Vesel was appointed to the State Audit Commission by the
National Assembly on 22 December 1999. He was elected first deputy president of the Court of Audit at the end of 2003. He served as first deputy president from 2004 to February 2013, and in April 2013 was nominated by president
Borut Pahor to become president of the court, succeeding
Igor Šoltes. In 2022 he was succeeded as president by Jana Ahčin. In August 2016, Vesel was appointed chair of
FIFA's independent audit committee, succeeding
Domenico Scala. In April 2024, he was announced as prime minister
Robert Golob's candidate to be Slovenia's next
European Commissioner. However, following pressure from
President von der Leyen for Member States to nominate more women to the
College of Commissioners, he dropped out as commissioner nominee. As similar situation happened with the Romanian nominee
Victor Negrescu. ==References==