Nenad Nešić
Nenad Nešić | |||||||||
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| Ненад Нешић | |||||||||
.jpg) Nešić in 2023 | |||||||||
| Minister of Security | |||||||||
| Assumed office 25 January 2023 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Borjana Krišto | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Selmo Cikotić | ||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1978 Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Nationality | Bosnian Serb | ||||||||
| Political party | Democratic People's Alliance (2014–present) | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Novi Sad (LL.B.) | ||||||||
Nenad Nešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Нешић; born 4 July 1978) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as Minister of Security since January 2023. He previously served as member of the House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. He is president of the Democratic People's Alliance.
Early life and education
[edit]Nešić was born on 4 July 1978 in Sarajevo.[1] He graduated at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law. He worked in the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska.[2]
Political career
[edit]A member of the Democratic People's Alliance (DNS), Nešić was the acting director of the state-owned company Putevi Republike Srpske from 2016 to 2020.[3] In the 2018 Bosnian general election, he was elected member of the national House of Representatives.[1] Nešić was elected president of DNS in 2020, succeeding Marko Pavić.[4] Under his leadership, the DNS left the ruling SNSD-led coalition in Republika Srpska and became an opposition party.[5]
On 2 March 2022, Nešić announced his candidacy in the Bosnian general election, running for Bosnia and Herzegovina's three-person Presidency member, representing the Serbs.[3] At the general election however, held on 2 October 2022, he was not elected, obtaining only 5.51% of the vote.[6]
On 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new Council of Ministers presided over by Borjana Krišto, Nešić was appointed as the new Minister of Security within Krišto's government.[7]
He was arrested on 26 December 2024 as a suspect of conspiracy to commit criminal offenses, money laundering, abuse of official position or authority and accepting bribes. He is accused of having received a bribe of 250,000 KM in 2019 when he was director of JP Putevi RS.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b www.cin.ba. "CIN: Imovina političara - Nenad Nešić". imovinapoliticara.cin.ba. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "ДНС - Демократски народни савез". www.dnsrs.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Nenad Nešić kandidat za člana Predsjedništva BiH". www.klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Nenad Nešić izabran za predsednika DNS u Republici Srpskoj". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Nešić: DNS istupa iz vladajuće koalicije". N1 (in Bosnian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ D.Be. (23 October 2022). "Bećirović dobio 116 hiljada glasova više od Izetbegovića, a Cvijanović sama više od svojih protukandidata skupa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ N.V. (25 January 2023). "BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Sarajevo Times, Sarajevo Times, 26 December 2024
External links
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Media related to Nenad Nešić at Wikimedia Commons
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Sarajevo
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- University of Novi Sad alumni
- Democratic People's Alliance politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Government ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Security ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina