 Halimović is the former Vice President of the Party of Democratic Action and was the Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2011 until 2015.Sanjin Halimović was born in the Bosanska Krajina city of Sanski Most to Bosniak parents, while Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Communist Yugoslavia at the time.He attended the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Sarajevo, graduating in 1996 and earning his Master's degree in 2000.