Anton Kasipović | |
Birth Date: | 1956 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
Alma Mater: | University of Banja Luka |
Spouse: | Biljana[1] |
Children: | 1 |
Party: | SNSD |
Nationality: | Bosnian Croat |
Office1: | Minister of Justice of Republika Srpska |
Term Start1: | 18 December 2014 |
Primeminister1: | Radovan Višković |
Predecessor1: | Gorana Zlatković |
Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Republika Srpska |
Term Start: | 23 July 2020 |
Alongside: | Srebrenka Golić |
Primeminister: | Radovan Višković |
Office3: | Prime Minister of Republika Srpska |
Term Start3: | 15 November 2010 |
Term End3: | 29 December 2010 |
President3: | Milorad Dodik |
Predecessor3: | Milorad Dodik |
Successor3: | Aleksandar Džombić |
Office2: | Minister of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska |
Term Start2: | 26 February 2006 |
Term End2: | 12 March 2013 |
Primeminister2: | Milorad DodikAleksandar Džombić |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Anton Kasipović (Serbian: Антон Касиповић; born 30 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician, lawyer and journalist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Republika Srpska. He is the former Minister of Education and Culture and has been acting Prime Minister of Republika Srpska for a short period in 2010. He is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.
Kasipović completed primary and secondary school in Banja Luka and graduated from the Faculty of Law in Banja Luka. He was a journalist for the daily newspaper Glas Srpske, where he worked as director and editor-in-chief. He also worked as a correspondent for Television Sarajevo. He came to the post of Minister from the position of marketing director of the Public Radio and TV Service Service of BiH. He is married and has one child.[2]
Kasipović was elected to the position of Minister of Education and Culture of Republika Srpska in three governments, the second and third governments of Milorad Dodik, and the government of Aleksandar Džombić, who resigned on 27 February 2013, and served until 12 March 2013.
After the election of the President of Republika Srpska in 2010, and the election of the then Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik to the post of President, Kasipović was acting Prime Minister for a short period.