Bukejlovic, a member of the Serbian Democratic Party from the northern town of Doboj, served as minister of industry and technology in the government of Mladen Ivanic.
Prime minister Dragan Mikerevic resigned on December 17, 2004 in protest at sanctions imposed by international peace envoy Paddy Ashdown on the Bosnian Serb entity over its failure to cooperate with the Hague war crimes tribunal.