Nenad Nešić (; born 4 July 1978) is a

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politician who served as Minister of Security from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as member of the

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from 2018 to 2022. He is president of the

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Biography

Early life and education

Nešić was born on 4 July 1978 in

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. He graduated from the

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. He worked in the

Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska The Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska (Serbo-Croatian: Министарство унутрашњих послова Републике Српске (МУП РС) ''/ Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova Republike Srpske (MUP RS)'') is the inte ...

Political career

A member of the

(DNS), Nešić was the acting director of the state-owned company ''Putevi Republike Srpske'' from 2016 to 2020. In the

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, he was elected member of the national

. Nešić was elected president of DNS in 2020, succeeding Marko Pavić. Under his leadership, the DNS left the ruling SNSD-led coalition in Republika Srpska and became an opposition party. On 2 March 2022, Nešić announced his candidacy in the Bosnian general election, running for Bosnia and Herzegovina's three-person

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member, representing the Serbs. In the general election however, held on 2 October 2022, he was not elected, obtaining only 5.51% of the vote. On 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new

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presided over by

Borjana Krišto Borjana Krišto (; born 13 August 1961) is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina since January 2023. She previously served as the 8th president of the Federation of Bosnia and He ...

, Nešić was appointed as the new Minister of Security within Krišto's government. Following his indictment on charges of corruption in December 2024, Nešić announced he was to resign as minister on 23 January 2025.

Legal issues

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. He is also accused of having received a bribe of 250,000 KM in 2019 while serving as director of ''Putevi Republike Srpske''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nešić, Nenad 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