title: Svetozar Čiplić
text: # Svetozar Čiplić
  
  Svetozar Čiplić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Чиплић, born 21 April 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.
  
  ## Education and career
  
  Born in Novi Sad in 1965, he graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, where he also received a master's degree. He has been employed at the school since 1995, where he teaches constitutional law.
  
  He was a member of the Novi Sad Executive Council, in charge of administration and regulations in 2001. From 2002 to 2007, he served on the bench of the Serbian Constitutional Court. From 7 July 2008 to 14 March 2011, he was the Minister of Human and Minority Rights, until his Ministry merged into Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government.
  
  Čiplić publicly stated that minority ethnic group voter registration went smoothly despite widespread allegations of fraud.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is married, and has two children.
  
  