Predrag Kojović

Predrag Kojović
Kojović in 2018
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 December 2018
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Federal House of Representatives
In office
17 November 2014 – 6 December 2018
Additional positions
President of Our Party
In office
16 May 2015 – 4 September 2021
Preceded byDennis Gratz
Succeeded byEdin Forto
Personal details
Born (1965-07-02) 2 July 1965 (age 59)
Travnik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyOur Party
Residence(s)Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo (LL.B.)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Predrag Kojović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Којовић; born 2 July 1965) is a Bosnian politician serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2018.

From 2014 to 2018, Kojović was a member of the Federal House of Representatives. He was the president of Our Party from 2015 to 2021.

Biography

Kojović, a Bosnian Serb, was born in Travnik in 1965.[1][2] He graduated in 1988 from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo. Before the Yugoslav Wars, he worked as a journalist for Yutel, and from 1991 he worked as a reporter for Reuters, covering wars in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kojović was not a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he worked as a war correspondent. Later he worked as war correspondent across the world.[1]

In 2010, Kojović was elected to the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly. At the 2014 general election, he was elected to the Federal House of Representatives. On 16 May 2015, Kojović became the new president of Our Party, succeeding Dennis Gratz. In December 2018, he became a member of the national House of Representatives.

On 25 June 2021, Kojović resigned from his position as the president of Our Party, stating that "the reasons are of a personal nature and I sincerely hope that there will be no malicious speculations and conspiracy theories in this regard", but adding that he is staying "as a dedicated member of Our Party."[3] However, only three days later, on 28 June, he decided to stay as the party's president until its scheduled congress in September 2021.[4] Finally, at the party's congress, held on 4 September, he was succeeded as president by Edin Forto.[5]

At the 2022 general election, Kojović was re-elected to the national House of Representatives, obtaining over 10,000 votes.[6]

Personal life

Kojović lives and works in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

  1. ^ a b "Čovjek za specijalne zadatke! Znate li da je Kojović bio u ekipi koja je hvatala Saddama?". deblokada.com. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Kojović: Srbi nemaju problem sa identitetom, nego sa Dodikom". N1. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ D.Be. (25 June 2021). "Predrag Kojović: Odluku o ostavci sam donio još prije nekoliko mjeseci" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ M.G. (28 June 2021). "Kojović ostaje na čelu Naše stranke do kongresa u septembru" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ N.V. (4 September 2021). "Edin Forto je novi predsjednik Naše stranke" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Potvrđeni rezultati". izbori.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 15 May 2023.