Borislav Paravac

Borislav Paravac
Paravac at the funeral of Pope John Paul II on 8 April 2005
10th and 13th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 10 April 2003 – 27 June 2003
Preceded by	Dragan Čović
Succeeded by	Dragan Čović
In office 28 October 2004 – 28 June 2005
Preceded by	Sulejman Tihić
Succeeded by	Ivo Miro Jović
7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 10 April 2003 – 6 November 2006
Preceded by	Mirko Šarović
Succeeded by	Nebojša Radmanović
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2002–2006
Municipality president of Doboj
In office 1990–2000
Personal details
Born	(1943-02-18) 18 February 1943 Kostajnica, Doboj, Independent State of Croatia
Political party	Serb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Borislav Paravac (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Паравац; born 18 February 1943) is a Bosnian Serb politician and the former 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 April 2003 until 6 November 2006.

Paravac was born on 18 February 1943 in Kostajnica near Doboj in northern Bosnia. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb in 1966. From 1990 to 2000, he was the Municipality president of Doboj, and was also a Member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.

In the 2002 Bosnian general election, Paravac was elected to the House of Representatives. Following the dismissal of Mirko Šarović from his post at the presidency by the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, Paravac was appointed to the post on 10 April 2003. He held the position of chairman on two occasions.