Mirsad Hadžikadić (born 21 January 1955) is a Bosnian professor and politician. He is the current president of the

Platform for Progress The Platform for Progress ( Bosnian: ''Platforma za progres'', abbreviated PzP) is a centrist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded on 25 November 2018. At the party's founding convention, the 1,200 delegates chose Mirsad Hadžik ...

party. Hadžikadić is also the director of the Institute of Complex Systems at the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...

. At the 2018 general election, he ran for a seat in the

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine, separator=" / ", Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of ...

as a Bosniak member, but was not elected.

Biography

Hadžikadić was born in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

in a

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzeg ...

household. In 1984, he moved to the United States, receiving a PhD in Computer Science at

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = " The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , pr ...

in 1987. In April 2018, Hadžikadić announced he would run at the

2018 Bosnian general election General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018. They decided the makeup of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency as well as national, entity, and cantonal governments. Voter turnout was 54%. The elections for the House of ...

for the seat of Bosniak member of the

. He gathered 58,555 preferential votes, obtaining 10.09% of the total vote for the Bosniak seat. He leads the

party. On 9 December 2021, Hadžikadić once again announced he would run at the

2022 general election The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2022. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2022 United Nations Security Council election * 2022 national electoral calendar * 2022 local ...

for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzikadic, Mirsad 1955 births Living people People from Banja Luka University of Banja Luka alumni Southern Methodist University alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians