Nikola Selaković

Nikola Selaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Селаковић, pronounced [nǐkola sêlaːkoʋitɕ], born April 30, 1983) is a Serbian lawyer and politician. He serves as the Presidency Secretary of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić since June 2017. He also served as the Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2012 to 2016.[1]

For the Serbian rower, see Nikola Selaković (rower).
Nikola Selaković
Никола Селаковић
Minister of Justice
In office
27 April 2014 – 11 August 2016
Prime MinisterAleksandar Vučić
Preceded byNikola Selaković
Succeeded byNela Kuburović
Minister of Justice and Public Administration
In office
27 July 2012 – 27 April 2014
Prime MinisterIvica Dačić
Preceded bySnežana Malović
Milan Marković
(Public Administration)
Succeeded byNikola Selaković
Kori Udovički
(Public Administration)
Personal details
Born (1983-04-30) 30 April 1983
Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Political partySRS (2001–2008)
SNS (2008–present)
ResidenceBelgrade, Serbia
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Law
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Early life & education

He was born in 1983 in Titovo Užice. Graduated from Belgrade's Sixth Gymnasium and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, where he is currently a research assistant in comparative legal tradition.[2] Following the graduation, he never entered nor passed the bar examination.

Politics

He joined the Serbian Radical Party in 2001 out of revolt against the ruling DOS coalition after his father, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia was fired from his job because he was a member of that party as Selaković claims.[3]

He has been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party since 2008, a member of the party's Executive Board and president of the party's Legal Council.

Personal life

He has sibling Velimir Selaković.[4]

References
  1. Naprednjaci izabrali kandidate za ministre RTS 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012. (in Serbian)
  2. Spisak nastavnika i saradnika Faculty of Law, assistants profile (in Serbian)
  3. "Nikola Selaković". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  4. Ministry of Justice web site Official biography of Minister.
Government offices
Preceded by
Himself		 Minister of Justice of Serbia
2014–2016		 Succeeded by
Nela Kuburović
Preceded by
Snežana Malović
Milan Marković
(Public Administration)		 Minister of Justice and Public Administration of Serbia
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Himself
Kori Udovički
(Public Administration)
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