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Nikola Špirić
Никола ШпирићPrime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Incumbent Assumed office
11 January 2007President Nebojša Radmanović
Željko Komšić
Haris SilajdžićPreceded by Adnan Terzić Personal details Born 4 September 1956
Drvar, Yugoslavia
(now Bosnia and Herzegovina)Political party Alliance of Independent Social Democrats Alma mater University of Sarajevo Dr. Nikola Špirić (Никола Шпирић) born September 4, 1956 in Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb politician and is the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina elected on 4 January 2007.
He completed elementary education in Drvar, high school in Sarajevo, and his undergraduate and postgraduate education at the University of Sarajevo. He holds a Ph.D. in economics. His doctoral thesis was in monetary and public finance.
Špirić has been an economics professor at the University of Banja Luka since 1992. He held a number of governmental positions including a 4-year term as a representative at the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was Chairman of the House of Peoples in 2002-2003 and Chairman of the House of Representatives in 2003-2004 and 2005-2006.
On November 1, 2007, Špirić tendered his resignation in protest of parliamentary reforms imposed by High Representative Miroslav Lajčák. Špirić felt that the reforms would reduce the influence of Bosnia's Serb population. The resignation was deemed by some to be the country's most serious crisis since the end of the Bosnian War.[1] After the crisis was resolved, he was renominated for the Chairman's post on 10 December 2007,[2] confirmed by the presidency on 27 December 2007 and by parliament on 28 December 2007.[3]
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Political offices Preceded by
Adnan TerzićPrime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007–presentIncumbent Prime Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Prime Ministers of
PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1945–1953)Presidents of the Executive Council of
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1953–1992)Đuro Pucar · Avdo Humo · Osman Karabegović · Hasan Brkić · Rudi Kolak · Branko Mikulić · Dragutin Kosovac · Milanko Renovica · Seid Maglajlija · Gojko Ubiparip · Josip Lovrenović · Marko Ćeranić · Jure Pelivan
Prime Minsiters of the
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1997)Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1997)Haris Silajdžić and Boro Bosić · Haris Silajdžić and Svetozar Mihajlović · Spasoje Tuševljak · Martin Raguz · Božidar Matić · Zlatko Lagumdžija · Dragan Mikerević · Adnan Terzić · Nikola Špirić
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