Božo Ljubić

Božo Ljubić
Božo Ljubić
President of the Supreme Council of the Croatian National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 March 2011
Deputy	Bariša Čolak
Preceded by	Office established
Member of Parliament of Croatia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 December 2015
Constituency	XI electoral district
Chairman of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 20 September 2014 – 9 December 2014
Deputy	Milorad Živković Denis Bećirović
Preceded by	Milorad Živković
Succeeded by	Šefik Džaferović
	In office; 20 September 2012 – 20 May 2013
Deputy	Milorad Živković Denis Bećirović
Preceded by	Milorad Živković
Succeeded by	Denis Bećirović
Member of the College of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 20 May 2011 – 9 December 2014 Serving with Milorad Živković and Denis Bećirović
Preceded by	Niko Lozančić
Succeeded by	Borjana Krišto
Croat Delegate in the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 23 June 2009 – 9 March 2011
Preceded by	Rudo Vidović
Personal details
Born	30 September 1949; Široki Brijeg, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Božo Ljubić (born 30 September 1949) is a Bosnian Croat politician.

Biography

Ljubić was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH). He came to prominence when in June 2005 he opposed the internal election of Dragan Čović to the party presidency, claiming election fraud.

In April 2006, the rift between Ljubić and the main party line escalated, and he led the formation of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ 1990). The new party was welcomed by the Roman Catholic bishop of Banja Luka Franjo Komarica and the president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Ivo Sanader (also prime minister of Croatia at the time).[1]

The new party's candidates ran for office in the 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina general election and achieved moderate success. Ljubić was the candidate for the Croatian seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but came in third with 18% of the vote, after both Željko Komšić of SDP BiH and Ivo Miro Jović of HDZ BiH.

In 2014 he has left HDZ 1990 and he has given his support to HDZ BiH in the 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina general election. Today Ljubic is the president of the General Council of the Croatian National Congress of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina granted the request of Božo Ljubić for review of the constitutionality of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The court established that the Election Law is in contravention to the principle of constituent status of peoples, i.e. the principle of equality of all constituent peoples (Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

References

"Political report - Squabbling Bosnia & Herzegovina HDZ fractions on Sanader's Diaspora Slate". Nacional. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 25 January 2010.

External links

Božo Ljubić M.D. PhD - Biography

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[1] "Political report - Squabbling Bosnia & Herzegovina HDZ fractions on Sanader's Diaspora Slate". Nacional. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 25 January 2010.