Security Intelligence Agency
Безбедносно-информативна агенција
Bezbednosno-informativna agencija
Emblem of the BIA
Agency overview
Formed1 August 2002
Preceding agency
JurisdictionSerbia
HeadquartersKraljica Ana Street, Belgrade, Serbia
Employees2,000+ (2023)[1]
Annual budget8.26 billion RSD
(€70.3 million) (2024)[2]
Agency executive
  • Tomislav Radovanović, Acting Director
Websitewww.bia.gov.rs

The Security Intelligence Agency (Serbian: Безбедносно-информативна агенција / Bezbednosno-informativna agencija; abbr. БИА / BIA) is a national intelligence agency of Serbia. The agency is responsible for collecting, reporting and disseminating intelligence, and conducting counter-intelligence in the interest of Serbia's national security.[3]

History

The Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) was formed on 1 August 2002 as the successor of State Security Service (SDB), which existed from 1991 to 2002.[4]

Its function is similar to that of the CIA in the United States or the SVR in the Russian Federation.

2017–present

In May 2017, Bratislav Gašić, former Minister of Defence and close associate of outgoing Prime Minister and newly elected President, Aleksandar Vučić, was appointed as the head of the Security Intelligence Agency.[5] Following his appointment, Gašić suspended his activities in the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).[6]

In August 2017, an amendments to the Law on the Security and Information Agency, which strengthen the authorities of the agency's director, have arrived in the National Assembly for adoption.[7] This move was condemned by several officials including the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić and former co-Minister of Internal Affairs Božo Prelević.[8] They have stated that these amendments are unconstitutional and thus way creating a platform for "party's intelligence agency" of SNS, aimed at the opposition and citizens opposed to the ruling regime.[8][9]

Directors

Source: [10]

Status
  Denotes service as acting Director
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office
– Andreja Savić
(born 1947)		 1 August 2002 24 January 2003
1 Miša Milićević
(born 1960)		 25 January 2003 6 March 2004
2 Rade Bulatović
(born 1958)		 6 March 2004 17 July 2008
3 Saša Vukadinović
(born 1972)		 17 July 2008 3 August 2012
4 Nebojša Rodić
(born 1953)		 3 August 2012 3 September 2013
– Dragan Marković
(born 1965)		 3 September 2013 25 October 2013
5 Aleksandar Đorđević
(born 1970)		 25 October 2013 23 May 2017
6 Bratislav Gašić
(born 1967)		 23 May 2017 1 December 2022
7 Aleksandar Vulin
(born 1972)		 1 December 2022 3 November 2023
– Tomislav Radovanović 7 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Serbian TV series Državni službenik follows the work of one BIA field agent.[11][12]
  • Documentary TV series produced by Radio Television of Serbia Tajne službe Srbije explores the history and lives of notable people during the history of the Agency.[13]
  • Novel Služba (English: Service) by the former BIA agent Goran Živaljević[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U BIA radi oko 2.000 bezbednjaka". b92.net (in Serbian). 14 April 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/archive/files/lat/pdf/zakoni/13_saziv/1916-23%20lat.pdf
  3. ↑ "About Agency / Security Information Agency". www.bia.gov.rs.
  4. ↑ "Period between 1945 and 2002 / History / Security Information Agency". www.bia.gov.rs.
  5. ↑ Zivanovic, Maja (22 May 2017). "Sacked Minister To Head Serbian Security Agency". balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gašić zamrznuo stranačke funkcije zbog direktorskog mesta u BIA". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Zakon koji jača ovlašćenja direktora BIA stigao u Skupštinu". n1info.com (in Serbian). Tanjug. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Šabić: Izmene Zakona o BIA u suprotnosti sa Ustavom". n1info.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Nikolić, Maja (31 August 2017). "Prelević o BIA: Fokus će biti na unutrašnjem neprijatelju". n1info.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Serbian ministries, etc". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Druga sezona Državnog službenika nam je vratila veru u domaće serije". Noizz.rs (in Serbian). 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  12. ↑ "OTKRIVAMO: Ko je šef BIA u seriji "Državni službenik"". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  13. ↑ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Tajne službe Srbije". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2021-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Služba - Goran Živaljević | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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