Milorad Dodik

Milorad Dodik
Милорад Додик
Dodik in 2022
8th President of Republika Srpska
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2022
Vice President	Ćamil Duraković Davor Pranjić
Preceded by	Željka Cvijanović
In office 15 November 2010 – 19 November 2018
Preceded by	Rajko Kuzmanović
Succeeded by	Željka Cvijanović
16th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 20 November 2020 – 20 July 2021
Preceded by	Šefik Džaferović
Succeeded by	Željko Komšić
In office 20 November 2018 – 20 July 2019
Preceded by	Bakir Izetbegović
Succeeded by	Željko Komšić
7th Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 20 November 2018 – 15 November 2022
Prime Minister	Denis Zvizdić Zoran Tegeltija
Preceded by	Mladen Ivanić
Succeeded by	Željka Cvijanović
6th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
In office 28 February 2006 – 15 November 2010
Preceded by	Pero Bukejlović
Succeeded by	Anton Kasipović (acting)
In office 31 January 1998 – 16 January 2001
Preceded by	Gojko Kličković
Succeeded by	Mladen Ivanić
President of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 1996
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	(1959-03-12) 12 March 1959 (age 65) Banja Luka, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian Serb
Political party	Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (1996–present)
Other political affiliations	Union of Reform Forces (1990–1991)
Spouse	Snježana Dodik
Children	Gorica and Igor
Alma mater	University of Belgrade (BA)
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Milorad Dodik (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Додик, pronounced [mîloraːd dǒdik]; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician currently serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2018. He also served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.

Dodik has been the president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) since its formation in 1996 and has held several political offices within Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served as the prime minister of Republika Srpska from 1998 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2010.

Initially, both Dodik and the SNSD were viewed as moderate and reformist alternatives to the ultranationalist Serb Democratic Party during the 1990s and early 2000s.^[1] However, since then, both Dodik and the SNSD have adopted a more Serbian nationalist and separatist stance, advocating for the right of Bosnian Serbs to self-determination.^[2] His tenure has been marked by accusations of authoritarianism from his critics,^[3] the undermining of federal Bosnian institutions,^[4][5][6] and closer ties with both Russia and Serbia.^[7][8][9]

Dodik has also controversially claimed that the Srebrenica massacre is a "fabricated myth",^[10] and he has repeatedly denied the Bosnian genocide while praising convicted war criminals such as Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić.^[11][12]