Josip Grubeša

Grubeša, a Bosnian Croat, was born on 4 November 1978 in Prozor-Rama, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.

In 1997, he graduated from the Archdiocese's Gymnasium of Zadar, after which he graduated in Latin literature from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Split. He was then employed in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Mostar in 2003. Seven years later, Grubeša started working as a visiting professor at the Medical and Law Faculty of the University of Mostar, which he still does today. In 2011, he graduated again, now at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Mostar.

Since that year, he has been a member of the Presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH).[1] On 31 March 2015, Grubeša was appointed as the new Minister of Justice within the government led by Denis Zvizdić. He stayed as minister in the government of Zoran Tegeltija as well.[2]

In 2018, Grubeša was widely criticised for signing the transfer to Croatia of convicted war criminal Marko Radić, who was later released after a Zagreb court reduced his sentence.[3]

Grubeša is married with three children. In addition to Bosnian and Croatian, Grubeša also speaks German and English.[1]

• Josip Grubeša at vecernji.hr