Marinko Čavara
Busovača, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR YugoslaviaNationalityBosnian CroatPolitical partyCroatian Democratic UnionSpouse(s)Ivanka ČavaraChildren3Residence(s)Busovača, Bosnia and HerzegovinaAlma materUniversity of ZenicaOccupationPolitician, educator, engineer
Marinko Čavara (born 2 February 1967) is a Bosnian Croat politician who is the 10th and current President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Political career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Early life
Marinko Čavara was born in Busovača to Niko and Anđa Čavara. He attended elementary school in Busovača, graduating in 1981. He continued education in engineering high school in Busovača and graduated in 1985. He then attended the University of Zenica in the Faculty of Engineering. He graduated in 1991.
In 1991, he worked as a professor of engineering and physics in high school in Busovača. In 1992 he became director of Busovača post. During the Bosnian War, Čavara was municipal commissioner for war production and workers involved in war production in central Bosnia and head of the municipal Civil Protection.
Political career
In 1990, Čavara joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH). Between 1994 and 1995, he was Vice-President of the HDZ BiH. In 2002, he was once again named Vice-President and President of HDZ BiH in Busovača.
In 1997, Čavara was elected to the Busovača Municipal Council. At the 2000 parliamentary election, he was elected to the *embly of the Central Bosnia Canton. On the election held two years later, he saved his position in the *embly.
As of 1996, he worked as Deputy Minister for Traffic and Connection in the Central Bosnia Canton. In 2001, his ministry was dismissed and Čavara was named Deputy Director of the Cantonal Directorate for Roads and was later named Director. He worked in this office until 2005.
Between 2005 and 2006 he was an advisor to Ivo Miro Jović, who was, at the time, the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From May 2006 until February 2007, he was a member of the Federal House of Peoples. At the 2006 general election, Čavara won a seat in the Federal House of Representatives and was named its Vice-President.
He has been serving as President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two autonomous en*ies that compose Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 9 February 2015.
Personal life
Marinko is married to Ivanka Čavara, and together they have three children, one daughter and two sons.
References
External links
- Media related to Marinko Čavara at Wikimedia Commons