Sonja Licht

Sonja Licht (Serbian: Sonja Liht, Соња Лихт, Hebrew: סוניה ליכט, born 1947 in Subotica, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian sociologist and political activist.

Born to Jewish parents Antun and Susana Licht, she obtained a diploma in sociology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.

[1] She is currently president of Beogradski fond za političku izuzetnost (Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence).

The aim of this non-governmental organization is to educate young Serbian politicians, MPs and party leaders, in order to facilitate the transition toward democracy and EU membership.

Previously, for more than a decade (1991–2003), she was the president of another non-governmental organization — Fond za Otvoreno Društvo (Open Society Fund), a Serbian branch of George Soros funded Open Society Institute.