Zoran Lutovac was born on 7 August 1964 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.

After high school, Lutovac graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988.

Between 2001 and 2004, he was a member of the board of directors of the Zavod za udžbenike, apublic company issuing school textbooks, and president of the board of directors of the Belgrade Institute for European studies.

[1] and political advisor of Prime Minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić.

After Šutanovac resigned in 2018, Lutovac was elected President of the Democratic Party on 2 June 2018.