Nikola Špirić
Nikola Špirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Шпирић, pronounced [nǐkola ʃpǐːrit͡ɕ]; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012.
Nikola Špirić Никола Шпирић | |
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![]() Špirić in 2010 | |
Member of the House of Peoples | |
Assumed office 25 February 2019 | |
Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 12 January 2012 – 31 March 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
Succeeded by | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
6th Minister of Finance and Treasury[1] | |
In office 12 January 2012 – 31 March 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
Preceded by | Dragan Vrankić |
Succeeded by | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
7th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 11 January 2007 – 12 January 2012 | |
President | Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić Haris Silajdžić |
Preceded by | Adnan Terzić |
Succeeded by | Vjekoslav Bevanda |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 28 October 2002 – 20 November 2018 | |
Constituency | 1st Electoral Unit of RS |
Personal details | |
Born | Drvar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | 4 September 1956
Political party | Alliance of Independent Social Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Sarajevo |
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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 1 November 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.[2] After the crisis was resolved, he was renominated for the Chairman's post on 10 December 2007,[3] confirmed by the presidency on 27 December 2007 and by parliament on 28 December 2007.[4]
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Preceded by Adnan Terzić |
Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007–2012 |
Succeeded by Vjekoslav Bevanda |