Dragan Vasiljević
Police Director

Dragan Vasiljević was born in 1970 in Kragujevac. He completed his secondary education in Priboj, after which he graduated from the Military Academy – Land Forces in Belgrade in 1993.

Upon graduating from the Military Academy, he was appointed Company Commander in a unit of the then Yugoslav Army in Novi Pazar. After a year of service in the army, he continued his professional career in the Ministry of the Interior, gradually advancing through various senior positions.

He started his police service in the Novi Pazar Police Directorate, where he held positions of Assistant Commander, Special Police Units Officer, Police Station Commander, and Deputy Head of the Police Department.

Career in the Gendarmerie

In the period 2003–2018, he held a number of key positions in the Gendarmerie, including:

•    Officer for Operations and Planning at the Gendarmerie Command
•    Head of the Operations Department at the Gendarmerie Command
•    Assistant Commander of the Gendarmerie Detachment in Belgrade
•    Commander of the Gendarmerie Detachment in Belgrade (2007–2015)
•    Assistant Commander of the Gendarmerie (2015–2018)

Senior Positions in the Police

As of 1 June 2018, he was appointed Commander of the Police Intervention Units within the General Police Directorate. In 2020, he also served as Commander of the Special Police Unit of the Police Brigade in the City of Belgrade Police Directorate.

In May 2021, he was appointed Assistant Police Director, a position he held until February 2025.
In February 2025, he was promoted to the rank of Police General. In April 2025, by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, he was appointed Police Director.

Awards and Decorations

Owing to his exceptional results in the fight against terrorism, and to his significant contribution to the security of the Republic of Serbia and its citizens, he received an extraordinary promotion to the rank of Major in 1999. In the period 1994–2001, in addition to performing his regular duties, he was the Company Commander of the then Special Units of the Militia-Police.

During his professional career, he has been praised and awarded multiple times, with the following awards being particularly noteworthy:

•    Order of Merit in the Field of Defence and Security, 1st Class
•    Charter on the Award of the Medieval Serbian Sword
•    “Star of Jakov Nenadović” Order
•    First Prize from the Minister of the Interior, awarded on the occasion of the Ministry’s Day and Police Day,
•    Pistol as a prize from the Minister of the Interior, awarded on the occasion of the Gendarmerie Day,
•    The highest professional award of the Ministry of the Interior of Hungary – “Saint George”
and other high awards.

Education and Professional Development

Throughout his entire professional career, he has been committed to his vocational and professional development. In 2020, he completed the Advanced Security and Defence Studies at the School of National Defence of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia.

Personal life

Dragan Vasiljević is married and the father of three children.