Svetozar Čiplić

Svetozar Čiplić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Чиплић, born 21 April 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.

Svetozar Čiplić
Светозар Чиплић
Minister of Human and Minority Rights
In office 7 July 2008 – 14 March 2011
Prime Minister	Mirko Cvetković
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Milan Marković (Merged into Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government)
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-21) 21 April 1965 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Nationality	Serbian
Children	2
Education	Faculty of Law
Alma mater	University of Novi Sad
Occupation	Politician

Education and career

Born in Novi Sad in 1965,[1] he graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, where he also received a master's degree. He has been employed at the school since 1995, where he teaches constitutional law.[1]

He was a member of the Novi Sad Executive Council, in charge of administration and regulations in 2001.[1] From 2002 to 2007, he served on the bench of the Serbian Constitutional Court.[1] From 7 July 2008 to 14 March 2011, he was the Minister of Human and Minority Rights, until his Ministry merged into Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government.[2]

Čiplić publicly stated that minority ethnic group voter registration went smoothly despite widespread allegations of fraud.[2]

Personal life

He is married, and has two children.

References

1. http://www.pf.uns.ac.rs/english/department_of_public_law.htm;link no longer viable.
2. http://poverenik.org.rs/en/media/946-2010-09-07-10-17-54

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Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Minister of Human and Minority Rights 2008–2011	Succeeded by Milan Marković (Merged into Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government)