PREDRAG VULETIĆ ARRESTED: Vulin’s associate, who has served as a provincial secretary for years, suspected of embezzling 60 million euros!

Predrag Vuletić, Provincial Secretary for Social Policy, Demography and Gender Equality, was arrested today.

According to media reports, Vuletić is a close associate of Aleksandar Vulin.

Vuletić was born in 1977 in Bačka Palanka. He completed his primary education at the “Veselin Masleša” Elementary School and attended the “Dr Radivoje Uvalić” Secondary Vocational School in Bačka Palanka, according to his biography published on the Provincial Government’s website.

He graduated and earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Novi Sad – Faculty of Economics in Subotica.

He has been a member and Secretary General of the Socialist Movement since the party’s founding. Throughout his long political career, he has successfully held a number of responsible positions at the city, provincial and national levels.

Since 2012, he has been elected three times as a councilor in the Bačka Palanka Municipal Assembly.

From 2004 to 2013, he served as director and editor-in-chief of Radio Television BAP in Bačka Palanka.

He held the position of special adviser to the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija from 2012 to 2014.

From 2014 to 2016, he served as Deputy Director of the Customs Administration.

He has held the position of Provincial Secretary for Social Policy, Demography and Gender Equality since 2016.

During 2021 and 2022, he was a member of the Management Board of the Road Traffic Safety Agency. He is also a member of the Provincial Social and Economic Council and the Provincial Employment Council.

He is married and has one child.

As a reminder, members of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP) entered the Provincial Secretariat for Social Policy, Demography and Gender Equality yesterday to conduct an inspection. The institution is headed by Predrag Vuletić, a close associate of Aleksandar Vulin. However, Vuletić did not show up for work, and his absence came after the UKP launched an inspection at the institution he has headed since 2016.

The police operation followed media reports about suspected financial abuses within the Secretariat, with the total amount involved estimated at as much as 60 million euros.

He has reportedly been under considerable pressure for some time and fears possible arrest. Further anxiety was caused by developments involving his close associate Aleksandar Vulin, whose flight to Moscow was turned back to Belgrade due to security procedure irregularities during boarding, media reports say.

Predrag Vuletić is a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Movement, the party headed by Aleksandar Vulin, and has been regarded as one of his closest associates over the years.

Vuletić has held a number of senior positions, ranging from membership on the Management Board of the Road Traffic Safety Agency to his role as provincial secretary.

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