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Dragan Čović

Dragan Čović

Dragan Čović (born 1956) is a Bosnian Croat engineer and politician, president of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) since 2005.

Born
1956 (70 years), Mostar
Party
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Office
Member of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2019–
Education
University of Mostar
Political position

Right · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: nationalist advocate of Croat autonomy
Ideology: Croat nationalism, christian democracy

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He was the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002-2005 and 2014-2018. He is named among the possible contenders for Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Career

Čović studied engineering at Mostar, with a master's (1989) and doctorate (1996). He was Federation Minister of Finance from 1998 to 2001 and briefly acting Federation Prime Minister in 2001. He held the Croat Presidency seat in 2002-2005 and 2014-2018, chairing it several times, and lost it to Željko Komšić in 2018. He has led HDZ BiH since 2005 and sat in the House of Peoples since 2011.

Offices held
  1. Member of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011–2014, 2019–
  2. Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003–2003, 2003–2004, 2015–2016, 2017–2018
  3. Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002–2005, 2014–2018
  4. Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001–2001

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia describes him as a nationalist advocate of Bosnian Croat autonomy and constitutional protections for Croats.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: European Commission, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Željko KomšićCentre-left6227%
Denis Zvizdić19%
Denis BećirovićCentre-left5015%
Elmedin KonakovićCentre5212%
Bakir IzetbegovićCentre708%
Nermin NikšićCentre-left657%
Saša MagazinovićCentre-left476%
Edin FortoCentre544%
Borjana KrištoCentre-right654%
Radovan Višković3%
Zoran Tegeltija3%
Dragan ČovićRight701%

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