All 20 candidates for police agency chiefs pass security checks

At the 42nd session of the Independent Board of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PSBiH), upon reviewing data from criminal records, it was determined that all twenty candidates meet the requirements prescribed by the Public Competition for conducting the selection procedure of candidates for the election of directors and deputy directors of BiH police bodies.

Further activities regarding the implementation of the selection procedure for candidates for the election of directors and deputy directors of BiH police bodies were agreed upon.

Otherwise, 33 applications from 20 candidates, including one woman, were received for the public competition for the heads of the BiH Border Police and the Directorate for the Coordination of Police Bodies, as well as deputy directors of these agencies and SIPA. Some candidates applied for multiple positions.

Five candidates applied for the director of the Directorate for the Coordination of Police Bodies (DKPT), and besides the current director Mirsad Vilić, Amra Aljić, Jasmin Gogić, Semir Šut, and Ensad Korman applied.

Vilić has been heading the DKPT since 2014, and during his mandate, the Directorate strengthened cooperation with international institutions and partner police agencies.

Amra Aljić is the first woman to apply for leadership positions in police agencies. Aljić is currently one of the chief inspectors in the BiH Border Police and has long served as the head of the Central Investigation Office.

Jasmin Gogić is an employee of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and has been the head of the Internal Control Department since 2014. He previously worked as the head of the SIPA Regional Office in Tuzla.

Semir Šut holds the position of commissioner of the Police Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Zenica-Doboj Canton. He was elected commissioner in 2014.

Ensad Korman has held the position of deputy director of the Federal Police Administration since 2014.

As previously reported by Patria, the current director Zoran Galić also applied for another term as head of the BiH Border Police.

Applications for the remaining vacant positions were also received from Zoran Glušac, Ivica Bošnjak, Relja Kovač, Semir Pašanbegović, Fahrudin Halač, Robert Perić, Almir Bašić, as well as Đuro Knežević, who holds the position of deputy director of SIPA.