Aljoša Čampara

Aljoša Čampara (born 20 January 1975) is a Bosnian politician who served as the Federal Minister of Interior from 2015 to 2023. He is currently a member of the Federal House of Peoples and was the Deputy mayor of Sarajevo as well.

Aljoša Čampara
Member of the Federal House of Peoples
Assumed office
20 February 2019
Federal Minister of Interior
In office
31 March 2015 – 28 April 2023
Prime MinisterFadil Novalić
Preceded byPredrag Kurteš
Succeeded byRamo Isak
Additional positions
Deputy Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
27 March 2013 – 31 March 2015
Serving with Ranko Čović
Personal details
Born (1975-01-20) 20 January 1975
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partyPeople and Justice (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Party of Democratic Action (until 2020)
SpouseAmela Čampara[1]
RelationsDenis Zvizdić (cousin)[1]
ParentAvdo Čampara (father)
Residence(s)Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo
ProfessionLawyer

Čampara was a member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it in 2020 to join the People and Justice party a year later.

Early life and education

Čampara was born in Dubrovnik to a very influential family, but has nearly all his life lived in Sarajevo. His father was Avdo Čampara, a prominent Bosniak politician and a close associate of Alija Izetbegović, a Bosniak leader during the Bosnian War.[1] After finishing elementary school and high school, Čampara attended the Sarajevo Faculty of Law.

Political career

Soon after graduating, Čampara was employed as an associate in the Department for Personnel Issues and the Department for Protocols of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After that, he held a various administrative duties, he was a secretary of the Constitutional-Legal Commission of the national House of Peoples, and later a secretary of the House of Peoples, than a secretary of the Joint Service of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which he was named an advisor of the Chairman of the House of Peoples, later becoming a member of the Legislative-Legal Commission of the House of Peoples, where he served as an external expert. Čampara was also a member of the Steering Committee of the Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo.[2] He is currently a member of the Assembly of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Ivo Komšić was elected Mayor of Sarajevo on 27 March 2013, while Čampara was elected Deputy Mayor as a Bosniak representative, along with Rako Čović, who was elected as the Serb representative.[3]

From 31 March 2015 until 28 April 2023, Čampara served as the Federal Minister of Interior in the government of Fadil Novalić.[4]

References
  1. Ćatić, I. (15 August 2014). "Porodica Čampara preuzela gotovo sve institucije". Dnevni Avaz. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Aljoša Čampara" (PDF) (in Bosnian). Grad Sarajevo. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "Ivo Komšić izabran za gradonačelnika Sarajeva; Čampara i Čović zamjenici" (in Croatian). Bljesak. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. "Aljoša Čampara preuzeo dužnost Federalnog ministra unutrašnjih poslova" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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