{{Short description|Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2012 to 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vjekoslav Bevanda | image = Vjekoslav Bevanda 2012 (cropped).jpg | caption = Bevanda in 2012 | office = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | term_start = 12 January 2012 | term_end = 31 March 2015 | president = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1=Bakir Izetbegović <br> Nebojša Radmanović <br> Mladen Ivanić <br> Željko Komšić <br> Dragan Čović}} | predecessor = Nikola Špirić | successor = Denis Zvizdić {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial offices | cont = yes | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey}} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office1 = Minister of Finance and Treasury | prime_minister1 = Denis Zvizdić <br> Zoran Tegeltija | term_start1 = 31 March 2015 | term_end1 = 25 January 2023 | predecessor1 = Nikola Špirić | successor1 = Zoran Tegeltija | office2 = Federal Minister of Finance | prime_minister2 = Nedžad Branković <br> Mustafa Mujezinović | term_start2 = 30 March 2007 | term_end2 = 17 March 2011 | predecessor2 = Dragan Vrankić | successor2 = Ante Krajina {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional positions | cont = yes | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey}} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office3 = Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | status3 = Acting | president3 = Borjana Krišto | term_start3 = 27 May 2009 | term_end3 = 25 June 2009 | predecessor3 = Nedžad Branković | successor3 = Mustafa Mujezinović {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|05|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | party = Croatian Democratic Union {{small|(2007–present)}} | spouse = Ljiljana Bevanda | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Mostar (BEc) }} '''Vjekoslav Bevanda''' ({{IPA|sh|ʋjêkoslaʋ běʋaːnda|pron}}; born 13 May 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2012 to 2015. He was subsequently the Minister of Finance and Treasury from 2015 to 2023.
Bevanda served as the Acting Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009 as well. He was also the Federal Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.
==Early life and education== Born in Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia, on 13 May 1956, Bevanda attended primary and high school in his hometown. He graduated from the Faculty of Economy at the University of Mostar in 1979.<ref name=CIN>{{cite web|url=http://database.cin.ba/baza/profil.php?profil=96|title=Vjekoslav Bevanda|publisher=CIN|access-date=17 February 2012|language=bs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510161017/http://database.cin.ba/baza/profil.php?profil=96|archive-date=10 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Early career== Between 1979 and 1989, Bevanda worked for the aircraft builder "SOKO" in Mostar. From 1990 to 1993, he worked for the "APRO" bank, also in Mostar. From 2000 until 2001, he worked for the "Euro Center" in Split, and from 2001 to 2007 as a director of the "Commerce Bank" located in Sarajevo.<ref name=CIN/>
==Political career== A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH),<ref name=Balkan>{{cite news |title=Vjekoslav Bevanda To Be Named Bosnian PM |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/vjekoslav-bevanda-to-be-the-new-bosnian-pm |newspaper=Balkan Insight |date=11 December 2011 |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> Bevanda was the Federal Minister of Finance from March 2007 until March 2011. At the same time he was Vice President of the Federal Government. Before that he did various legislative duties for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name=CIN/> On 27 May 2009, Bevanda was named Acting Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, succeeding Nedžad Branković who had resigned earlier in the day.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2011/nov/15/call-action-vulture-funds-preying-poor - UK urged to prevent vulture funds preying on world's poorest countries]</ref> He was replaced by Mustafa Mujezinović on 25 June 2009.
After a one-year governmental formation crisis following the 2010 general election, Bevanda became the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 January 2012 in the six-party coalition which had included the HDZ BiH as well.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20111228&id=14652545 |title=Business News - MSN Money |access-date=2011-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119164352/http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP |archive-date=2012-01-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers until 31 March 2015.
On 31 March 2015, Bevanda was appointed as the new Minister of Finance and Treasury within the government led by Denis Zvizdić.<ref>[http://www.vijeceministara.gov.ba/pdf_doc/sazivi%20hrv%2018-5-2020.pdf Sazivi Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine] at vijeceministara.gov.ba</ref> He stayed as minister in the government of Zoran Tegeltija as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/pocela-sjednica-o-imenovanju-vijeca-ministara-bih/191223094|title=Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH|date=23 December 2019|access-date=23 December 2019|language=Bosnian|author=Er.M.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref> Bevanda was succeeded as minister by Zoran Tegeltija on 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new government presided over by Borjana Krišto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/01/25/bosnia-finally-forms-state-level-government/|title=Bosnia Finally Forms State-Level Government|date=25 January 2023|access-date=25 January 2023|website=Balkan Insight}}</ref>
==Personal life== Vjekoslav is married to Ljiljana Bevanda and together they have two daughters.<ref name=CIN/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscat}} *[https://www.biografija.org/politika/vjekoslav-bevanda/ Vjekoslav Bevanda] at biografija.org
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