Božo Ljubić

Božo Ljubić (born 30 September 1949) is a Bosnian Croat politician who is the current member of the Croatian Parliament. Formerly, he was a member of both the House of Peoples and House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ljubić is also the current president of the Supreme Council of the Croatian National Assembly.

Božo Ljubić
President of the Supreme Council of the Croatian National Assembly
Assumed office
22 March 2011
DeputyBariša Čolak
Preceded byOffice established
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
28 December 2015
ConstituencyXI electoral district
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 May 2011 – 9 December 2014
Preceded byNiko Lozančić
Succeeded byBorjana Krišto
Member of the House of Peoples
In office
23 June 2009 – 9 March 2011
Minister of Communication and Traffic
In office
11 January 2007 – 23 June 2009
Prime MinisterNikola Špirić
Preceded byBranko Dokić
Succeeded byRudo Vidović
Personal details
Born (1949-09-30) 30 September 1949
Široki Brijeg, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union 1990 (2006–2014)
Other political
affiliations		Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (until 2006)
Spouse(s)Spomenka Ljubić
Children2
ResidenceŠiroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

He served as Minister of Communication and Traffic from 11 January 2007 until 23 June 2009 as well.

Biography

Ljubić was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH). He came to prominence when in June 2005 he opposed the internal election of Dragan Čović to the party presidency, claiming election fraud.

In April 2006, the rift between Ljubić and the main party line escalated, and he led the formation of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990). The new party was welcomed by the Roman Catholic bishop of Banja Luka Franjo Komarica and the president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Ivo Sanader (also prime minister of Croatia at the time).[1]

The new party's candidates ran for office in the 2006 Bosnian general election and achieved moderate success. Ljubić was the candidate for the Croatian seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but came in third with 18% of the vote, after both Željko Komšić of SDP BiH and Ivo Miro Jović of HDZ BiH.

From 11 January 2007 until 23 June 2009, he served as Minister of Communication and Traffic.[2]

In 2014, Ljubić left HDZ 1990 and he has given his support to HDZ BiH in the 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina general election. Today he is the president of the General Council of the Croatian National Assembly.

In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina granted the request of Ljubić for review of the constitutionality of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The court established that the Election Law is in contravention to the principle of constituent status of peoples, i.e. the principle of equality of all constituent peoples (Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

References
  1. "Political report - Squabbling Bosnia & Herzegovina HDZ fractions on Sanader's Diaspora Slate". Nacional. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. "Božo Ljubić". Večernji.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Branko Dokić		 Minister of Communication and Traffic
2007–2009		 Succeeded by
Rudo Vidović
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