Mirsad Hadžikadić
Mirsad Hadžikadić | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Banja Luka, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | 21 January 1955
Nationality | Bosnian American |
Spouse | Mirzeta Hadžikadić |
Education | Southern Methodist University (BCS, MCS, PhD) |
Mirsad Hadžikadić | |
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Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Concept formation by heuristic classification (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | David Y. Y. Yun |
Mirsad Hadžikadić (born 21 January 1955) is a Bosnian professor and politician. He is the current president of the Platform for Progress party.
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
[edit]Hadžikadić 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
[edit]- Media related to Mirsad Hadžikadić at Wikimedia Commons