Mirsad Hadžikadić (born 21 January 1955) is a Bosnian professor and politician. He is the current president of the Platform for Progress party.
Mirsad Hadžikadić | |
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.jpg) Hadžikadić in 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1955 Banja Luka, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian American |
| Spouse | Mirzeta Hadžikadić |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BCS, MCS, PhD) |
Hadžikadić is also the director of the Institute of Complex Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1] He ran for a seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Bosniak member in the 2018 and 2022 general elections, but was unsuccessful both times.
Biography
editHadžikadić was born in Banja Luka in a Bosniak household.[2] In 1984, he moved to the United States, receiving a PhD in Computer Science at Southern Methodist University in 1987.[3]
In April 2018, Hadžikadić announced he would run in the 2018 Bosnian general election for the seat of Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][4][5][6] He gathered 58,555 preferential votes, obtaining 10.09% of the total vote for the Bosniak seat. He leads the Platform for Progress party.
On 9 December 2021, Hadžikadić once again announced he would run in the 2022 general election for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency.[7] He obtained only 5.38% in the election on 2 October 2022, failing to get elected again.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Hadzikadic, Mirsad | College of Computing and Informatics | UNC Charlotte". cci.uncc.edu. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Prof. dr Mirsad Hadžikadić: Biću kandidat za Predsjedništvo BIH | INS". www.ins.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "The quest for change in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Mirsad Hadžikadić će biti kandidat za bošnjačkog člana Predsjedništva BiH". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Al Jazeera Balkans (20 April 2012), Mirsad Hadžikadić o radu BHAAAS-a - Al Jazeera Balkans, retrieved 19 April 2018
- ^ "Prof. dr Mirsad Hadžikadić: Biću kandidat za Predsjedništvo BIH". vijesti.ba. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ D.Be. (9 December 2021). "Potvrđena prva kandidatura za Predsjedništvo BiH, Mirsad Hadžikadić kreće u utrku" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ D.Be. (23 October 2022). "Bećirović dobio 116 hiljada glasova više od Izetbegovića, a Cvijanović sama više od svojih protukandidata skupa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
External links
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