Ivica Dačić

Ivica Dačić
Ивица Дачић
First Deputy Prime Minister of Government of Serbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2008
President Boris Tadić
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković
Minister of Internal Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2008
Preceded by Dragan Jočić
Personal details
Born 1 January 1966
Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality  Serbia

Ivica Dačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Дачић, pronounced [îʋitsa dâtʃitɕ]) (born 1 January 1966, in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia[1]) is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Socialist Party of Serbia and is First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Internal Affairs.[1]

He was brought up in Žitorađa, where his family still lives.[2]

Ivica Dačić was a presidential candidate in the Serbian presidential election, 2004 for the Socialist Party of Serbia where he finished 5th with 125,952 votes.[3]

As of 2010, he is under protection from Serbian police personnel, due to threats from the Serbian mafia who have threatened they will kidnap his son or daughter after the measures by the government to tackle organized crime.[2]

References

Preceded by
Dragan Jočić
Minister of Internal Affairs
2008–present
Incumbent