BIOGRAPHY

Minister: Staša Košarac

Personal data:

Place and date of birth: March 19, 1975, Sarajevo

Marital status: Married

Education:

University Degree: Faculty of Business and Industrial Management, Belgrade;

High School: Engineering-Technical School ''Đuro Pucar Stari'', Vogošća;

Elementary School: ''Igmanski marš'', Vogošća.

Professional Career:

From 2022 onwards: Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH;

2018 to 2022: Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH;

2014 to 2018: Chairman of the Caucus of SNSD-a in the House of Representatives of BiH Parliamentary Assembly;

2013 to 2014: Chairman of the House of People of BiH Parliamentary Assembly;

2010 to 2012: Chair of Serb People Caucus in House of People of BiH Parliamentary Assembly;

2006 to 2010: Chair of Serb Caucus of Council of Peoples of Republika Srpska;

2004 to 2006: Delegate in Parliamentary Assembly of Republika Srpska;

2000 to 2004: Councillor of Višegrad Municipality Assembly.

Political Career:

He has been a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) since 1998, and member of Main Board and Presidency of SNSD.

Other:

Former Head of the Team for the Coordination for War Crimes and Missing Persons Research of the Republika Srpska;

Holder of the Charter for exceptional contribution to the improvement of the process of searching for missing Serbs, awarded by the Republic Organization of Families of Missing, Captured and Killed Civilians and Soldiers of the Republika Srpska;

Holder of Charters for exceptional contribution to the development of municipalities: Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Istočni Stari Grad, Trnovo, Novi Grad and Bratunac;

Holder of the Golden Charter of Football Club ‘Slavija’;

Former vice-president of the Football Association of Republika Srpska;

Former president of the Futsal Club ‘Tango’;

Former president of Handball Club ‘Slavija’.