Borjana Krišto

Borjana Krišto
Borjana Krišto
Deputy Chairman; of the; House of Representatives; of the; Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2014
Prime Minister	Denis Zvizdić ; Zoran Tegeltija
Croat delegate to the House of Peoples
	In office; 20 May 2011 – 20 September 2014
Prime Minister	Vjekoslav Bevanda
8th President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; 22 February 2007 – 17 March 2011
Vice President	Mirsad Kebo Spomenka Mičić
Preceded by	Niko Lozančić
Succeeded by	Živko Budimir
Personal details
Born	13 August 1961 (age 62); Livno, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Borjana Krišto (born 13 August 1961) is a Bosnian Croat politician, affiliated with the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is the former president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – one of two political entities to compose Bosnia and Herzegovina – from February 22, 2007 to March 17, 2011. She was also the first woman to hold the position.^[1] In June 2011, she was one of the candidates for nomination to the position of Prime Minister. Out of three candidates she came in third place when ranked by the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2]

Early life

Borjana Krišto grew up and attended elementary and high school in Livno. She graduated from law school from the University of Banja Luka in Banja Luka. In 2001, in Sarajevo she passed the bar exam.

References

^ Stjepan Marković (22 February 2007). "Borjana Krišto postala prva predsjednica Federacije BiH" [Borjana Krišto becomes the first woman president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]. Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ Bosnian presidency nominates PM to break stalemate

External links

Curriculum Vitae (in English)
News about election (in Bosnian)

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[1] Stjepan Marković (22 February 2007). "Borjana Krišto postala prva predsjednica Federacije BiH" [Borjana Krišto becomes the first woman president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]. Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

[2] Bosnian presidency nominates PM to break stalemate

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