Josip Grubeša (born 4 November 1978) is a

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scholar and politician who served as

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from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of the

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Early life and career

Grubeša, a

, was born on 4 November 1978 in

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. In 1997, he graduated from the Archdiocese's Gymnasium of

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, after which he graduated in

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from the Faculty of Philosophy at the

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. He was then employed in the Faculty of Philosophy of the

University of Mostar The University of Mostar ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Sveučilište u Mostaru, Свеучилиште у Мостару; ) is a List of universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, public university located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university ha ...

in 2003. Seven years later, Grubeša started working as a visiting professor at the Medical and Law Faculty of the

, which he still does today. In 2011, he graduated again, at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Mostar. Since that same year, he has been a member of the Presidency of the

. On 31 March 2015, Grubeša was appointed as the new

within the

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led by

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. He stayed as minister in the

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as well. In 2018, he was widely criticised for signing the transfer to Croatia of convicted war criminal Marko Radić, who was later released after a

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court reduced his sentence. In February 2021, Grubeša was almost released from his duties as minister after the national

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was on verge of voting for his dismissal, but just narrowly, voted against. He was succeeded as minister by Davor Bunoza on 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new

presided over by

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Personal life

Grubeša is married with three children. In addition to Bosnian and Croatian, Grubeša also speaks

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and

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References

External links

Josip Grubeša
at vecernji.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Grubeša, Josip 1978 births Living people People from Prozor-Rama University of Mostar alumni Croatian Latinists Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians Government ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina