Jerko Ivanković Lijanović

Jerko Ivanković Lijanović (born 15 November 1969 in Široki Brijeg) is a Bosnian businessman, former deputy Prime Minister of FBiH, former Minister of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry and two times presidential candidate for the Croat of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jerko Ivanković Lijanović
Vice President of the People's Party for Work and Betterment
Assumed office
2001
Minister of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry
In office
17. February 2011. – 31. February 2015
Personal details
Born15. November 1969
Široki Brijeg, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Political partyPeople's Party for Work and Betterment

Personal life

Jerko Ivankovic was born in Široki Brijeg in 1969. His nickname Lijanović came from his father Stipe Ivanković Lijan. In Sarajevo he went to the Agricultural-Food School.[1] He started his career in his family's firm Lijanovići d.o.o. and currently hold 66 percent of the shares. He is married and has three children.[2]

Political career

He is the Vice president of the People's Party for Work and Betterment, which was founded by his brother Mladen. In 2000. he was a member of the House of Peoples of FBiH. In the 2006 elections he was elected to the BiH Parliament.[1] In 2010 he ran as a candidate for the Croat of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina but only gained 8% of the vote.[3] In 2011 his party went into a coalition with SDP and he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry.

Arrest and later comeback into politics

Jerko was arrested in 2014 [4] for organised criminal, money laundering, tax evasion and for fabricating or destroying his financial records[5] together with his three brothers and father. Also that year he was a candidate for the BiH parliament but did not have enough votes. In 2018 he was sentenced to nine years in prison.[6] He denied the charges against him saying that the claims were falsified and that he has evidence that proves him innocent.[7] He ran again for president in the 2018 elections but lost again with 1% of the vote.[8]

References
  1. "Jerko Ivanković Lijanović - Ministar sa iskustvom stvaranja poslovne imperije". Akta.ba. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. www.cin.ba. "CIN: Imovina političara - Jerko Ivanković Lijanović". imovinapoliticara.cin.ba. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. "PREDSJEDNISTVO BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE". www.izbori.ba. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. "Jerko Ivanković Lijanović priveden u SIPA-u, majka ga ispratila u suzama (FOTO+VIDEO)". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  5. "Na Sudu BiH počelo suđenje Lijanovićima i ostalima". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  6. "Jerko Ivanković Lijanović osuđen na devet godina zatvora". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  7. TV1 HD (2018-01-16), Jerko Ivanković Lijanović osuđen na devet godina zatvora, retrieved 2018-10-14
  8. "Centralna izborna komisija BiH". www.izbori.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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