Spasoje Tuševljak (Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Тушевљак; born 28 May 1952)[1] is a Bosnian Serb economist and former politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from June to October 2000. Tuševljak was also Minister of Finance and Treasury from 2000 to 2001.
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Спасоје Тушевљак | |||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||
| In office 6 June 2000 – 18 October 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Haris Silajdžić and Svetozar Mihajlović (as Co-Chairmen) | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Martin Raguž | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 May 1952 Trnovo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Serb Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||
Biography edit
Tuševljak is a professor at the Faculty of Economy in East Sarajevo. At the beginning of the Bosnian War, he managed affairs between Republika Srpska and FR Yugoslavia. As Tuševljak had good relations with the Government of Republika Srpska, he was named a chief negotiator in the question of legal succession of the SFR Yugoslavia.[2]
Tuševljak was named the first Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of the Serb Democratic Party.[2] He held office between June and October 2000. He was the Minister of Finance and Treasury from June 2000 until February 2001.[3]