Anton Kasipović

Deputy Prime Minister of Republika SrpskaAssumed office
23 July 2020Prime MinisterRadovan ViškovićMinister of Justice of Republika SrpskaAssumed office
18 December 2014Prime MinisterRadovan ViškovićPreceded byGorana ZlatkovićMinister of Education and Culture of Republika SrpskaIn office
26 February 2006 – 12 March 2013Prime MinisterMilorad DodikAleksandar DžombićPrime Minister of Republika SrpskaIn office
15 November 2010 – 29 December 2010PresidentMilorad DodikPreceded byMilorad DodikSucceeded byAleksandar Džombić Personal detailsBorn (1956-08-30) 30 August 1956 (age 67)
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR YugoslaviaNationalityBosnian CroatPolitical partySNSDSpouseBiljana^[1]Children1Alma materUniversity of Banja Luka

Anton Kasipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Антон Касиповић; born 30 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician, lawyer and journalist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Republika Srpska. He is the former Minister of Education and Culture and has been acting Prime Minister of Republika Srpska for a short period in 2010. He is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.

Biography

Kasipović completed primary and secondary school in Banja Luka and graduated from the Faculty of Law in Banja Luka. He was a journalist for the daily newspaper Glas Srpske, where he worked as director and editor-in-chief. He also worked as a correspondent for Television Sarajevo. He came to the post of Minister from the position of marketing director of the Public Radio and TV Service Service of BiH. He is married and has one child.^[2]

Kasipović was elected to the position of Minister of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska in three governments, the second and third governments of Milorad Dodik, and the government of Aleksandar Džombić, who resigned on 27 February 2013, and served until 12 March 2013.

After the election of the President of Republika Srpska in 2010, and the election of the then Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik to the post of President, Kasipović was acting Prime Minister for a short period.

References

External links

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