Aleksandar Vulin

Aleksandar Vulin
Aleksandar Vulin
Александар Вулин
	Vulin in 2019
Director of the Security Intelligence Agency
	In office; 1 December 2022 – 3 November 2023
Prime Minister	Ana Brnabić
Preceded by	Bratislav Gašić
Succeeded by	Tomislav Radovanović (acting)
Minister of Internal Affairs
	In office; 28 October 2020 – 26 October 2022
Prime Minister	Ana Brnabić
Preceded by	Nebojša Stefanović
Succeeded by	Bratislav Gašić
Minister of Defence
	In office; 29 June 2017 – 28 October 2020
Prime Minister	Ana Brnabić
Preceded by	Zoran Đorđević
Succeeded by	Nebojsa Stefanovic
Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy
	In office; 27 April 2014 – 29 June 2017
Prime Minister	Aleksandar Vučić; Ivica Dačić (acting)
Preceded by	Jovan Krkobabić
Succeeded by	Zoran Đorđević
Minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija
	In office; 2 September 2013 – 27 April 2014
Prime Minister	Ivica Dačić
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija
	In office; 27 July 2012 – 2 September 2013
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Marko Đurić
Personal details
Born	2 October 1972 (age 51); 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 mater	University of Kragujevac
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Aleksandar Vulin (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Вулин; born 2 October 1972) is a Serbian politician and lawyer who 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.

^ "Head of Serbian intelligence service Vulin resigned due to US sanctions - Rossiyskaya Gazeta - ePrimefeed". 3 November 2023.
^ "SAZNAJEMO Aleksandar Vulin izabran za novog direktora BIA". NOVA portal (in Serbian). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Vulin podneo ostavku na mesto predsednika Pokreta socijalista". Danas (in Serbian). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.