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Staša Košarac
Сташа Кошарац
Košarac in 2023
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Assumed office
23 December 2019
Prime MinisterZoran Tegeltija
Borjana Krišto
Preceded byMirko Šarović
Parliamentary offices
Member of theHouse of Representatives
In office
9 December 2014 – 23 December 2019
Member of theHouse of Peoples
In office
9 June 2011 – 9 December 2014
Personal details
Born(1975-03-19)19 March 1975(age 49)
Sarajevo,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyAlliance of Independent Social Democrats(1998–present)
Spouses
Sanja Košarac
​
(divorced)​
Aleksandra Ivković
​
(m.2021)​
Children3
Alma materUnion University(BBA)

Staša Košarac(Serbian Cyrillic:Сташа Кошарац;born 19 March 1975) is aBosnian Serbpolitician serving asMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relationssince December 2019. He is also the currentVice-chairmanof theCouncil of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina,serving alongsideZukan Helez.He was previously a member of the nationalHouse of Representatives.

Košarac was born inSarajevoin 1975. He holds a degree from the Faculty of Business and Industrial Management inBelgrade.He has been a member of theAlliance of Independent Social Democratssince 1998. Košarac was elected to theNational Assembly of Republika Srpskain 2004. He was a member of the nationalHouse of Peoplesfrom 2011 to 2014. He was elected to the national House of Representatives in the2014 general election.Re-elected in the2018 general election,Košarac served as member of the House of Representatives until December 2019, when he was appointed Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations.

Early life[edit]

Košarac was born on 19 March 1975 toBosnian Serbparents Milorad and Zoranka inSarajevo,where he finished elementary and then high schoolĐuro Pucar StariinVogošća.[1]He graduated from the Faculty of Business and Industrial Management inBelgradein 2014.[1]

Political career[edit]

Košarac is a member of theAlliance of Independent Social Democrats,and got his first public position when he was 25 years old as a councilor in the Municipal Assembly ofVišegrad.[1]In 2004, he got elected to theNational Assembly of Republika Srpska.[1]In January 2010, he became the head of the Team for Coordination of War Crimes Investigation and Search for Missing Persons ofRepublika Srpskaby the decision of thegovernment of Republika Srpska.[2]

In 2011, Košarac became a member of the nationalHouse of Peoples.[1]In the2014 general election,he was elected to a parliamentary seat in the nationalHouse of Representatives.[1]He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in the2018 general election,obtaining over 37,000 votes.[3]

On 23 December 2019, Košarac was appointed asMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relationsin thecabinetofZoran Tegeltija.[4]In October 2021, the cabinet, at the proposal of Košarac, drafted a decision on temporary suspension and reduction ofcustomsrates on imports of newelectricandhybrid carsuntil 31 December 2022.[5]He stayed as minister in thecabinetofBorjana Krišto.[6]Additionally, Košarac was appointed as the new vice-chairman of theCouncil of Ministerson 22 August 2023.[7]

Personal life[edit]

Košarac lived inIstočno Sarajevowith his second wife Sanja and their three children.[8]On 28 November 2020, it was confirmed that he tested positive forCOVID-19,amidits pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9]

On 7 December 2020, Košarac's wife Sanja accused him of threatening andcheatingon her.[10]Košarac married Aleksandra Ivković, 17 years his junior, in October 2021, shortly after the completion of his second divorce.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdef"Staša Košarac".imovinapoliticara.cin.ba(in Bosnian).Retrieved9 December2020.
  2. ^Формиран тим РС за истраживање ратних злочина („Фронтал”, 28. January 2010),(in Serbian)
  3. ^"Rezultati izbora".izbori.ba(in Bosnian).Retrieved19 July2023.
  4. ^Er.M. (23 December 2019)."Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH"(in Bosnian). Klix.ba.Retrieved23 December2019.
  5. ^M.P. (11 October 2021)."Carine za električne i hibridne automobile koji se u BiH uvezu do kraja 2022. će biti smanjene"(in Bosnian). Klix.ba.Retrieved11 October2021.
  6. ^N.V. (25 January 2023)."BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..."(in Bosnian). Klix.ba.Retrieved25 January2023.
  7. ^A.B. (22 August 2023)."Kao što je i dogovoreno: Srđan Amidžić je novi ministar finansija BiH"(in Bosnian).Oslobođenje.Retrieved22 August2023.
  8. ^Вишковић отворио Свесрпски куп („РТРС”, 21. December 2019),(in Serbian)
  9. ^A.Z. (20 November 2020)."Ministar Staša Košarac zaražen koronavirusom"(in Bosnian). Klix.ba.Retrieved20 November2020.
  10. ^"Supruga ministra Košarca objavila da je muž vara i da joj prijeti"(in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 7 December 2020.Retrieved7 December2020.
  11. ^"IZ BURNOG RAZVODA U TREĆI BRAK Staša Košarac se razveo, pa oženio 17 godina mlađu ljubavnicu Aleksandru".blic.rs(in Bosnian). 27 October 2021.Retrieved27 October2021.

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