Davor Pranjić

Davor Pranjić
Vice President of Republika Srpska
Assumed office
15 November 2022
Serving with Ćamil Duraković
PresidentMilorad Dodik
Ana Trišić-Babić (acting)
Preceded byJosip Jerković
Personal details
Born (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994
PartyCroatian Democratic Union
Alma materUniversity of Banja Luka (MB)
ProfessionPhysician

Davor Pranjić (Serbian: Давор Прањић; born 15 September 1994) is a Bosnian Croat politician and physician serving as the vice president of Republika Srpska since 2022, alongside Ćamil Duraković. Following the removal of Milorad Dodik from the office of president of Republika Srpska in 2025, Pranjić assumed presidential powers, though he stated that he never considered himself acting president.[1][2]

Early life and education

Pranjić was born on 15 September 1994 in Sanski Most, to a Croat father and Serb mother. There, he finished elementary school and high school, after which he studied medicine at the University of Banja Luka. He specialised in orthopaedic surgery.[3]

Political career

In 2019, Pranjić became the president of the Croatian Democratic Union committee in Banja Luka.[3] In the 2022 general election, he was elected vice president of Republika Srpska, serving alongside Bosniak Ćamil Duraković.[4]

As part of the fallout from the 2025 conviction of Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik, Pranjić assumed presidential powers after the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered Dodik's removal from the presidency.[1][5] However, Pranjić never considered himself to be acting president.[6] Ultimately, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska elected Ana Trišić-Babić on 18 October 2025 to serve as acting president of the entity until the election of a new president in the early presidential elections scheduled for 23 November 2025.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Davor Pranjic Assumes Presidential Powers". Sarajevo Times. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Pranjić: Prednost ima SNSD, nisam predsjednik RS-a". Bljesak. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Davor Pranjić". www.predsjednikrs.rs. Office of the President of Republic of Srpska.
  4. ^ "Utvrđeni rezultati izbora za predsjednika i potpredsjednike Republike Srpske". izbori.ba (in Bosnian). CIKBiH. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Dodik removed from office". Al Jazeera. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Pranjić: Prednost ima SNSD, nisam predsjednik RS-a". bljesak.info. 3 October 2025.
  7. ^ A.Ku. (18 October 2025). "Dodikova saradnica Ana Trišić-Babić izabrana za vršioca dužnosti predsjednika Republike Srpske" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 October 2025.