Mirko Šarović

Mirko Šarović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the current President of the Serb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 28 October 2002 until 2 April 2003.

Mirko Šarović
President of the Serb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
30 June 2019
Preceded byVukota Govedarica
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
In office
31 March 2015 – 23 December 2019
Prime MinisterDenis Zvizdić
Preceded byBoris Tučić
Succeeded byStaša Košarac
In office
12 January 2012 – 24 October 2013
Prime MinisterVjekoslav Bevanda
Preceded byMladen Zirojević
Succeeded byBoris Tučić
6th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003
Preceded byBeriz Belkić
Succeeded byDragan Čović
3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003
Prime MinisterAdnan Terzić
Preceded byŽivko Radišić
Succeeded byBorislav Paravac
4th President of Republika Srpska
In office
26 January 2000 – 28 November 2002
Vice PresidentDragan Čavić
Preceded byNikola Poplašen
Succeeded byDragan Čavić
Personal details
Born (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956
Rogatica, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partySerb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo

From 26 January 2000 to 28 November 2002, he also served as the 4th President of Republika Srpska and also as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations on two occasions.

Biography

Šarović was born in Rogatica on 16 September 1956. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo in 1979. During the 1980s he was employed in the Engine Factory Sarajevo (Famos) and Unis Sarajevo. He entered politics even before the war, as secretary of the municipality of Novo Sarajevo. In one term, he was president of the Executive Board and mayor of Istočno Sarajevo. Šarović was a member of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska for two terms.

As President of Republika Srpska, he signed the historic Agreement on Special Parallel Relations between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republika Srpska on 5 March 2001 in Banja Luka, together with the President of FR Yugoslavia, Vojislav Koštunica. The Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ratified the signed agreement 10 May 2001. From 28 October 2002 until 2 April 2003, Šarović served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He resigned from the Presidency on 2 April 2003 amid allegations of his involvement in organising illegal military trading with Iraq.[1]

He was Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on two separate occasions. On 30 June 2019, Šarović became the new President of the Serb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, succeeding Vukota Govedarica.[2]

Orders

References
  1. In Bed With Iraq?, TIME Magazine, 19 September 2002
  2. A.D. (30 June 2019). "Mirko Šarović novi predsjednik SDS-a" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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