Šefik Džaferović

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Šefik Džaferović
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17th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
20 March 2020 – 20 November 2020
Preceded byŽeljko Komšić
Succeeded byMilorad Dodik
7th Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
20 November 2018
Prime MinisterZoran Tegeltija
Preceded byBakir Izetbegović
Additional positions
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
28 October 2002 – 20 November 2018
General Secretary of the Party of Democratic Action
In office
2001–2005
Preceded byTimur Numić
Succeeded byAmir Zukić
Personal details
Born (1957-09-09) 9 September 1957 (age 64)
Zavidovići, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partyParty of Democratic Action (1990–present)
Spouse(s)
Vildana Džaferović
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(m. 1980)​
Children2
ResidenceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

Šefik Džaferović (Bosnian pronunciation: [ʃêfik dʒafer̩ovitɕ]; born 9 September 1957) is a Bosnian politician who is the 7th and current Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2002 to 2018, he was a member of the national House of Representatives. A high ranking Party of Democratic Action member, Džaferović is the party's current vice president and was also its general secretary.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1979. Before entering politics, he worked in judicial institutions. In 1996, Džaferović was appointed member of the Federal House of Peoples. In 2000, he became a member of the national House of Peoples. At the 2002 general election, Džaferović was elected to the national House of Representatives, and served as its member until 2018.

Since 2018, he has been serving in the Bosnian Presidency as its Bosniak member, getting elected at the 2018 general election by a narrow margin.

Early life and education[edit]

Džaferović was born in 1957 in the Bosnian town of Zavidovići in the former Yugoslavia, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. He went to a Gymnasium in Zavidovići. After that, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo in 1979. Džaferović worked in judicial institutions and for the police department in Zavidovići and Zenica until 1996.

Early political career[edit]

In 1996, Džaferović was elected to the council of Zenica-Doboj Canton. In the same year, he became a delegate in the Federal House of Peoples. Four years later, he entered the national House of Peoples. At the 2002 general election, he became a member of the national House of Representatives. At the 2014 general election, Džaferović was re-elected for a third time to the national House of Representatives with 30,000 votes. While in the House of Representatives, he served as its chairman on multiple occasions.

Presidency (2018–present)[edit]

Domestic policy[edit]

Džaferović speaking at an EPP Zagreb Congress in Croatia, November 2019

At the 2018 general election, Džaferović was elected to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the Bosniak Member with over 36% of the votes, succeeding his Party of Democratic Action (SDA) colleague Bakir Izetbegović.[1] In the first month of his presidency, he had problems with Serb member Milorad Dodik, Chairman of the Presidency at the time, with Dodik stating he would not attend the first Presidency session under the new leadership until the flag of Republika Srpska, the entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was put in his office.[2] Dodik eventually relented, agreeing to hold the session with only the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3] On 20 March 2020, Džaferović became the new Presidency Chairman for the following eight months, succeeding Croat member Željko Komšić.[4] After the eight months passed, on 20 November 2020, he was succeeded by Dodik as chairman.[5]

As the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina started in March 2020, the Presidency announced Armed Forces' placement of quarantine tents at the country's borders intended for Bosnian citizens returning home. Every Bosnian citizen arriving to the country was obligated to self-quarantine for 14 days starting from the day of arrival. Tents were set up on the northern border with Croatia.[6]

In September 2020, Džaferović and his fellow Presidency members said that an EU candidate status for Bosnia and Herzegovina is possible in the year 2021 if the country "implements successful reforms."[7]

On 2 March 2021, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić came to Sarajevo and met with Džaferović and other presidency members, Komšić and Dodik, and donated 10,000 dozes of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Three days later, on 5 March, Slovenian president Borut Pahor also came to Sarajevo and met with Džaferović, Komšić and Dodik, and stated that Slovenia will also donate 4,800 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for the pandemic.[9]

Džaferović (first from right) with fellow Presidency members, alongside Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (second from left), 29 January 2021

On 22 March 2021, in an interview for Federalna televizija, Džaferović stated that "Bosnia and Herzegovina does not lack behind other Western Balkans countries in the process of immunization of the population against COVID-19, with the exception of Serbia. He then added that "we have already started this process, albeit with vaccines from donations from several sources, and I thank everyone who helped Bosnia and Herzegovina at a time when we could not get the vaccines".[10] This statement was met with heavy backlash by opposition parties in the country, with Our Party (NS) commenting on Džaferović's statement, saying that "with disinformation, Džaferović is trying to take away responsibility from himself and his party".[11] Nermin Nikšić, president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH), replied to Džaferović, stating "I must say that so far, Šefik Džaferović has not been highly ranked on the list of those who lead in the statements that make us all crazy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has so far acted as a rarely rational politician from the ruling coalition. With his statement that our country does not lack behind the region in vaccination, Džaferović showed that he does not differ from his party "boss" Izetbegović [Bakir Izetbegović] or Prime Minister Novalić [Fadil Novalić], who have so far subscribed to statements of this type when it comes to SDA." Nikšić ended with saying that "according to official statistics, we are at the bottom of the list in terms of the COVID-19 vaccination rate, behind Rwanda, Cambodia and Zimbabwe."[12] Džaferović's statement also encountered a series of witty and original reactions on social media platforms, making fun of him for his illogical words.[13]

On 22 May 2021, Džaferović and fellow Presidency member Željko Komšić attended a military exercise between the United States Army and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina on mount Manjača, south of the city Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Dodik refused to attend it.[14]

In August 2021, Džaferović and Komšić, without including Dodik, instructed the Ministry of Security to be available for putting out the wildfires in Herzegovina which had formed a few days before.[15] This came after Dodik, as the third member of the Presidency, refused to give consent on the Bosnian Armed Forces to use its military helicopters to help in putting out the fires, because the consent of all three members of the Presidency is required for the military force's helicopters to be used.[16]

Foreign policy[edit]

Džaferović alongside former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (middle) and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, November 2019

In December 2020, right before a state visit of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Džaferović refused to attend the visit because of Lavrov's disrespect to Bosnia and Herzegovina and decision to firstly visit only Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and later on the presidency consisting of Željko Komšić, Dodik and Džaferović.[17] Shortly before Džaferović, Komšić also refused to attend Lavrov's visit because of the same reasons as Džaferović.[18]

On 16 March 2021, Džaferović, Komšić and Dodik went on a state visit to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[19] While there, Erdoğan promised to donate Bosnia and Herzegovina 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Also on the meeting, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey agreed on mutual recognition and exchange of driving licenses, as well as signing an agreement on cooperation in infrastructure and construction projects, which also refers to the construction of a highway from Bosnia's capital Sarajevo to Serbia's capital Belgrade; the agreement being signed by Minister of Communication and Traffic Vojin Mitrović.[21]

In April 2021, Džaferović sent a letter of concern to European Council President Charles Michel upon a supposed non-paper sent by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, regarding possible border changes in the Western Balkans.[22] After hearing news about the supposed non-paper, Janša spoke in a telephone call with Džaferović, stating that "there is no non-paper regarding border changes in the Western Balkans" and adding that he supports "the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina."[23]

On 21 July 2021, Džaferović spoke in a telephone call with Turkish President Erdoğan, exchanging Eid al-Adha greetings and also discussing about economic cooperation.[24]

On 27 August 2021, Erdoğan came to Sarajevo on a state visit in Bosnia and Herzegovina and met with all three Presidency members, having talks about more economic and infrastructural cooperation, as well as looking into the construction of the highway from Sarajevo to Belgrade.[25] Also, a trilateral meeting between Turkey, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina was agreed on and should happen in the near future.[26]

Personal life[edit]

Džaferović has been married to his wife Vildana since 1980 and has two children, Jasmin and Jasmina.[27] They live in Sarajevo.

On 16 July 2021, he received his first dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, amid its pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[28] Džaferović received his second dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine nearly a month later after his first dose, on 13 August.[29]

References[edit]

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  22. ^ "Džaferović pisao Charlesu Michelu: U startu prekinuti priče o prekrajanju granica BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  23. ^ R.D. (16 April 2021). "Janša nazvao Džaferovića: Ne postoji "non paper" o prekrajanju granica, podržavam integritet BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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  28. ^ S.M. (16 July 2021). "Šefik Džaferović vakcinisan u Zenici, primio kinesku vakcinu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  29. ^ E.M. (13 August 2021). "Šefik Džaferović se revakcinisao protiv korone u Zenici" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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