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

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, 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.

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