Savo Minić

Savo Minić
Саво Минић
Minić in 2026
Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 September 2025
PresidentAna Trišić-Babić (acting)
Siniša Karan
Preceded byRadovan Višković
Personal details
Born (1974-09-05) 5 September 1974
Bosanski Šamac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
PartyAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Children3
University of Banja Luka (LLB, LLM, LLD)

Savo Minić (Serbian: Саво Минић; born 5 September 1974) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as Prime Minister of Republika Srpska since September 2025. A member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), he previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the government of Republika Srpska from 2022 to 2025.

Biography

Savo Minić was born on 5 September 1974 in Bosanski Šamac, then part of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He finished elementary school in Donja Dubica near Odžak and high school in Šamac and Bijeljina. He gained a bachelor's degree in 1999 at the University of Banja Luka's Faculty of Law. Minić passed the judicial exam in Serbia in 2003 and the bar exam in 2004. He additionally gained a master's degree in 2013 and a doctorate in 2018.[1] He worked as a lawyer from 1999, and ran a private law practice in Šamac from 2004 to 2008.[2]

Minić served as the municipal mayor of Šamac for two terms, from 2008 to 2016. From 2017 to 2020, he worked as the director of the Agency for Agrarian Payments of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska. During this time, opposition figures accused the agency of favoring politically affiliated individuals in subsidy distribution, which he denied.[3] In 2020, he resigned from that position and became director of Kaldera Company in Laktaši, a company that was later placed under sanctions by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),[4][5] due to being part of "Milorad Dodik’s Network of Wealth Generating Companies".[6]

From 2022 until 2025, Minić served as minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the government of Republika Srpska.[1]

In September 2025, Minić was appointed prime minister of Republika Srpska. His appointment as prime minister has been considered illegal and unconstitutional,[7] as he was proposed to serve by SNSD leader Milorad Dodik, whose mandate as president of Republika Srpska was terminated in August 2025 due to defying decisions by the High Representative, with the termination date marked as 12 June 2025.[8][9] Due to the unconstitutionality of his mandate, Minić submitted his resignation on 16 March 2026.[10] He was subsequently re-nominated by Siniša Karan, who had been elected president of Republika Srpska in the 2025–26 election, and was confirmed again as prime minister by the National Assembly the following day.[11]

Personal life

Minić is married and a father of three children. He is a hunter and the president of the Hunters' Association of Republika Srpska since 2019.[12]

He is the godfather of Gorica Dodik, daughter of Milorad Dodik, and her husband Pavle.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ko je Savo Minić, Dodikov kandidat za novog premijera RS". Vijesti.ba (in Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  2. ^ Ninkovic, Bojana (27 May 2023). "Pogledajte šta su završili ministri u Vladi RS". Capital.ba - Informacija je capital (in Bosnian). Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Kakav je bio ministar poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede Srpske?". BN. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Balkans-related Designations; Publication of Balkans-Related General Licenses | Office of Foreign Assets Control". ofac.treasury.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  5. ^ Tovilović, Dejan (29 July 2024). ""Kaldera" promijenila ime da izbjegne američke sankcije". Capital.ba - Informacija je capital (in Bosnian). Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  6. ^ "Treasury Targets Milorad Dodik's Network of Wealth Generating Companies, Including Prointer". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 13 February 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  7. ^ M.G. (2 September 2025). "NSRS potvrdila nelegalnu Vladu RS-a na čelu s Dodikovim kumom Savom Minićem" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Milorad Dodik više nije predsjednik Republike Srpske, Sud BiH odbio njegovu žalbu". Klix. 18 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Pročitajte kompletnu odluku Suda BiH: Ovo je presuda - Milorad Dodik više nije predsjednik RS". radiosarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ^ Odlazi ili ostaje? Premijer RS Savo Minić ponovo podnio ostavku (in Serbo-Croatian). 16 March 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via www.slobodnaevropa.org.
  11. ^ "Savo Minić ponovo izabran za premijera Republike Srpske". N1 Info RS (in Serbian). 17 March 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  12. ^ "Ko je Savo Minić - novi ministar poljoprivrede RS?". Agroklub (in Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Minić otkrio kako je kum sa porodicom Dodik (VIDEO)". BN. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  14. ^ Fokus.ba (17 March 2026). "Savo Minić otkrio vezu sa zetom i kćerkom Milorada Dodika". Fokus.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 14 April 2026.
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