Marinko Čavara (born 2 February 1967) is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2022.
[2] Between 2005 and 2006 he was an advisor to Ivo Miro Jović, who was, at the time, the Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the 2006 general election, Čavara won a seat in the Federal House of Representatives and was named its Vice-President.
[4] On 28 February 2023, Čavara was succeeded by Lidija Bradara as president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[5] On 6 June 2022, Čavara was added by the United States Department of the Treasury to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of individuals whose assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.
Čavara was designated under Executive Order 14033, which targets persons who threaten the stability of the Western Balkans region through corruption, criminal activity, and other destabilizing behavior.
Such failures in governance impact the well-being, prosperity, and rights of citizens across the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.