Bakir Izetbegović

Bakir Izetbegovic ( born June 28, 1956 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia ) is a Bosnian politician. He is a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA ) and the son of former Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic. On 3 October 2010 he was selected as the Bosniak representatives in the three-member state presidency of the country.

Life and work

Izetbegovic completed his architectural studies at the University of Sarajevo from in 1981. From 1982 to 1992 he worked in a consultancy firm. In 2000 he entered politics; 2006 Izetbegovic was first elected to the Bosnian parliament. In 2009 he was defeated in the election of the party leaders of the SDA against the incumbent.

Bakir Izetbegovic is married and has one daughter.

Election to the State Bureau

In the election for representatives of the three ethnic groups in the State Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic reached on 3 October 2010 as one of nine candidates a vote share of 35%. His rival Fahrudin Radončić who owns the daily newspaper Dnevni Avaz, came to 31% of the votes, while the former Bosniak Haris Silajdžić representative of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina ( SBiH ) was only third with 25%. Due to the unusually high number of invalid votes, the election result is, however, doubted; the election commission ordered a recount of the votes in question. Inauguration was with constitutive meeting of the Presidency on 10 November 2010.