Benjamina Karić

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Benjamina Karić
Benjamina Karić (cropped).jpg
Karić in 2021
39th Mayor of Sarajevo
Assumed office
8 April 2021
Preceded byAbdulah Skaka
Personal details
Born
Benjamina Londrc

(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 30)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2009–present)
ResidenceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo

Benjamina Karić (née Londrc; born 8 April 1991) is a Bosnian politician who is the 39th and current mayor of Sarajevo.

Since 2009, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Early life and education[]

Karić was born on 8 April 1991 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.[1] She graduated from two faculties at the same time, the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo and the Department of History of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo.[1]

Karić is a recipient of the Silver Badge of the University of Sarajevo for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies. She is an author of fifty publications, books, articles and translations from Latin to Bosnian.[2]

In 2014, she was an assistant at the Faculty of Law, University of Travnik and in Kiseljak.[3]

Karić joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) at the age of 18 in 2009, becoming the party's vice president ten years later, in 2019.[4]

Mayor of Sarajevo (2021–present)[]

Karić with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Sarajevo, 4 May 2021

Following the 2020 Bosnian municipal elections, Bogić Bogićević, former member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, announced that he would accept the appointment as mayor of Sarajevo by the four-party liberal coalition set to govern the City Council after the elections, which includes SDP BiH.[5] However, on 24 March 2021, he decided to pull out of the candidacy because of conflicts in the coalition.[6][7] This set the stage for Karić, with SDP BiH announcing that she would be the new candidate for the office of mayor on 5 April 2021.[8]

Three days later on 8 April, Karić was unanimously elected by members of the City Council of Sarajevo to become the 39th mayor of the city, replacing Abdulah Skaka, becoming the second female in that office (the first being Semiha Borovac from 2005 to 2009).[9] Upon her election, the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu congratulated Karić for her appointment as mayor, sending her his best wishes.[10]

On 4 May 2021, she met with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg in Sarajevo, upon his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[11]

In June 2021, Karić visited the northwestern Bosnian city of Banja Luka, where she met with its mayor Draško Stanivuković, marking this event the first time after 26 years, and since the end of the Bosnian War, that the mayors of both Sarajevo and Banja Luka, as the two largest cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have met each other.[12] Later during that same month, Karić and Istočno Sarajevo mayor Ljubiša Ćosić signed a memorandum on the construction of a bike path, planned to connect Sarajevo and the town of Pale.[13] On 30 June, the city's authorities launched a project to rebuild the astronomical observatory located on the mountain Trebević.[14]

On 8 July 2021, she visited Istanbul and there met with its mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.[15] On 17 July, the eve of her 100th day in office, Karić revealed plans for constructions of a large urban park, bike paths, excursion sites and so on.[16]

Personal life[]

Karić is married and has one child.[17] She lives with her family in Sarajevo.

She is fluent in English and German.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ko je Benjamina Karić, nova gradonačelnica Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). radiosarajevo.ba. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ Aldijana Hadžić (8 April 2021). "BiH: Benjamina Karić izabrana za gradonačelnicu Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). aa.com.tr. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Londrc Benjamina - Univerzitet u Travniku". paperzz.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Mlada naučnica umjesto Bogića Bogićevića: Ko je Benjamina Karić, kandidatkinja za gradonačelnicu Sarajeva?" (in Bosnian). depo.ba. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Bogić Bogićević prihvatio kandidaturu za gradonačelnika Sarajeva". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. ^ R.D. (24 March 2021). "Bogić Bogićević odustao od kandidature za gradonačelnika Sarajeva!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ Kovacevic, Danijel (25 March 2021). "Bosnian Political Legend Withdraws From Sarajevo Mayoral Race". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ S. Hambo (5 April 2021). "Benjamina Karić je zvanični prijedlog SDP-a za gradonačelnicu Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ R.D. (8 April 2021). "Benjamina Karić je zvanično nova gradonačelnica Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ^ N.V. (8 April 2021). "Gradonačelnik Istanbula čestitao Benjamini Karić na imenovanju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Karić ugostila Schallenberga u Vijećnici: Dugogodišnja saradnja Beča i Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). radiosarajevo.ba. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Nakon 26 godina prvi se put sastali gradonačelnici Banje Luke i Sarajeva: 'Došla su nova vremena'" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ^ M.G. (28 June 2021). "Karić i Ćosić potpisali Memorandum o izgradnji biciklističke staze Sarajevo-Pale" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  14. ^ B.T. (30 June 2021). "Sarajevske vlasti pokrenule projekt obnove astronomskog opservatorija na Trebeviću" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  15. ^ N.V. (8 July 2021). "Karić u službenoj posjeti Istanbulu: Radit ćemo na projektu Bijela tabija" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  16. ^ B.T. (17 July 2021). "Karić otkrila planove o velikom gradskom parku, biciklističkim stazama, izletištima..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b N.V. (8 April 2021). "Ovo je biografija nove gradonačelnice Sarajeva Benjamine Karić" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Abdulah Skaka 		Mayor of Sarajevo
2021–present 		Incumbent
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