Vojin Mijatović

Vojin Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војин Мијатовић; born 1979) is a Bosnian politician serving as the Federal Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Craft since April 2023. He is also the current vice-president of the Social Democratic Party.

Vojin Mijatović
Federal Minister of Development, Entrepreneurship and Craft
Assumed office
28 April 2023
Prime MinisterNermin Nikšić
Preceded byAmir Zukić
Personal details
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (2006–2016)
Alma materFaculty of Business Studies in Belgrade

Mijatović was a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, until he left it in 2016 to join the Social Democratic Party, due to major ideological differences and disagreements with the party's policies.

Early life and education

Mijatović was born to Bosnian Serb parents in 1979 in Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia.[1] In 2002, he graduated at the Faculty of Business Studies in Belgrade.[2]

Political career

Mijatović started his career in 2001 at the Ministry for Refugees and Displaced Persons, where he worked as a spokesperson until 2006.[2]

Mijatović joined Milorad Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) in 2006.[3] The same year he was named the head of the Department for European Integration of the Ministry of Finance of Republika Srpska. In 2008, he became an adviser to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4] In 2009, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska for EU pre-accession assistance, and from 2010 to 2013 he worked as an advisor to the President of Republika Srpska for international relations and cooperation with international financial institutions.[2]

From 2014 to 2016, he was the director of the Economic Institute in Banja Luka.[4]

Initially considered as a moderate and reformist alternative to the ultranationalist Serb Democratic Party, in 2016, Mijatović changed political positions and left the SNSD after an increasingly-nationalist and separatist line. Following his departure from the SNSD, he joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH).[4] In 2017, he was appointed vice president of the Main Board of SDP and in July 2019 he was appointed vice president of the SDP.[2]

On 10 June 2022, Mijatović announced his candidacy in the Bosnian general election, running for Bosnia's three-person Presidency member, representing the Serbs.[5]

References
  1. ""Ja Vojin Mijatović, Srbin, da pomažem Izetbegoviću da izda BiH?!"". N1 (in Bosnian). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. "Vojin Mijatović". Istinomjer (in Bosnian). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "Oslobođenje - Mijatović: Ponosan sam na godine provedene u SNSD-u". www.oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. Media, INAT (19 May 2021). "Kako izgleda biografija bivšeg SNSD-ovca i Dodikovog saradnika Vojina Mijatovića koji je preko noći postao bh. patriota?". INAT | Portal za politiku, kulturu i društvo (in Bashkir). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. "Vojin Mijatović kandidat SDP-a za Predsjedništvo BiH iz RS-a". balkans.aljazeera.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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