Aleksandar Džombić Explained

Aleksandar Džombić
Native Name Lang:sr-Cyrl
Office:10th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
Term Start:29 December 2010
Term End:12 March 2013
President:Milorad Dodik
Predecessor:Anton Kasipović (acting)
Successor:Željka Cvijanović
Office1:Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska
Term Start1:30 November 2006
Term End1:29 December 2010
Predecessor1:Svetlana Cenić
Successor1:Zoran Tegeltija
Birth Date:15 April 1968
Birth Place:Čelinac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Bosnian Serb
Party:Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Spouse:Sana Džombić

Aleksandar Džombić (born 15 April 1968) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 29 December 2010 until 12 March 2013.[1]

He has also served as Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska from 30 November 2006 to 29 December 2010.[2]

On the 17th January 2022 the District Court in Banja Luka confirmed the indictment for abuse of official position and authority against Džombić.[3] The indictment was filed by the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office of the RS, Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption, Organised and Serious Forms of Economic Crime and as it announced in early January 2022, DŽombić is charged with illegal granting of a loan from the Investment and Development Bank of the RS to the company "Energolinija" d.o.o. Zvornik in 2012 in the amount of 19,400,000 BAM (close to 10 million euros).[4]

If convicted, DŽombić faces up to 15 years in prison.[5]

DŽombić is currently the Managing Partner for Grant Thornton in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6]

On the 15th of March 2023, Aleksandar Džombić and the auditing work of one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, Grant Thornton, was sharply criticised by the Parliament in Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Notes and References

  1. News: Bosnian Serb Government Approved . . 29 December 2010 . 22 April 2011 .
  2. News: Bosnia decides that very little changes . . 1 October 2010 . 22 April 2011 .
  3. Web site: SAOPŠTENJE ZA JAVNOST. 2022-02-18. oksud-banjaluka.pravosudje.ba.
  4. Web site: Potvrđena optužnica protiv Aleksandra Džombića, bivšeg premijera entiteta RS. 2022-02-18. www.slobodnaevropa.org.
  5. Web site: Anonimni. 2022-01-17. Potvrđena optužnica protiv bivšeg premijera Srpske. 2022-02-23. Novosti. sr-RS.
  6. Web site: Biography. 2022-02-18. en-US.