Background
Sanjin Halimović was born in the Bosanska Krajina city of Sanski Most to Bosniak parents, while Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Communist Yugoslavia at the time.
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Sanjin Halimovic
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He attended the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Sarajevo, graduating in 1996 and earning his Master"s degree in 2000.
Career
He served as the mayor of his hometown Sanski Most for seven years beginning in 2004. Halimović is currently the Vice President of the Party of Democratic Action and the Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During postgraduate studies, Halimović resided in the Netherlands and Hanover, Germany.
Halimović currently serves as a consultant for the Veterinary Department of the Una-Sana Canton, and a lecturer at the Biology-technical Faculty in Bihać.
In addition to his native Bosnian, he speaks German and English. Controversies
Between 2004 and 2010, Halimović served as the mayor of Sanski Most, his hometown.
During his tenure, he toured the world, often travelling up to 150 days annually, instead of governing. Also during his time as mayor, he issued all the necessary paperwork and approvals for the construction of luxury cottages in the village of Čaplje in Sanski Most, which he claimed showed his "initiative to craft".
In April 2013, it was reported by some Bosnian media that Halimović was among the 18 arrested when Živko Budimir and 18 others were arrested under accusation that they were part of corrupt activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Budimir, together with his adviser Petar Barišić and Hidajet Halilović, the head of the entity’s amnesty commission, were charged with taking bribes to approve amnesties for people sentenced for crimes such as attempted murder. On 20 May 2013, it was reported that on 22 April 2013 he had purchased a brand new luxury Volkswagen Passat for 63,000 KM (about $44,000) from an auto dealer in Mostar, and that the car was to be delivered directly to his home within 40 days of purchase. 2014 riots
During the 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, protesters burned down part of his "weekend home", a cottage in the Sanski Most village of Čaplje right next to the Sana river.
Participant of the cottage was saved by firefighters.
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He defended a Doctoral thesis at the Veterinary Faculty in Sarajevo in 2007 and became an assistant professor at the University of Bihać.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Party of Democratic Action