Hamdija Lipovača
| Hamdija Lipovača | |
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| Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton | |
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In office 1 February 2011 – 10 February 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Šemsudin Dedić |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Mayor of Bihać | |
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In office 2004–2010 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Albin Muslić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 December 1976 Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosniak |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Spouse(s) | Jasmina Brkić |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hamdija Lipovača (born 20 December 1976) is a Bosnian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton from 1 February 2011 until his forced resignation three years later, following the violent protests and riots in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lipovača was also the canton's Minister of Police. He previously served as the mayor of Bihać for six years beginning in 2004.
Just as most politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he has been accused by civilians of corruption and was forced to resign during the protests in February 2014. Lipovača was arrested 17 December 2014 on charges of "abuse of office and forgery of documents." On 24 March 2015, Lipovača was sentenced to two months in prison, and served time until 8 April 2015 when he was released by authorities. No reason was given for the early release.
Lipovača was born in the Bosanska Krajina city Bihać in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Bosnia was a part of communist Yugoslavia. His fathers name is Nurija, named after his grandfather Nurija Pozderac of the influential Bosniak political Pozderac family.
He enrolled in the University of Sarajevo in 1996, not long after the end of the Bosnian War. Upon graduating in 2000, Lipovača returned to his city of birth and became employed at the University of Bihać School of Law. In 2002 he defended a master's thesis at the University of Connecticut in the United States and after that joined a Bosnia and Herzegovina mission for the United Nations in New York.
Lipovača became a part of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina political party in 1998 and eventually became the party's leader a decade later, and remained so until his removal on 21 February 2012. He was reinstated as the party's president on 3 July 2013.
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