Safet Halilović (3 April 1951 – 10 May 2017) was a Bosnian

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and

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. He was born in Orahova, Gradiška and later attended the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

, graduating in 1974 from the Department of Social studies. He obtained a

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in politics during 1988.Hon.Michael Atkinson, MP. and Ms. Vini Ciccarello MP, August, 2004 - "Dr Safet Halilovic"
/ref> Halilović was President of "Renaissance", a Bosniak cultural association, from 1990 to 1992. He was President of the Bosniak Cultural Centre,

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from 1995 to 1998. He entered politics as 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, ...

. He eventually left said party to join the

Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina The Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu) is a Bosniak nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party fervently opposed the continued power in hands of ethnic entities such as the Federation of ...

, elected as its

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in May 1996. Halilović served as Vice-President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from February 2001 to January 2002. Then he served as the

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from 1 January 2002 until 27 January 2003. He was also the Minister of Civil Affairs from 23 December 2002 to 11 January 2007 and then Minister of Human Rights and Refugees from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012. Halilović died in Sarajevo on 10 May 2017 at the age of 66.

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