Aljoša Čampara (born 20 January 1975) is a Bosnian politician serving as the Federal Minister of Interior since 2015. He was also a member of the Federal House of Peoples and was the Deputy

mayor of Sarajevo This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo has had 38 different mayors in 39 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 ...

as well. Čampara was a member of the

Party of Democratic Action The Party of Democratic Action ( bs, Stranka demokratske akcije; abbr. SDA) is a Bosniak nationalist, conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) was founded on 26 May 1990 in Sarajevo, ...

, 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 was founded on 12 March 2018, after Elmedin Konaković resigned from all part ...

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

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

. His father was Avdo Čampara, a prominent

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politician and a close associate of

Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

, 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 doctor, professor, politician and former mayor of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a key figure in the talks that led to the end of the Bosnian War with the Dayton Agreement, and ...

was elected

Mayor of Sarajevo This is a list of people who have served as mayor or president of the city council of the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo has had 38 different mayors in 39 different mayorships since the position was created on 22 ...

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. Since 31 March 2015, Čampara has been serving as the Federal Minister of Interior in the

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Fadil Novalić Fadil Novalić (born 25 September 1959) is a Bosnian politician serving as the 9th Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since March 2015. Novalić graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1983. He then worked for a numb ...

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Aljoša Čampara
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