Ivica Dačić
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Ivica Dačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивица Дачић, pronounced [îʋitsa dâtʃitɕ]; born 1 January 1966) is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) since 2006.
Ivica Dačić | |
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Ивица Дачић | |
Minister of Internal Affairs | |
Assumed office 2 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Miloš Vučević |
Preceded by | Bratislav Gašić |
In office 7 July 2008 – 27 April 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Mirko Cvetković Himself |
Preceded by | Mirjana Orašanin (acting) |
Succeeded by | Nebojša Stefanović |
Prime Minister of Serbia | |
Acting 20 March 2024 – 2 May 2024 | |
President | Aleksandar Vučić |
Preceded by | Ana Brnabić |
Succeeded by | Miloš Vučević |
Acting 31 May 2017 – 29 June 2017 | |
President | Aleksandar Vučić |
Preceded by | Aleksandar Vučić |
Succeeded by | Ana Brnabić |
In office 27 July 2012 – 27 April 2014 | |
President | Tomislav Nikolić |
Deputy | Aleksandar Vučić (first) Jovan Krkobabić Rasim Ljajić Suzana Grubješić |
Preceded by | Mirko Cvetković |
Succeeded by | Aleksandar Vučić |
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia | |
Assumed office 26 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Ana Brnabić Himself (acting) |
Preceded by | Branko Ružić |
In office 27 April 2014 – 22 October 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Aleksandar Vučić Himself (acting) Ana Brnabić |
Preceded by | Aleksandar Vučić |
Succeeded by | Branko Ružić |
In office 7 July 2008 – 27 July 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Mirko Cvetković |
Preceded by | Božidar Đelić |
Succeeded by | Aleksandar Vučić |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 26 October 2022 – 2 May 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Ana Brnabić |
Preceded by | Nikola Selaković |
Succeeded by | Marko Đurić |
In office 27 April 2014 – 22 October 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Aleksandar Vučić Himself (acting) Ana Brnabić |
Preceded by | Ivan Mrkić |
Succeeded by | Ana Brnabić (acting) Nikola Selaković |
President of the National Assembly of Serbia | |
In office 22 October 2020 – 1 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Smilja Tišma (acting) Maja Gojković |
Succeeded by | Vladeta Janković (acting) Vladimir Orlić |
Minister of Information of Serbia | |
In office 24 October 2000 – 25 January 2001 Served with Bogoljub Pejčić and Biserka Matić-Spasojević | |
Prime Minister | Milomir Minić |
Preceded by | Aleksandar Vučić |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 58) Prizren, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Political party | SPS |
Spouse | Sanja Djaković Dačić |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Signature | |
Dačić graduated from the University of Belgrade in 1989 and joined SPS in 1991. He quickly rose up the ranks of the party, becoming its spokesman in 1992, under his mentor, Slobodan Milosević, President of Serbia and FR Yugoslavia.[1] After the fall of Milošević, he served as the minister of information in a transitional government from 2000 to 2001. Dačić became SPS party leader in 2006. Like his predecessor Milošević, he is regarded as a pragmatic leader willing to change views based on circumstance and has worked to reform the party. Dačić led SPS into a government with the Democratic Party (DS) in 2008, after which he became the first deputy prime minister and minister of internal affairs, roles which he served until 2012. The DS–SPS government reached an EU candidate status. After the 2012 parliamentary election, SPS formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS); Dačić was elected prime minister. The SNS–SPS government pursued the European Union to start formal negotiations for the accession of Serbia and he signed the Brussels Agreement on the normalisation of relations of governments of Serbia and Kosovo.
In 2014, he returned to being the first deputy prime minister and also became the minister of foreign affairs, roles which he served until 2020.[2][3] Dačić was elected president of the National Assembly after the 2020 parliamentary election and was succeeded by Vladimir Orlić in 2022.[4] Commentators described his political positions as populist[5][6][7] and nationalist.[8][9][10]