Preceded by Zivko Budimir Nationality Croat | Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic Name Marinko Cavara Presidential term February 9, 2015 – | |
Prime Minister Nermin NiksicFadil Novalic Vice President Melika MahmutbegovicMilan Dunovic Born 2 February 1967 (age 57) Busovaca, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1967-02-02 ) Role President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Office President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2015 Residence Busovaca, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Marinko Čavara (2 February 1967) is a Bosnian Croat politician and prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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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.
During the 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 of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Between 1994 and 1995 he was Vice-President of the CDU. In 2002 he was once again named Vice-President and President of the CDU in Busovača.
In 1997, Čavara was elected to the Busovača Municipal Council. On the 2000 election, he was elected to the Assembly of the Central Bosnia Canton. On the election held two years later, he saved his position in the Assembly.
As of 1996, he worked as Deputy Minister for Traffic and Connection in 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, Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From May 2006 until February 2007, he was Member of the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the general election in October 2006, he won seat in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was named Vice-President of the House of Representatives.
Personal life
Čavara is married to Ivanka Čavara and has three children, one daughter and two sons.