Andrej Vučić

Andrej Vučić
Андреј Вучић
Vučić in 2020
Born1972[1]
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Political partySerbian Progressive Party,
Serbian Radical Party (formerly)
RelativesAleksandar Vučić (brother)

Andrej Vučić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Вучић, born 1972) is a Serbian businessman[2] and politician. He is an influential official of the ruling populist Serbian Progressive Party.[3][4][5]

Early life

Andrej Vučić is the son of Anđelina and Anđelko Vučić, and the younger brother of Aleksandar Vučić, the current President of Serbia.[4][6][7][8]

Whilst working at the Institute for Banknote and Coin Manufacturing, Andrej Vučić's ID card and signature were allegedly stolen and used to incorporate the company Asomakum, a subject of internal discussions related to fraud in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, and subject to an official prosecutorial decision in Belgrade's Court in 2011 regarding tax evasion. Andrej Vučić filed a claim of stolen identity in the case.[9]

Career

In September 2014, during a Pride parade in Belgrade, a group of armed national guards physically attacked Andrej Vučić and his bodyguards.[10]

In September 2015, five members of American Congress (Eddie Bernice Johnson, Carlos Curbelo, Scott Perry, Adam Kinzinger, and Zoe Lofgren) submitted to then Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden that Andrej Vučić and his two close associates, Nikola Petrovi and Zoran Korać, were leading a group spearheading a smear campaign to limit freedom of speech in Serbian media.[2] They claimed that the group had strengthened their own influence, and spurned an interest in energy, telecommunications, infrastracture and jobs projects in the country.[2]

Vučić was an executive at the Institute for Banknote and Coin Manufacturing at the National Bank of Serbia[11][12] and a former board member of the sports team KK Crvena Zvezda.[13] The former Mayor of Belgrade, Siniša Mali, has claimed that his candidacy for the mayoral position was at the urging of Andrej Vučić.[14]

On 31 December 2024, at the height of the anti-corruption protests against his regime, Aleksandar Vučić claimed he has "extremely pro-Russian oriented loyalists" within the ruling SNS, whose "17.000 members swore a blood oath" to defend his regime, and are determined to fight what he referred to as a "West-backed 'colour revolution' in Serbia". He revealed that his brother is amongst those members.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b Miladinović, Zorica (14 August 2025). ""Krvni lojalista", predvodnik "grupe momaka": Ko je Andrej Vučić?". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Dragojlo, Saša (15 September 2015). "US Congress Members Raise Concerns About Serbia PM". Balkan Insight. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.
  3. ^ Stаnković, Brаnkicа (3 November 2017). "Vučić na pitanja Insajdera o neispunjenim obećanjima, finansiranju SNS-a, Vulinu, Gašiću, bratu... (Video)" [Video: Vučić's questions about unfulfilled promises, financing SNS, Vulin, Gašić, brother... to Insajder.]. Insajder.net (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b Čogrаdin, Snežana (4 November 2016). "Čime se bavi Andrej Vučić" [What is Andrej Vučić's occupation?]. Danas (in Serbian).
  5. ^ Rujević, Nemanja (18 October 2017). "Crni fondovi, mafijaške metode" [Black funds and mafia]. Deutsche Welle (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  6. ^ Dojčinović, Stevan; Petrović, Pavle (2 June 2016). "Serbian PM family real estate tops 1 million". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  7. ^ Dojčinović, Stevan; Pavlović, Bojana (15 April 2019). "Serbian President's Brother Met With Infamous Criminal". Krik. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Aleksić: Vlasnik "Jovanjice" prvo zvao Andreja Vučića". N1info (in Serbian). 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ Marković, Nataša (2 February 2019). "Optužnica zbog krađe identiteta Andreja Vučića" [Indictment for identity theft Andrej Vučić]. Krik (in Serbian).
  10. ^ Radišić, Nikola (28 March 2017). "Žandarmima uslovne kazne zbog incidenta na Paradi ponosa" [Gendarmeries suspended due to the incident of the Pride Parade]. N1info (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  11. ^ Creamer, Robert (28 March 2017). "The Serbian Presidential Election Is The Next Battle To Defend Democratic Values In Europe". Huffington Post.
  12. ^ "Vučićev potpis je krivotvoren" [Vučić's signature was faked]. Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 27 October 2015.
  13. ^ Geogrijev, Slobodan (2 October 2014). "In shadow of older brother". Vreme.
  14. ^ Pećo, Dragana (14 March 2018). "I became a mayor on the idea of Andrej Vučić". Network for Investigating Crime and Corruption.
  15. ^ Georgijev, Slobodan (2 January 2024). "Ski jumping for loyalists". Vreme. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Ljudi Opasnih Namera Vučićevi Lojalisti iz SNS". Direktno (in Serbian). 8 January 2024. Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  17. ^ Ilić, Dejan (3 January 2024). "Vučić i 17 hiljada lojalista". Peščanik (in Serbian). Retrieved 12 January 2025.



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