Svetozar Čiplić ( sr-cyr, Светозар Чиплић, born 21 April 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served as the
Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.
Education and career
Born in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
in 1965,
[http://www.pf.uns.ac.rs/english/department_of_public_law.htm;link no longer viable.] he graduated from the
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law
The University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Новом Саду, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu), also known as the Novi Sad Law School, is a constituent body of the Universit ...
, where he also received a master's degree. He has been employed at the school since 1995, where he teaches constitutional law.
He was a member of the Novi Sad Executive Council, in charge of administration and regulations in 2001.
From 2002 to 2007, he served on the bench of the Serbian Constitutional Court.
From 7 July 2008 to 14 March 2011, he was the
Minister of Human and Minority Rights, until his Ministry merged into Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government.
Čiplić publicly stated that minority ethnic group voter registration went smoothly despite widespread allegations of fraud.
Personal life
He is married, and has two children.
References
External links
1965 births
Living people
Politicians from Novi Sad
21st-century Serbian judges
Government ministers of Serbia
University of Novi Sad alumni
Constitutional court judges
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