Denis Bećirović

Denis Bećirović (born 28 November 1975) is a Bosnian professor and politician. He is a member of the House of Peoples and vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDP BiH).

Denis Bećirović
Member of the House of Peoples
Assumed office
16 February 2019
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
6 November 2006  20 November 2018
Personal details
Born (1975-11-28) 28 November 1975
Tuzla, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–present)
Spouse(s)Mirela Bećirović
Children2
ResidenceTuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Tuzla
University of Sarajevo

Previously, Bećirović was a member of the national House of Representatives.

Education

Bećirović graduated in 1998 from the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Tuzla. He enrolled in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo in 2000. He defended his master's thesis in 2004, and his doctorate in 2010 at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo.[1]

Career

Bećirović joined the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993 and has held several positions within the party. Prior to his political engagement, Bećirović was a history teacher at a primary school in his hometown of Tuzla, and from 1998 to 2002, he worked at the Secondary School of Economics in his hometown. He has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Tuzla since 2010.[1] In 1998, Bećirović became a member of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two years later, he entered the Tuzla Cantonal Assembly and the Federal House of Peoples.[1]

At the 2002 general election, Bećirović was re-elected to the Cantonal Assembly, and four years later, he became a member of the Parliamentary House of Representatives. He renewd his mandate in 2010 as well. At the 2014 general election, Bećirović won his third consecutive term in the State Parliament.[1]

At the 2018 general election, Bećirović ran for a seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Bosniak member, but did not win it.[2] In February 2019, he became a member of the national House of Peoples.[1]

Personal life

Denis is married to Mirela Bećirović, and together they have two children.[1] They live in Tuzla.

References

  1. "Denis Bećirović". imovinapoliticara.cin.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. Er. M. (8 October 2018). "CIK ponovo potvrdio: Džaferović, Dodik i Komšić novi članovi Predsjedništva BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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