Jerko Ivanković Lijanović (born 15 November 1969) is a Bosnian businessman and politician. He is a member of the
People's Party Work for Prosperity
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Široki Brijeg
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in 1969. His nickname ''Lijanović'' came from his father Stipe Ivanković Lijan. In
Sarajevo
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he went to the Agricultural-Food School. He started his career in his family's firm ''Lijanovići d.o.o.'', of which he still holds 66 percent of the shares.
Lijanović is married and has three children.
Political career
Lijanović is the Vice president of the
People's Party Work for Prosperity
People's Party Work for Prosperity ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Narodna stranka Radom za Boljitak''; abbr. NSRzB) is a multi-ethnic party in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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House of Representatives
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. In 2010, he ran as a candidate for the office of Croat member of the
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, but won only 8% of the vote.
In 2011, Lijanović's party went into a coalition with the
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian: ''Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine'' (SDP BiH) / ''Социјалдемократска партија Босне и Херцеговине''), also simply known as th ...
Nermin Nikšić
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. Lijanović served as minister until March 2015.
In 2014, he ran again for the Bosnian parliament but did not garner enough votes. Lijanović ran again for the Presidency at the 2018 general election, but only won 1% of the vote.
Judicial proceedings and sentence
Lijanović was arrested in 2014 together with his three brothers and father for organised crime, money laundering, tax evasion and for fabricating or destroying his financial records.
In 2018, he was sentenced to nine years in prison.
In October 2019, the Federal Supreme Court confirmed his conviction for abuse of office with illegalities in awarding incentives to agricultural producers in
Tuzla Canton
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from 2011 until 2014, and ordered confiscation of the unlawful proceeds in the amount of BAM 650,000.
On 29 September 2020, Lijanović started to serve his seven-year sentence in the Zenica prison.