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Željko Komšić

Željko Komšić
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Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
9 December 2014
Constituency 3rd electoral district
6th Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
6 November 2006 – 17 November 2014
Prime Minister Adnan Terzić
Nikola Špirić
Vjekoslav Bevanda
Preceded by Ivo Miro Jović
Succeeded by Dragan Čović
Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
10 July 2013 – 10 March 2014
Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda
Preceded by Nebojša Radmanović
Succeeded by Bakir Izetbegović
In office
10 July 2011 – 10 March 2012
Prime Minister Nikola Špirić
Vjekoslav Bevanda
Preceded by Nebojša Radmanović
Succeeded by Bakir Izetbegović
In office
6 July 2009 – 6 March 2010
Prime Minister Nikola Špirić
Preceded by Nebojša Radmanović
Succeeded by Haris Silajdžić
In office
6 July 2007 – 6 March 2008
Prime Minister Nikola Špirić
Preceded by Nebojša Radmanović
Succeeded by Haris Silajdžić
Mayor of Novo Sarajevo
In office
2004 – 6 November 2006
In office
2000–2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office
2001–2003
Presidency Beriz Belkić, Dragan Čović, Jozo Križanović, Živko Radišić, Mirko Šarović and Sulejman Tihić
Speaker of the City Council of Sarajevo
In office
1998–2000
Personal details
Born (1964-01-20) 20 January 1964 (age 53)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croat
Political party Democratic Front (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997–2013)
Residence Novo Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma mater University of Sarajevo
Military service
Allegiance  Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Service/branch Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years of service 1992–1995
Battles/wars Bosnian War
Awards Golden Lily

Željko Komšić (born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician who served as the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014. Komšić was a prominent figure of the Social Democratic Party until he left it in 2012 to join the Democratic Front.

Although elected to the post of Croat member of the tri-partitive presidency, Bosnian Croats considered him to be an illegitimate representative of their interests as he was elected mostly by Bosniak voters in the Federation, a Bosniak-Croat political entity which forms about half of the country.

Komšić was born in Sarajevo to a Bosnian Croat father, Marko, and Bosnian Serb mother Danica (née Stanić; 1941 – 1 August 1992), who was killed by a sniper as she sipped coffee in her apartment during the Siege of Sarajevo. His maternal grandfather Marijan Stanić, who was a Chetnik during World War II, died two years before Komšić was born. The Stanić family hailed from the village Kostajnica by Doboj.

Komšić has a law degree from University of Sarajevo. He is married to Sabina, an ethnic Bosniak, a civil engineer. The couple has a daughter named Lana.

During the Bosnian war, he served in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and received the Golden Lily — the highest military decoration awarded by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian government.


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