Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović

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Mladen Ivanković Lijanović (born August 22, 1960 in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian politician and businessman. Lijanović is an ethnic Croat and the founder and leader of the People's Party Work for Betterment.

Lijanović was born in the rural part of the Tomislavgrad municipality into a family which included three brothers and a sister. The family wealth was made in the meat processing industry prior to the beginning of the Bosnian War.

Lijanović twice ran unsuccessfully for the Croat seat in the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2006, his brother, Jerko, was elected to the Bosnian parliament.