Darko Ćulum

Darko Ćulum (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Ћулум; born 11 January 1969) is a police officer from Republika Srpska, Director of Police of Republika Srpska from 2016 with the rank of chief general inspector of police.

Darko Ćulum
Дарко Ћулум
Born (1969-01-11) 11 January 1969
Ljubačevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Alma materUniversity of Banja Luka
Police career
DepartmentPolice of Republika Srpska
Service years1988–
StatusDirector of Police (2016–)
Rankchief general inspector of police

Biography

Ćulum was born in Ljubačevo, 8 km south of Banja Luka. He graduated from the secondary police school in Sarajevo in 1988, when he became a police officer. On 1998 he finished his education at the Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka and in 2009 he graduated from Faculty of Security, also in Banja Luka.[1]

From April 1999 Ćulum served as chief of the police group for the prevention of serious thefts. In October 2003 he became chief of the department for the fight against serious crimes. Between 2006 and 2010 he was chief of the sector of crime police of the center for public security of Banja Luka, and between 2010 and 2012 he was chief of the center of public security. In February 2012 he became chief of administration of the RS Police and in February 2015 he was appointed deputy director of the RS police, replacing Nijaz Smajlović. [1]

On 18 August 2016 the Government of Republika Srpska appointed Ćulum as RS police director, replacing Gojko Vasić.[1][2][3] During his term, together with the RS Minister of the Interior Dragan Lukač, Ćulum has been accused of taking part in the cover-up of police officers involved in the death of David Dragičević.[4]

On 14 July 2020 Ćulum was appointed as Director of Bosnia and Herzegovina's State Investigation and Protection Agency.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Direktor policije" (in Serbian). Official site of Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska.
  2. "Darko Ćulum preuzeo dužnost direktora" (in Serbian). Blic. August 30, 2016.
  3. "Darko Ćulum zamjenik direktora policije" (in Serbian). Nezavisne novine. January 28, 2015.
  4. Dragojlovic, Mladen (May 10, 2018). "The death of David Dragičević 'disrupts' the pre-election world in Banja Luka". ibna. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  5. FENA
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