Mladen Ivanić

Mladen Ivanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Иванић, pronounced [mlâden ǐʋanit͡ɕ]; born 16 September 1958)[2] is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 17 November 2014 until 20 November 2018. He is the founder, member and former president of the Party of Democratic Progress.

Mladen Ivanić
15th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 17 November 2016 – 17 July 2017
Prime Minister	Denis Zvizdić
Preceded by	Bakir Izetbegović
Succeeded by	Dragan Čović
In office 17 November 2014 – 17 July 2015
Prime Minister	Vjekoslav Bevanda Denis Zvizdić
Preceded by	Bakir Izetbegović
Succeeded by	Dragan Čović
6th Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018
Prime Minister	Vjekoslav Bevanda Denis Zvizdić
Preceded by	Nebojša Radmanović
Succeeded by	Milorad Dodik
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 23 December 2002 – 11 January 2007
Prime Minister	Adnan Terzić
Preceded by	Zlatko Lagumdžija
Succeeded by	Sven Alkalaj
7th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
In office 16 January 2001 – 17 January 2003
President	Mirko Šarović Dragan Čavić
Preceded by	Milorad Dodik
Succeeded by	Dragan Mikerević
President of the Party of Democratic Progress
In office 26 September 1999 – 28 November 2015
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Branislav Borenović
Personal details
Born	16 September 1958 Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian Serb
Political party	Party of Democratic Progress
Spouse(s)	Gordana Ivanić[1]
Alma mater	University of Banja Luka University of Belgrade

Ivanić also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 23 December 2002 until 11 January 2007. He was the 7th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska as well.

Biography

Born in Sanski Most, Ivanić has lived in Banja Luka since 1971, when he earned his university diploma in economics there. He then received a doctorate in Belgrade; the thesis was titled Contemporary Marxist political economy in the West. He undertook post-Doctoral studies at the University of Mannheim and the University of Glasgow. Upon completion of his studies, he worked as a journalist. From 1985 to 1988, he lectured in Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics in Banja Luka, and later also in Sarajevo and Glasgow. His political career began in 1988, when he became a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina during Yugoslav Socialist times.

From 2001 until 2003, Ivanić was Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (RS), one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two entities. He also served as the sixth foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina since it became independent in 1992, succeeding Zlatko Lagumdžija on the post, and as such was a member of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In turn, he was succeeded on the post in 2007 by Sven Alkalaj.

He is a founding member of the center-right Bosnian Serb Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) and was its President from 1999 to 2015. In October 2014, he was elected as the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, narrowly beating SNSD's candidate, the RS PM Željka Cvijanović. His victory marked the first time since the Dayton Agreement that the Serb member of the Presidency received the highest number of votes in the country, out of the three elected members. He was then Chairman of the Presidency (head of state) from 17 November 2014 until 17 July 2015 and again from 17 November 2016 until 17 July 2017.

At the 2018 general election, held on 7 October 2018, Ivanić lost his bid for re-election to the Bosnian Presidency to Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik.[3][4]

He is fluent in English.[5]

References

1. Getty Images, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic
2. Profile page Archived 30 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine at the Council of Europe
3. https://www.ksl.com/article/46401834/pro-russian-serb-leader-wins-seat-in-bosnias-presidency]
4. https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/bosnians-vote-in-divisive-general-election/news-story/fbea52ef8353ba316e937a1afc791236
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXu139w_JSU

External links

• Mladen Ivanić at imovinapoliticara.cin.ba