He was born in 1976 in Slavonski Brod, Republic of Croatia.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad in 1999, with an average grade of 9.38. At the same faculty, he obtained his master's degree in 2003 by defending his master thesis "The Concept of Administration in Serbian Legal Science." In 2011, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled "The Relationship Between the Government and Administration – With a Special Focus on Serbian and German Law."

He began his political career in 1997 as a member of the Serbian Radical Party. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is a member of the Presidency and the Main Board of the Serbian Progressive Party.
He has been elected as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia six times: in 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2020, and 2022. During his tenure as an MP, he served as deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the Serbian Radical Party, deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the Serbian Progressive Party, and chairman of the parliamentary group of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Additionally, he has been a member and chairman of various committees in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.

He held the position of Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from October 2022 to May 2024.

Since May 7, 2024, he has been in the position of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management.

He is married and has one son and two daughters.