In 2010, Dragosavljević was appointed as a secretary of state in the Serbian government's ministry of mining and energy. Following a restructuring of Serbia's ministries, he became a secretary of state in the newly formed ministry of environment, mining, and spatial planning in 2011.IN MEMORIAM: ZLATKO DRAGOSAVLJEVIĆ (1967 – 2022), Faculty of Applied Ecology "Futura", Metropolitan University, accessed 6 September 2022. In this capacity, Dragosavljević oversaw contracts for mining and geological research."Kako iskopati rentu", Radio Television of Serbia, 2 August 2011, accessed 6 September 2022. His term ended when the DS left government in 2012.
