Svetozar Čiplić

Svetozar Čiplić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Чиплић, born 21 April 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.

Svetozar Čiplić
Светозар Чиплић
Minister of Human and Minority Rights
In office
7 July 2008  14 March 2011
Prime MinisterMirko Cvetković
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMilan Marković
(Merged into Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government)
Personal details
Born (1965-04-21) 21 April 1965
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Children2
EducationFaculty of Law
Alma materUniversity of Novi Sad
OccupationPolitician

Education and career

Born in Novi Sad in 1965,[1] he graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, where he also received a master's degree. He has been employed at the school since 1995, where he teaches constitutional law.[1]

He was a member of the Novi Sad Executive Council, in charge of administration and regulations in 2001.[1] From 2002 to 2007, he served on the bench of the Serbian Constitutional Court.[1] From 7 July 2008 to 14 March 2011, he was the Minister of Human and Minority Rights, until his Ministry merged into Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government.[2]

Čiplić publicly stated that minority ethnic group voter registration went smoothly despite widespread allegations of fraud.[2]

Personal life

He is married, and has two children.

References


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