Aljoša Čampara (born 20 January 1975) is a Bosnian politician who served as the Federal Minister of Interior from 2015 to 2023. He is currently a member of the Federal House of Peoples and was the Deputy mayor of Sarajevo as well. Čampara was a member of the

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, until he left it in 2020 to join the

People and Justice People and Justice (, abbreviated NiP) is a centre-right political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party was founded on 12 March 2018. History People and Justice (NiP) was founded on 12 March 2018, after Elmedin Konaković resigned from al ...

party a year later.

Early life and education

Čampara was born in

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to a very influential family, but has nearly all his life lived in

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. His father was Avdo Čampara, a prominent

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politician and a close associate of

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, a Bosniak leader during the

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. After finishing elementary school and high school, Čampara attended the Sarajevo Faculty of Law.

Political career

Soon after graduating, Čampara was employed as an associate in the Department for Personnel Issues and the Department for Protocols of the

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. After that, he held a various administrative duties, he was a secretary of the Constitutional-Legal Commission of the national House of Peoples, and later a secretary of the House of Peoples, than a secretary of the Joint Service of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which he was named an advisor of the Chairman of the House of Peoples, later becoming a member of the Legislative-Legal Commission of the House of Peoples, where he served as an external expert. Čampara was also a member of the Steering Committee of the

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. He is currently a member of the Assembly of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivo Komšić Ivo Komšić (born 16 June 1948) is a Bosnian professor and politician who served as the 37th List of mayors of Sarajevo, mayor of Sarajevo from 2013 to 2017. He was a key figure in the talks that led to the end of the Bosnian War with the Dayton ...

was elected Mayor of Sarajevo on 27 March 2013, while Čampara was elected Deputy Mayor as a Bosniak representative, along with Rako Čović, who was elected as the Serb representative. From 31 March 2015 until 28 April 2023, Čampara served as the Federal Minister of Interior in the

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of Fadil Novalić.

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Aljoša Čampara
at javnarasprava.ba {{DEFAULTSORT:Campara, Aljosa 1975 births Living people People from Dubrovnik Sarajevo Law School alumni Politicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Party of Democratic Action politicians People and Justice politicians