Bakir Izetbegović
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| Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 17 March 2016 – 17 November 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Denis Zvizdić |
| Preceded by | Dragan Čović |
| Succeeded by | Mladen Ivanić |
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In office 10 March 2014 – 17 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
| Preceded by | Željko Komšić |
| Succeeded by | Mladen Ivanić |
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In office 10 March 2012 – 10 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
| Preceded by | Željko Komšić |
| Succeeded by | Nebojša Radmanović |
| 6th Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Assumed office 10 November 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Nikola Špirić Vjekoslav Bevanda |
| Preceded by | Haris Silajdžić |
| Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 30 November 2006 – 10 November 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Adnan Terzić Nikola Špirić |
| Constituency | 3rd electoral district |
| Member of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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In office 9 January 2003 – 21 November 2006 |
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| President | Safet Halilović Niko Lozančić |
| Prime Minister | Alija Behmen Ahmet Hadžipašić |
| Constituency | 11th electoral district |
| 3rd President of the Party of Democratic Action | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2015 Acting: 25 September 2014 – 26 May 2015 |
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| Vice President | Šefik Džaferović Asim Sarajlić Denis Zvizdić Safet Softić Šemsudin Dedić Edin Mušić Edin Ramić Mirsad Kukić |
| Deputy | Adil Osmanović |
| Preceded by | Sulejman Tihić |
| Personal details | |
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June 28, 1956 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Nationality | Bosniak |
| Political party | Party of Democratic Action (1990–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Sabija Izetbegović (née Građević) |
| Mother | Hiba Izetbegović |
| Father | Alija Izetbegović |
| Residence | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Bakir Izetbegović (Bosnian pronunciation: [bâːkir ǐzedbegoʋit͡ɕ]; born 28 June 1956) is a Bosnian politician. Since 2010, he is the Bosniak member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and President of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA).
Bakir Izetbegović was born in Sarajevo on 28 June 1956. He is the son of the first President of the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović.
He attended primary and high school in Sarajevo and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo in 1981. From 1982 to 1992 Izetbegović worked as a consultant at an architectural consulting firm.
He made big contributions to many social activities – he was a member of the Management Board of the Sarajevo Football Club, a member of the Management Board of the Basketball Club "Bosna", of the Management Board Member of the Muslim Humanitarian Society "Merhamet" and member of the Council of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He is married and has one daughter.
Bakir Izetbegović entered politics in 2000 and after serving in two regional assemblies was elected to the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. In May 2015, he was elected as president of the Party of Democratic Action.
From 1991 to 2003 he served as director of the Construction Institute of the Sarajevo Canton. He became the Deputy Head of the SDA Caucus in the Assembly of the Sarajevo Canton in 2000, a position he continued to progressively undertake at higher levels – at the House of Representatives of the FBiH Parliament from 2002 to 2006, and at the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He also became the Chairperson of the Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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