Denis Zvizdić

Denis Zvizdić
Zvizdić in 2018
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
31 March 2015 – 23 December 2019
President
See list
Preceded byVjekoslav Bevanda
Succeeded byZoran Tegeltija
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2018
Constituency3rd Electoral Unit of the FBiH
Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton
In office
6 February 2003 – 16 November 2006
Preceded byNermin Pećanac
Succeeded bySamir Silajdžić
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Federal House of Representatives
In office
9 March 2011 – 2 December 2014
Constituency11th Electoral Unit of the FBiH
Member of the Federal House of Peoples
In office
25 January 2007 – 17 March 2011
Personal details
Born (1964-06-09) 9 June 1964
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
PartyPeople and Justice (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Party of Democratic Action (1991–2021)
SpouseSamira Zvizdić
RelationsAljoša Čampara (cousin)[1]
Children1
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo (BArch, MArch, PhD)

Denis Zvizdić (born 9 June 1964) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. He has been serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2018. He also served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 2003 to 2006.

Zvidzić was a prominent figure of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it in 2021 to join the People and Justice party.

Early life and education

Zvizdić was born on 9 June 1964 in Sarajevo. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo, where he earned a PhD and in 2007 became a professor of architecture.[2]

Early career

Zvizdić had worked at the Ministry for Environment and Construction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), as well as for the Unioninvest Sarajevo Company prior to his political career. He was also co-director of the National Action Plan for Protection of Environment.

Political career

In 2003, Zvizdić became Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton, his first major political appointment, and in 2006 speaker of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly.[2][3]

He was then a member of the Federal Parliament, having served in the House of Peoples from 2007 to 2011, and then in the House of Representatives from 2011 until 2014.[2]

Zvizdić joined the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in 1991. He was a member of its presidency from 2005. In 2009, Zvizdić was appointed Chair of the SDA Council and joined the party's Main Board in 2013. He was a member of the party Cantonal Board in Sarajevo (2004–05), and prior to that member of the Sarajevo Centar Municipal Board (2000–03).

Chairman of the Council of Ministers (2015–2019)

On 31 March 2015, in a vote in the national House of Representatives determining the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 out of the 42 Parliament members voted for Zvizdić, 5 voted against and 2 abstained.[4] Zvizdić promised that his government would improve action on the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union.[3]

During his chairmanship, the SAA agreement with the EU entered into force on 15 July 2015, and on 15 February 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted its EU membership application.[5]

In July 2016, Zvizdić's government approved a comprehensive anti-discrimination law which has to do with LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, banning discrimination on account of one's sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. Later on, the Parliament adopted the law.[6][7] This came after the Law Against Discrimination was adopted in 2009, prohibiting discrimination based on sex, gender expression and sexual orientation. Furthermore, the law forbids harassment and segregation on the basis of sexual orientation.[8] The country's desire to join the EU also played an important role in the government's approach to LGBT rights.[9]

After the 2018 general election and with a newly established Council of Ministers, Zvizdić was succeeded as chairman by Zoran Tegeltija of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) on 23 December 2019.[10]

Later career

Following months of bickering with the party's leadership, Zvizdić opted to leave the SDA in July 2021, after which he joined the People and Justice party in November.[11] He was re-elected to the national House of Representatives in the 2022 general election, obtaining nearly 27,000 votes.[12]

Personal life

Denis is married to Samira Zvizdić, and together they have a son named Kenan.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Ćatić, I. (15 August 2014). "Porodica Čampara preuzela gotovo sve institucije". Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Elvira M. Jukic (19 December 2014). "SDA Names Bosnia's New Prime Minister". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "BiH elects Denis Zvizdic as new chairman of BiH Council of Ministers". Bosnia Today. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "BiH elects Denis Zvizdic as new chairman for state-level gov't". Xinhua News Agency. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ N.N. (15 February 2016). "BiH predala aplikaciju za članstvo u EU: Još jedan korak na dugom putu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Better protection of LGBTI persons through the amendments to the Anti-discrimination Law of BiH". Soc.ba. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Anti-discrimination law updated – great step forward in Bosnia and Herzegovina - ILGA-Europe". Ilga-europe.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "ZAKON O ZABRANI DISKRIMINACIJE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ↑ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey
  10. ↑ Er.M. (23 December 2019). "Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  11. ↑ M. Aš. (15 November 2021). "Denis Zvizdić pristupio Narodu i pravdi" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  12. ↑ F. H. (21 October 2022). "Promjenom stranke pojedinci su izgubili veliki broj glasova, dok su neki i sačuvali glasačku bazu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Denis Zvizdić". cin.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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