Božo Ljubić (born 30 September 1949) is a Bosnian Croat politician who is the current president of the Supreme Council of the Croatian National Assembly. Formerly, he was a member of both the national House of Peoples and national

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. Ljubić served as Minister of Communication and Traffic from 2007 to 2009 as well. He was a prominent figure of the

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, until he left it in 2006 to establish the

Croatian Democratic Union 1990 The Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (, abbreviated HDZ 1990) is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It split from the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is led by Ilija Cvitanović. In 2006, it was the lea ...

. Ljubić the party in 2014.

Biography

Ljubić was a member of the

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(HDZ BiH). He came to prominence when in June 2005 he opposed the internal election of Dragan Čović to the party presidency, claiming

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. In April 2006, the rift between Ljubić and the main party line escalated, and he led the formation of the

(HDZ 1990). The new party was welcomed by the

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bishop of

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and the president of the

(HDZ) and Croatian prime minister

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. The new party's candidates ran for office in the 2006 general election and achieved moderate success. Ljubić was the candidate for the Croat seat in the

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, but came in third with 18% of the vote, after both

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of the SDP BiH and Ivo Miro Jović of the HDZ BiH. From 11 January 2007 until 23 June 2009, he served as Minister of Communication and Traffic. In 2014, Ljubić left the HDZ 1990 and gave his support to the HDZ BiH in the 2014 general election. Currently, he is the president of the General Council of the Croatian National Assembly. In 2016, the

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granted the request of Ljubić for review of the constitutionality of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The court established that the Election Law is in contravention to the principle of constituent status of peoples, i.e. the principle of equality of all constituent peoples (Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Božo Ljubić M.D. PhD - Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ljubic, Bozo 1949 births Living people Politicians from Široki Brijeg Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Croatian Democratic Union 1990 politicians Government ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Members of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina Members of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Chairmen of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament