Aleksandar Vulin

Aleksandar Vulin
Александар Вулин
Vulin in 2019
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
Assumed office
2 May 2024
Prime MinisterMiloš Vučević
Director of the Security Intelligence Agency
In office
1 December 2022 – 3 November 2023
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byBratislav Gašić
Succeeded byTomislav Radovanović (acting), later Vladimir Orlić
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
28 October 2020 – 26 October 2022
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byNebojša Stefanović
Succeeded byBratislav Gašić
Minister of Defence
In office
29 June 2017 – 28 October 2020
Prime MinisterAna Brnabić
Preceded byZoran Đorđević
Succeeded byNebojsa Stefanovic
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy
In office
27 April 2014 – 29 June 2017
Prime MinisterAleksandar Vučić
Ivica Dačić (acting)
Preceded byJovan Krkobabić
Succeeded byZoran Đorđević
Minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija
In office
2 September 2013 – 27 April 2014
Prime MinisterIvica Dačić
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija
In office
27 July 2012 – 2 September 2013
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byMarko Đurić
Personal details
Born (1972-10-02) 2 October 1972 (age 52)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party
  • SK–PJ (1990–1994)
  • JUL (1994–1998)
  • DLP (2000–2002)
  • SPS (2002–2006)
  • PS (2008–present)
Alma materUniversity of Kragujevac
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Aleksandar Vulin (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вулин; born 2 October 1972) is a Serbian politician and lawyer. Serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia since 2024. He served as the director of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) from 1 December 2022 until 3 November 2023.[1][2] Additionally, he previously served as director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija from 2012 to 2013, minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija from 2013 to 2014, minister of labour, employment, veteran and social policy from 2014 to 2017, minister of defence from 2017 to 2020, and as minister of internal affairs from 2020 to 2022. He has been called "man of Moscow".[3]

Vulin is the founder and former president of the Movement of Socialists (PS), a political party he headed from 2008 to 2022.[4] Vulin was a deputy of Mirjana Marković, the wife of Slobodan Milošević, and served as a high-ranking member of League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia (SK–PJ) and Yugoslav Left (JUL) parties, while in the 2000s, he was a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) before forming PS.

  1. ^ "Head of Serbian intelligence service Vulin resigned due to US sanctions - Rossiyskaya Gazeta - ePrimefeed". 3 November 2023.
  2. ^ "SAZNAJEMO Aleksandar Vulin izabran za novog direktora BIA". NOVA portal (in Serbian). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Сербия назначила пророссийского политика новым руководителем разведки" [Serbia appoints pro-Russian politician as new intelligence chief]. Европейская правда (www.eurointegration.com.ua) (in Ukrainian). 2 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Vulin podneo ostavku na mesto predsednika Pokreta socijalista". Danas (in Serbian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.