Željka Cvijanović

Željka Cvijanović (née Grabovac; Serbian Cyrillic: Жељка Цвијановић née Грабовац, pronounced [ʒeʎka tsʋijanoʋitɕ]; born 2 August 1967), is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the 9th and current President of Republika Srpska.

Željka Cvijanović
9th President of Republika Srpska
Assumed office
19 November 2018
Vice PresidentRamiz Salkić
Josip Jerković
Preceded byMilorad Dodik
12th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
In office
12 March 2013 – 19 November 2018
PresidentMilorad Dodik
Preceded byAleksandar Džombić
Succeeded byRadovan Višković
Minister of Economic Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Republika Srpska
In office
29 December 2010 – 12 March 2013
Prime MinisterAleksandar Džombić
Preceded byJasna Brkić
Succeeded byIgor Vidović
Personal details
Born
Željka Grabovac

(1967-08-02) 2 August 1967
Teslić, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian Serb
Political partyAlliance of Independent Social Democrats
Spouse(s)Aleksandar Cvijanović
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Banja Luka

She was the 11th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 12 March 2013 to 19 November 2018. On 7 October 2018 she was elected to be President of Republika Srpska, assuming office on 19 November 2018. Cvijanović is a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.[1]

Biography

Before going into full-time politics, Cvijanović was an English teacher. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, the Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka and the Faculty of Law in Banja Luka. She is a professor of English language and literature and also holds a master's degree in diplomatic and consular law from The Banja Luka Law School on "The International and legal status of the EU".

Cvijanović worked as a teacher of English and as a senior interpreter and assistant for the EU Monitoring Mission in BiH. Then she was an advisor for European Integration and cooperation with international organizations to the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik; as Chief of Cabinet Affairs of the Prime Minister; and managed the Unit for coordination and European integration.

In the 2010–2014 parliamentary term she was an expert-external member of the Committee for European Integration and Regional Cooperation of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. On 29 December 2010, she was appointed to the position of Minister of Economic Affairs and Regional Cooperation in the RS Government led by Prime Minister Aleksandar Džombić, and on 12 March 2013 she was appointed by Dodik, this time as President of Republika Srpska, as the new Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, being the first woman in that position.

At the 2014 Bosnian general election, Cvijanović stood as a candidate of the incumbent coalition SNSD-DNS-SPRS for the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She lost against the opposition candidate Mladen Ivanić (PDP) and was reappointed to the RS Prime Minister office in the 15th Government of Republika Srpska.

At the 2018 general election Cvijanović was elected President of Republika Srpska,[2] assuming office on 19 November 2018.[3]

She is an SNSD member, also a member of the SNSD Executive Board, and of the SNSD Main Board.

Cvijanović is married and has two sons. She is of paternal Bosnian Serb and maternal Bosnian Croat descent.[4]

References
  1. Zeljka Cvijanovic new Prime Minister of Republic Srpska
  2. "Okončano brojanje u RS: Cvijanović osvojila 29.999 glasova više od Govedarice" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. "Željka Cvijanović na svečanosti preuzela mandat predsjednice RS-a" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. Pavković, Jozo (18 September 2018). "Srpske premijerke optužene da su ustaške "unučice"". Večernji list (in Bosnian). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Aleksandar Džombić		 Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
2013–2018		 Succeeded by
Radovan Višković
Preceded by
Milorad Dodik		 President of Republika Srpska
2018–present		 Incumbent
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