Željko Komšić
Željko Komšić | |||||||||
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Komšić in 2023 | |||||||||
| 12th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||
| In office 16 July 2023 – 16 March 2024 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Željka Cvijanović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Denis Bećirović | ||||||||
| In office 20 July 2021 – 20 March 2022 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Milorad Dodik | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Šefik Džaferović | ||||||||
| In office 20 July 2019 – 20 March 2020 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Milorad Dodik | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Šefik Džaferović | ||||||||
| In office 10 July 2013 – 10 March 2014 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Nebojša Radmanović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bakir Izetbegović | ||||||||
| In office 10 July 2011 – 10 March 2012 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Nebojša Radmanović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bakir Izetbegović | ||||||||
| In office 6 July 2009 – 6 March 2010 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Nebojša Radmanović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Haris Silajdžić | ||||||||
| In office 6 July 2007 – 6 March 2008 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Nebojša Radmanović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Haris Silajdžić | ||||||||
| 6th Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||
| Assumed office 20 November 2018 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Denis Zvizdić Zoran Tegeltija Borjana Krišto | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Dragan Čović | ||||||||
| In office 6 November 2006 – 17 November 2014 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Adnan Terzić Nikola Špirić Vjekoslav Bevanda | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Ivo Miro Jović | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dragan Čović | ||||||||
| President of the Democratic Front | |||||||||
| Assumed office 7 April 2013 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1964 Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Front (2013–present) | ||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Social Democratic Party (1997–2012) | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Sabina Komšić (m. 1996) | ||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (LL.B.) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||
| Awards | Order of the Golden Lily | ||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||
| Allegiance | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
| Branch/service | Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1992–1996 | ||||||||
| Rank | Platoon leader | ||||||||
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| Battles/wars | Bosnian War | ||||||||
Željko Komšić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈʒɛːʎkɔ ˈkɔmʃitɕ]; born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2018. Previously, he was a member of the national House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.
Komšić already served as a member of the Presidency from 2006 to 2014 and was elected to the same office for a third term in the 2018 general election, thus becoming the second Presidency member overall, after Bosniak Alija Izetbegović, and the first, and so far only Croat member to serve more than two terms. He was re-elected for a fourth term in the 2022 general election.
Komšić was a prominent figure of the Social Democratic Party, until he left it in 2012 to establish the Democratic Front a year later.
Although elected to the post of Croat member of the tri-partitive Presidency, many Bosnian Croats consider Komšić to be an illegitimate representative of their interests as he was elected mainly by Bosniak voters in the Federation, a Bosniak-Croat political entity which forms a majority of the country's territory and whose residents are eligible to cast ballots for both the Bosniak and Croat members of the Presidency (while the Serb member is elected by residents of the Republika Srpska entity).