Puzovic quits Srbijavode, cites threats to family
The director who ran the state company for 14 years cites threats and a public call to lynch his family, and says he does not accept the claims made about him.
Goran Puzovic has submitted an irrevocable resignation as director of Srbijavode, which he has headed since 2012, according to a statement posted on the company’s website on November 12, 2026. He cites threats and harassment of his immediate family members through the media and social networks, as well as a public call to lynch his family.
What does the resignation statement say?
According to the statement, the address of the family home and photographs of his minor and adult children have been made public. His concern for their safety grew, the statement continues, after the break-in at the Srbijavode premises, when Puzovic and employees were subjected to “physical and psychological abuse, insults and threats.” The statement does not say who broke in or when it happened.
Puzovic explicitly rejects the idea that he is stepping down because of the accusations made against him:
“I am not resigning because I accept the untruths that are being said about me”
He adds that he trusts the competent institutions and expects them to examine all the accusations and to prove them in the appropriate proceedings. In the same statement, the company says:
“The resignation of a man who led Srbijavode for 14 years testifies to the weight of the pressure which, along with challenges to his work, has reached into his private life and the safety of those closest to him”
Who is Goran Puzovic, and what does the company say about his tenure?
Puzovic graduated in engineering from the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade, majoring in water management and land reclamation. Before being appointed director, he had 19 years of experience in water management, 15 of them at Srbijavode. According to the company, he was chosen in a public competition for each subsequent term and never served as acting director.
Over the 14 years of his leadership, Srbijavode worked in 103 cities and municipalities and completed more than 800 projects, 18 of them major capital projects, the company says. In the statement, Puzovic thanked employees for their cooperation and professionalism.
What did Nova report about the director’s assets?
The outlet Nova investigated the assets of the Srbijavode director and, as Ozonpress reports, lists the following:
- a four-bedroom, 119-square-meter apartment on Zoran Djindjic Boulevard in Belgrade
- five buildings and 29 plots in Alulovice near Novi Pazar
- three plots in Surduk, measuring 1,320, 7,413 and 5,131 square meters
- on Kopaonik, a 325-square-meter plot, a 30-square-meter apartment and a 187-square-meter weekend house
- two plots in Stari Slankamen, along with a car, a boat and a tractor
According to the asset declaration filed with the Anti-Corruption Agency, his monthly salary is 198,000 dinars. His wife, Jelena Puzovic, works as PR manager at Srbijavode, and photographs of the couple in expensive clothing have drawn public attention.
In the statement, Puzovic says his resignation is not an admission of the claims.
