Nenad Nešić
Nenad Nešić | |||||||||
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| Ненад Нешић | |||||||||
.jpg) Nešić in 2023 | |||||||||
| Minister of Security | |||||||||
| In office 25 January 2023 – 23 January 2025 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Borjana Krišto | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Selmo Cikotić | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | TBD | ||||||||
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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 who served as Minister of Security from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as member of the House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. He is president of the Democratic People's Alliance.
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Nešić was born on 4 July 1978 in Sarajevo.[1] He graduated from 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] In 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] Following his indictment on charges of corruption in December 2024, Nešić announced he was to resign as minister on 23 January 2025.[8]
Legal issues
[edit]Nešić was arrested on 26 December 2024, and later indicted, as a suspect of conspiracy to commit criminal offenses, money laundering, abuse of official position or authority and accepting bribes.[9] He is also accused of having received a bribe of 250,000 KM in 2019 while serving as director of Putevi Republike Srpske.[10]
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.
- ^ A.L. (23 January 2025). "Nenad Nešić podnio ostavku na poziciju ministra sigurnosti Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "BiH Minister of Security has been deprived of his Liberty". sarajevotimes.com. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Dodik Links BiH Security Minister's Arrest to Foreign Embassy Influence". sarajevotimes.com. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 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