Borko Draskovic Heads to Private Sector After Dismissal

Borko Draskovic spoke publicly for the first time after Serbia’s government removed him as director of the Republic Geodetic Authority (RGZ). He called reporters himself on August 6, 2026, at 2:45 p.m., just hours after the session at which the decision was made. He declined to comment on the reasons behind it, saying he did not want to speculate.

Asked whether he knew why he was dismissed after 11 years, he answered in a single sentence.

the day comes when, after 11 years, you have to be replaced

He took the flood of calls in stride. “You’re all calling like it’s some huge deal,” Draskovic said. He did not question the decision to leave and announced he is returning to the private sector, the world he came from before joining state administration.

At the same session, Dalibor Babic, until then a geodetic inspector in RGZ’s Department for Supervision and Control, was named acting director. We reported on the government’s decision the day before Draskovic himself commented on it.

Eleven Years Leading the Cadastre

Draskovic ran the agency for 11 years, earning a monthly salary of 315,000 dinars in the role. He entered state administration after the change of government in 2013, when he worked as deputy director of the Directorate for Inland Waterways at the Ministry of Transport. From that post he moved to the top of the cadastre agency.

The stability of his tenure is what makes this dismissal notable. RGZ is an institution rarely mentioned outside news about registering property rights, yet in recent months its director had become one of the most visible state officials on social media.

What Led to the Dismissal?

Under Draskovic, the agency was locked in an open dispute with Cajetina municipality president Milan Stamatovic over land in Zlatibor. The dispute played out through public statements, partly from RGZ’s official account on the X network, an unusual communication channel for a state institution. Asked whether his removal was connected to that conflict, Draskovic said he was doing his job, and had been doing it all along.

He had earlier been in a public dispute with then Minister of Construction Goran Vesic. Vesic criticized the agency’s work and said RGZ staff do everything they can to avoid direct contact with citizens, communicating with them only online and through lawyers. The reply came from Geosindikat, the union representing the agency’s employees, which fired back with criticism of its own aimed at the minister.

That detail shifts the perspective on yesterday’s decision. Draskovic kept his post even after publicly crossing swords with a minister and a senior official of the ruling party, and was only removed now, with the dispute with the local authorities in Cajetina front and center. Neither he nor the government has confirmed any link between the two.

What the Acting Director Appointment Means

Babic is stepping in as acting director, a temporary posting that will hold until the government names a director with a full mandate. His previous role points to where the choice came from: the Department for Supervision and Control oversees the work of geodetic organizations and how citizen requests are handled, not public relations.

For cadastre users, the practical consequences hinge on three things:

• whether the dispute over the Zlatibor land continues, and in the same tone
• whether the new leadership changes the agency’s practice of dealing with clients, the very practice Vesic criticized publicly
• how long the acting director status lasts, since major staffing and organizational decisions are typically put on hold during that period

The first measurable sign will come from the agency’s statements in the weeks ahead. If communication with Cajetina continues through the X account, the dismissal was administrative. If it stops, it was political.