Mladen Ivanić

Mladen Ivanić
Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office 17 November 2014 – 17 July 2015
Prime Minister	Vjekoslav Bevanda Denis Zvizdić
Preceded by	Bakir Izetbegović
Succeeded by	Dragan Čović
Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2014
Preceded by	Nebojša Radmanović
Chairperson of the House of Peoples
In office 14 July 2008 – 26 February 2009
Preceded by	Sulejman Tihić
Succeeded by	Dušanka Majkić
11th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
In office 16 January 2001 – 17 January 2003
President	Mirko Šarović Dragan Čavić
Preceded by	Milorad Dodik
Succeeded by	Dragan Mikerević
Personal details
Born	(1958-09-16) 16 September 1958 Sanski Most, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Political party	Party of Democratic Progress
Alma mater	University of Banja Luka University of Belgrade

Mladen Ivanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Иванић, pronounced [mlâden ǐʋanit͡ɕ]; 16 September 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He was chairman of the presidency from November 17, 2014 until July 17, 2015.

He is a member of the center-right Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) and was its president from 1999 to 2015. Born in 1958 in Sanski Most, Ivanić has been a resident of Banja Luka since 1971, where he got his university diploma in economics. He then got a doctor's degree in Belgrade; the thesis was titled Contemporary Marxist political economy in the West. His political career begins in 1988, when he became a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From 2001 to 2003, Ivanić was Prime Minister of Republika Srpska. He also served as the sixth foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina since it became independent in 1992, succeeding Zlatko Lagumdžija on the post, and as such was a member of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In turn, he was succeeded on the post in 2007 by Sven Alkalaj.

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Political offices
Preceded by Milorad Dodik	Prime Minister of Republika Srpska 2001–2003	Succeeded by Dragan Mikerević
Preceded by Zlatko Lagumdžija	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003–2007	Succeeded by Sven Alkalaj
Preceded by Sulejman Tihić	Chairman of the House of Peoples 2008–2009	Succeeded by Dušanka Majkić
Preceded by Nebojša Radmanović	Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Bakir Izetbegović	Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014–2015	Succeeded by Dragan Čović