Velić was born on November 18, 1958, in Sušica, in the municipality of Pristina, Yugoslavia.

[1] He was the Technical Director and then Acting Director General of Binačka Morava Gnjilane from 1988 to 1991, and Secretary of Urban Planning and Construction of the City Assembly of Pristina from 1992 to 1997.

[1] Velić was a 2003 Member of the European Centre for Minority Issues' Standing Technical Working Group.

[1] Along with Randel Nojkic, Velic was sent as an observer in the Kosovo Transitional Council.

[6] The unions are not recognised by Kosovo authorities, or by UNMIK[7] He resides in Novi Badovac in the municipality of Priština and is married with three children.