Nenad Nešić

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.

Nenad Nešić
Ненад Нешић
Nešić in 2023
Minister of Security
Assumed office
25 January 2023
Prime MinisterBorjana Krišto
Preceded bySelmo Cikotić
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
6 December 2018 – 1 December 2022
Personal details
Born (1978-07-04) 4 July 1978
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian Serb
Political partyDemocratic People's Alliance (2014–present)
Alma materUniversity of Novi Sad
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

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

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]

References
  1. www.cin.ba. "CIN: Imovina političara - Nenad Nešić". imovinapoliticara.cin.ba. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. "ДНС - Демократски народни савез". www.dnsrs.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Nenad Nešić kandidat za člana Predsjedništva BiH". www.klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. "Nenad Nešić izabran za predsednika DNS u Republici Srpskoj". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. "Nešić: DNS istupa iz vladajuće koalicije". N1 (in Bosnian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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