Jerko Ivanković Lijanović

Jerko Ivanković Lijanović (born 15 November 1969) is a Bosnian businessman and politician. He is a member of the People's Party Work for Prosperity, and has served as Federal Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Forestry from 2011 to 2015.

Jerko Ivanković Lijanović
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Forestry
In office
17 March 2011 – 31 March 2015
Prime MinisterNermin Nikšić
Preceded byDamir Ljubić
Succeeded byŠemsudin Dedić
Personal details
Born (1969-11-15) 15 November 1969
Široki Brijeg, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyPeople's Party Work for Prosperity

Since September 2020, Lijanović has been serving a 7-year sentence for abuse of office in the Zenica prison.

Personal life

Ivanković 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., of which he still holds 66 percent of the shares.

Lijanović is married and has three children.[2]

Political career

Lijanović is the Vice president of the People's Party Work for Prosperity, which was founded by his brother Mladen. In 2000, he was elected member of the Federal House of Peoples. At the 2006 general election, Lijanović was elected to the national House of Representatives.[1] In 2010, he ran as a candidate for the office of Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but won only 8% of the vote.[3]

In 2011, Lijanović's party went into a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he was appointed Federal Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Forestry in the Federal government of Nermin Nikšić. Lijanović served as minister until March 2015.

In 2014, he ran again for the Bosnian parliament but did not garner enough votes. Lijanović ran again for the Presidency at the 2018 general election, but only won 1% of the vote.[4]

Judicial proceedings and sentence

Lijanović was arrested in 2014 together with his three brothers and father for organised crime, money laundering, tax evasion and for fabricating or destroying his financial records.[5][6]

In 2018, he was sentenced to nine years in prison.[7][8]

In October 2019, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed his conviction for abuse of office with illegalities in awarding incentives to agricultural producers in Tuzla Canton from 2011 until 2014, and ordered confiscation of the unlawful proceeds in the amount of BAM 650,000.

On 29 September 2020, Lijanović started to serve his seven-year sentence in the Zenica prison.

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