Edin Forto

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Edin Forto
Forto skupstina 1- obrada (cropped).jpg
Forto in 2018
President of Our Party
Assumed office
4 September 2021
Preceded byPredrag Kojović
Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton
Assumed office
5 January 2021
Preceded byMario Nenadić
In office
26 December 2018 – 3 March 2020
Preceded byAdem Zolj
Succeeded byMario Nenadić
Additional positions
Member of the Federal House of Peoples
In office
17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018
Personal details
Born (1972-08-16) 16 August 1972 (age 49)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partyOur Party
ResidenceSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alma materUNC-Chapel Hill
Columbia University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionJournalist, politologist
WebsiteOfficial website

Edin Forto (born 16 August 1972) is a Bosnian politician serving as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton since January 2021. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 2018 to 2020. Since September 2021, Forto has also been the president of Our Party.

Following the 2014 general election, he became a member of both the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly and the Federal House of Peoples.

Before becoming president, Forto was the vice president of Our Party.[1]

Early career[]

Forto was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on 16 August 1972, where he graduated from "Ognjen Prica" high school in 1991. During the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, he worked as a journalist, editor, and DJ for several creative and media outlets, including Obala Art Center, Radio ZID, Radio 202, and BH Dani magazine.

Following the end of the war, Forto moved to the United States in September 1995. He received a BA in Media and Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. Two years later, he graduated in international affairs from Columbia University. He spent two years at Eurasia Group, a political consultancy in New York City, before moving back to Sarajevo in 2003, when he joined Nexe Group, a Croatian industrial company specializing in construction materials and road building.

Political career[]

Forto remained with Nexe group until August 2015 when he became a professional politician. At the 2014 general election, he was elected to a four-year mandate to the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly,[2] as well as the Federal House of Peoples, the upper chamber of the Federal Parliament.[3]

He served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 26 December 2018 until 3 March 2020.[4]

Following the 2020 municipal elections, Forto was chosen once again as the Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister.[5] He officially became Prime Minister on 5 January 2021.[6]

On 4 September 2021, Forto became the new President of Our Party, a social-liberal party that is a member of the ALDE group of European parties.[7] He became Our Party's president after his predecessor, Predrag Kojović, surprisingly resigned from his position as president.[8]

Personal life[]

Forto lives in Sarajevo. He is married and has two children. His hobbies include playing guitar and basketball. On 16 October 2020, it was confirmed that Forto tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina;[9] by 29 October, he recovered.[10]

On 9 September 2021, Forto was successfully treated for inflammation of the cervical spine nerve, which he was diagnosed with the previous month.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Predrag Kojovic as the New President of "Nasa Stranka"". SarajevoTimes.
  2. ^ "CIK objavio imena stranaka i poslanika u Skupštini Kantona Sarajevo". Klix.
  3. ^ "CIK BiH potvrdio rezultate izbora za Dom naroda Parlamenta FBiH". Radio Sarajevo.
  4. ^ Er.M. (3 March 2020). "Imenovana nova Vlada Kantona Sarajevo! SDA, SBB i DF preuzeli kormilo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Edin Forto će ponovo biti premijer Kantona Sarajevo". Klix.ba (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Četvorka se danas zvanično vratila na vlast u Kantonu Sarajevo". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ N.V. (4 September 2021). "Edin Forto je novi predsjednik Naše stranke" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. ^ M.G. (28 June 2021). "Kojović ostaje na čelu Naše stranke do kongresa u septembru" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Na koronavirus pozitivan i Edin Forto, bivši premijer Kantona Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. ^ E.Sk. (29 October 2020). "Edin Forto: Negativan sam na koronu, sutra sam na ulici s kolegama iz Naše stranke" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Premijer Kantona Sarajevo Edin Forto operisan u Tirani" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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