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{{Short description|Bosnian Serb politician (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Borislav Paravac
| native_name_lang = sr
| native_name      = {{nobold|Борислав Паравац}}
| image            = Borislav Paravac, Pope johnpaul funeral politics.jpg
| image_size       = 200px
| caption          = Paravac in 2005
| office           = 8th [[Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| term_start       = 28 October 2004
| term_end         = 28 June 2005
| predecessor      = [[Sulejman Tihić]]
| successor        = [[Ivo Miro Jović]]
| term_start1      = 10 April 2003
| term_end1        = 27 June 2003
| predecessor1     = [[Dragan Čović]]
| successor1       = Dragan Čović
| office2          = 4th [[List of Serb members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| term_start2      = 10 April 2003
| term_end2        = 6 November 2006
| primeminister2   = [[Adnan Terzić]]
| predecessor2     = [[Mirko Šarović]]
| successor2       = [[Nebojša Radmanović]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| embed            = yes
| office3          = Member of the [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Representatives]]
| term_start3      = 9 December 2002
| term_end3        = 10 April 2003
| office4          = Member of the [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Peoples]]
| term_start4      = 4 December 1998
| term_end4        = 31 January 2003
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1943|02|18|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Kostajnica, Doboj|Kostajnica]], [[Doboj]], [[Independent State of Croatia]]
| party            = [[Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Serb Democratic Party]]
| alma_mater       = [[University of Zagreb]] ([[Bachelor of Economics|BEc]])
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'''Borislav Paravac'''{{Pronunciation needed|date=March 2024}} ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Борислав Паравац}}; born 18 February 1943) is a [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Serb]] politician who served as the [[List of Serb members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|4th]] Serb member of the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref>[http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoBios/setimes/resource_centre/bio-archive/paravac_borislav Borislav Paravac] at setimes.com</ref>

Previously, he was a member of both the national [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Peoples]] and [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Representatives]]. Paravac is a member of the [[Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Serb Democratic Party]].

==Early life and education==
Paravac was born on 18 February 1943 in [[Kostajnica, Doboj|Kostajnica]] near [[Doboj]] in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated from the [[Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Economics]] at the [[University of Zagreb]] in 1966.

==Career==
From 4 December 1998 until 31 January 2003, Paravac was a member of the national [[House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Peoples]]. In the [[2002 Bosnian general election|2002 general election]], he was elected to the national [[House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina|House of Representatives]].

Following the dismissal of [[Mirko Šarović]] from his post at the [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Presidency]] by the [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina]], Lord [[Paddy Ashdown]], Paravac was appointed to the post on 10 April 2003. He held the position of [[Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Presidency Chairman]] on two occasions. His term as Presidency member ended on 6 November 2006 and was succeeded by [[Nebojša Radmanović]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.predsjednistvobih.ba/hron/default.aspx?id=10074&langTag=bs-BA|title=Hronologija Predsjedništva BiH|language=bs|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>	

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:University of Zagreb alumni]]
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[[Category:Politicians of Republika Srpska]]
[[Category:Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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[[Category:Members of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]