Branislav Nedimović (; born 27 November 1977) is a Serbian politician who served as

deputy prime minister of Serbia The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (, literally translated as Vice President of the Government of Serbia), is the official Deputy prime minister, Deputy of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Prime Minister of Serbia. According to convention, one d ...

from 2020 to 2022 and as minister of agriculture, forestry and water economy from 2016 to 2022. A member of the

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(SNS), he previously served as mayor of

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its adminis ...

from 2008 to 2016.

Biography

Branislav Nedimović was born on 27 November 1977. Nedimović completed elementary school and high school in his hometown of

. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Law with a bachelor's degree. He was elected a Member of the

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in 2003 as a member of the

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. He was re-elected MP in 2008, but resigned due to accepting the position of the mayor of

. He left the Democratic Party of Serbia in the same year, and was active in the "Mitrovica European Region" movement, which has had cooperation with the Democratic Party (not the same as the Democratic Party of Serbia) since 2009 which he joined at the end of 2010. He served as the mayor of Sremska Mitrovica until 2016. In 2015, he joined the

, and since 2016 he has been a member of the presidency. He is also the Vice President of the board of directors of the National Alliance for Local and Economic Development. On 11 August 2016, he was appointed as a Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy in Vučić's administration. In February 2017, the

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declared that he will run for president at the

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s. He won the elections in the first round beating

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with 55.06% of the votes and was sworn in as the

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on 31 May 2017. Weeks later, he gave mandate to

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to form the new cabinet. On 29 June 2017, the cabinet of Ana Brnabić was formed, with Nedimović keeping his office. In April 2020, he was named as the head of the Serbian Crisis Staff for

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and

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to combat the

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. He was selected as a ballot carrier for the Serbian Progressive Party for the

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. On March 15, 2025, during the protests against President Aleksandar Vučić
Branislav Nedimović was present in Pionirski Park
where demonstrators gathered following allegations of government misconduct. Upon returning to his office, he was met by an angry crowd of locals expressing their discontent. Some individuals voiced their anger through insults, with reports indicating that a few also spat on Branislav Nedimović as a sign of protest.

Personal life

Nedimović has been playing

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since elementary school, and currently plays for FK Sloga Zasavica in the Sremska Mitrovica League. Among all registered

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players, except for Branislav Nedimović, there is no minister of any government in Europe to officially play football for a team competing in an organized league. Nedimović is married and has two children.

References

External links

Званични сајт rs.n1info.com

Малине у грлу („Политика”, 9. јун 2018)

Продаја ПКБ-а била је најбоља опција – интервју („Политика”, 22. септембар 2018)

Ко год буде премијер, мораће много да ради – интервју („Политика”, 18. март 2020)
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