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Šefik Džaferović is born in Zavidovići, September 9, 1957), a Bosniak politician, chairman of the BiH House of Representatives and vice president of the SDA.

Youth and War
He finished primary school and high school in his hometown, maturing in 1975. He then enrolled at the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo where he graduated in 1979. After graduating he worked in judicial and police institutions. From 1979 to 1986 he worked at the Municipal Court, and from 1986 to 1992 he was a judge of the District Court in Zenica. After that he worked as a lawyer until 1993. He joined the SDA that year. At the time of the war in BiH he was the head of the CSB in Zenica since 1994 and was appointed a member of the SDAExecutive Committee in the Zenica Municipal Assembly. After the war, in 1996, he became secretary of the Information and Documentation Agency (AID).

Political Career
In the same year he was appointed Counselor of County of Zenica-Doboj County, and after the general elections in 1996 he was elected as the chairman of the county assembly. The Assembly also chose him as an envoy to the House of Peoples of the PFBiH. Next year he was appointed member of the SDA Executive Committee. Three years later, in 2000, he was appointed a spokesman for the party. In the general election held that year, he was the holder of the SDA list for the county assembly, but did not receive enough votes. However, the House of Peoples of the PFBiH chose him for the envoy to the House of Peoples of the PS BiH. Next year he was appointed Secretary General of the SDA.

At the 2002 general elections he was the SDA list holder for the BiH House of Representatives, where he received 27,643 votes and a mandate. Džapferović was the House of Representatives of the PS BiH at the constituent session of December 9, 2002, for the Bosniak member of the House of Commons when he was elected chairman. With him, Borislav Paravac was elected as a Serbian member and Bariša Čolak was a member of the Collegium. The SDA vice-president was elected in 2005. In the forthcoming general elections in 2006, he was again the SDA list holder for the BiH House of Representatives, and was again able to get a mandate with 23 091 votes. At the general elections in 2010, Džaferović was also a candidate for the BiH House of Representatives, where he received 19 092 votes and a mandate. SDA Džaferović was vice-chairman for 2013. At the 2014 general elections, Džaferović was the holder of the SDA list for the BiH House of Representatives, and received 30 007 votes, thereby re-establishing his mandate. Džaferović was second time at the constituent session of the House of Representatives of the Socialist Party of BiH, held on December 9, 2014, elected Bosniak member of the House of Commons, ie Chairman, with Borjan Krišto as a Croatian member and Mladen Bosić as a Serbian member of the College.