Dragan Mektić
| Dragan Mektić | |
|---|---|
| 5th Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Assumed office 31 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Denis Zvizdić |
| Deputy | Mijo Krešić |
| Preceded by | Fahrudin Radončić |
| 1st Deputy Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 23 December 2002 – 11 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Mijo Krešić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 December 1956 Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | |
| Nationality | Serb |
| Political party | Serb Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Dragan Mektić (born in Prnjavor on 24 December 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician and criminal investigator. He is a member of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) and since 31 March 2015 serves as the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Biography
Mektić completed an engineering high school in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka, after which he completed a higher administrative school, and graduated in Criminal Justice from the University of Zagreb.
From 1980 to 1997 Mektić directed a police station, where he was engaged in suppressing general and financial crime. Then, from 1997 to 2003, Mektić was employed in the intelligence sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2002 to 2007 he was deputy of the then security minister Bariša Čolak,[2] followed by nine years, from 2006 to 2015, as director of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 31 March 2015 Mektić was appointed Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the government led by Denis Zvizdić.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ministarstvo sigurnosti - Biografija ministra - Dragan Mektić". www.vijeceministara.gov.ba. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- ↑ "Ministar sigurnosti BiH Čolak o prijetnjama Al Qaide". www.index.hr. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- ↑ "Potvrđeni Vijeće ministara BiH i Vlada FBiH". Al Jazeera Balkans. Retrieved 2016-02-13.