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Minister of Finance and Treasury (2012–2015); Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007–2012); Member of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–2007); Member of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2002)."},{"q":"Where did Nikola Špirić study?","a":"Nikola Špirić was educated at University of Sarajevo."}],"related":[{"name":"Borjana Krišto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/borjana-kristo"},{"name":"Martin Raguž","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/martin-raguz"},{"name":"Bakir Izetbegović","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bakir-izetbegovic"},{"name":"Dragan Čović","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dragan-covic"},{"name":"Borislav Paravac","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/borislav-paravac"},{"name":"Sulejman Tihić","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sulejman-tihic"},{"name":"Vjekoslav Bevanda","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vjekoslav-bevanda"},{"name":"Zoran Tegeltija","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zoran-tegeltija"},{"name":"Božidar Matić","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bozidar-matic"},{"name":"Branko Mikulić","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/branko-mikulic"},{"name":"Haris Silajdžić","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/haris-silajdzic"},{"name":"Zlatko Lagumdžija","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zlatko-lagumdzija"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/nikola-spiric-bccbdcad6b.jpg","width":500,"height":654,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"European Commission","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visit_of_Nikola_%C5%A0piri%C4%87_to_the_European_Commission_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Nikola Špirić","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_%C5%A0piri%C4%87","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q311882","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311882","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Visit of Nikola Špirić to the European Commission (cropped).jpg by European Commission (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Visit_of_Nikola_%C5%A0piri%C4%87_to_the_European_Commission_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Nikola Špirić, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Visit of Nikola Špirić to the European Commission (cropped).jpg — European Commission, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Nikola Špirić\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nikola-spiric. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:57:48Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/nikola-spiric","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/nikola-spiric","ne":null}}