Radovan Vià ¡kovià(; born 1 February 1964) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 2018 to 2025. He is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.
Vià ¡koviàwas born on 1 February 1964 in BuljeviÃÂi, near Vlasenica (today in the municipality of MiliÃÂi). He obtained the title of graduate traffic engineer at the Faculty of Transportation in Sarajevo (Road Transport) in 1990, then working there as assistant.
Vià ¡koviàcompleted postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Technology in Zvornik in 2005, and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Transportation in Doboj in 2015. He was then appointed assistant professor at the Faculty of Transportation in Doboj in the field of Transport Engineering, Road Traffic and Transport.
In July 1995, Lieutenant Vià ¡koviàworked as traffic assistant at the General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska. According to the ICTY archive documents, on 13 July during the Srebrenica genocide, he was in contact with Colonel Rajko KrsmanoviÃÂ, traffic officer of convicted war criminal Radislav KrstiÃÂ, about the transfer of captured Srebrenica Bosniaks (including the 700 captured in SandiÃÂi) to places such as Bratunac and Zvornik, where they were later shot. ICTY witnesses recall Vià ¡koviàmeeting with Krsmanoviàright before the fall of Srebrenica, and later seeing him near the stadium in Nova Kasaba where captured people were detained. In 2020, a witness testified at the trial of former police officers Miodrag Josipoviàand Branimir Teà ¡iàon Srebrenica-related charges in Bosnia, saying that Vià ¡koviàoffered him money to dig up a mass grave in MiliÃÂi in 1996. Public media in Republika Srpska published the identity of the protected witness. Vià ¡koviàrebutted all allegations and announced lawsuits against the media and individuals who published the news.
After the war, Vià ¡koviàworked for the company "Bauxite" in MiliÃÂi, as executive director for the transport sector. He began his political career in 2004 as a member of the Municipal Assembly of MiliÃÂi, and in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 he was elected as member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (NSRS). He was Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD).
On 2 November 2018, Milorad Dodik, the president of the SNSD announced that Vià ¡koviàwould be his choice for the new prime pinister of Republika Srpska, succeeding à ½eljka CvijanoviÃÂ, who successfully ran for the position of President of Republika Srpska. In March 2025, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued arrest warrants against Vià ¡koviÃÂ, Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik, and NSRS speaker Nenad Stevandiàfor anti-constitutional conduct regarding Dodik's refusal to serve his imprisonment following his conviction for defying the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2025, Vià ¡koviàand Stevandiàvoluntarily appeared before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The hearing was conducted following a motion submitted by the ProsecutorâÂÂs Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Acting upon the motion, the Court issued a decision revoking the previously ordered arrest warrant against the two of them, replacing it with a precautionary measure only requiring both of them to report periodically to a designated state authority.
On 18 August 2025, Vià ¡koviàresigned as prime minister of Republika Srpska. Subsequently, Dodik announced his intent to appoint Vià ¡koviàas director of Autoputevi Republike Srpske, a state-owned enterprise engaged in the construction of new highways and expressways in Republika Srpska. The National Assembly confirmed his resignation on 22 August.
On 31 July 2023, the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Vià ¡koviàunder Executive Order 14033 for threatening regional security, peace, cooperation, and undermining the Dayton Agreement related to the Western Balkans.
In October 2025, the United States lifted sanctions on Milorad Dodik, allegedly after several close allies of U.S. president Donald Trump pushed for a lifting of the sanctions, including MAGA influencer Laura Loomer and first-term Trump administration officials Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn. Sanctions were also lifted on Dodik's close allies, including Vià ¡koviàand fellow high-ranking SNSD members à ½eljka Cvijanoviàand Sinià ¡a Karan, as well as NSRS speaker Nenad StevandiÃÂ.
Vià ¡koviàis married and has two children.