ, was born in 1960 in Belgrade. He started his successful career as Secretary, then President of the Company Trade Union Organization in ’Rekord’ rubber factory. Later on he was elected member of the Presidency and Council of Rakovica Municipal Trade Union Confederation. He was also a member of the City Council of the Autonomous Trade Union of Chemistry and Non-Metal Workers of Belgrade. Afterwards Orbovic became President of the Sectorial Committee for Rubber Industry in the Autonomous Trade Union of Chemistry and Non-Metal Workers of Serbia and later he was elected Secretary and then President of that Federation. At the same time he was a member of Belgrade City Trade Union Confederation. He was twice Vice President of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (CATUS) and a member of the Executive Board of the World Federation of Industrial Workers (WFIW). He was elected President of the CATUS on September 26, 2007. Orbovic is currently also a member of the Social and Economic Council of Serbia, National Board for Employment and EU Integration Council. He was re-elected President with five year mandate both at XIV and XV Congress held in May 2010 and May 2015.