Savo Minić
Savo Minić is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as Prime Minister of Republika Srpska since September 2025. A member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, he previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the government of Republika Srpska from 2022 to 2025.
Minić's appointment as prime minister of Republika Srpska in September 2025 has been considered illegal and unconstitutional, 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.
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.Minić worked as a lawyer from 1999. Between 2004 and 2008, he had his own law firm in Šamac. He 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. From 2022 until 2025, he served as minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the government of Republika Srpska.