Mirko Šarović | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Мирко Шаровић | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6thChairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Beriz Belkić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dragan Čović | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rdSerb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 October 2002 – 2 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Dragan Mikerević Adnan Terzić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Živko Radišić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Borislav Paravac | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th President of Republika Srpska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 January 2000 – 28 November 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Dragan Čavić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nikola Poplašen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dragan Čavić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1956-09-16)16 September 1956 (age 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Serb Democratic Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Stojanka Šarović (died 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (LLB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mirko Šarović (Serbian Cyrillic:Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is aBosnian Serb politician who served as the3rd Serb member of thePresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2003. From 2000 to 2002, he also served as the 4thpresident of Republika Srpska and wasMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations on two occasions as well.
Born inRogatica, Šarović graduated from theFaculty of Law at theUniversity of Sarajevo in 1979. Following theBosnian War in the 1990s, he was elected to theNational Assembly of Republika Srpska. In 2000, he became president of Republika Srpska, serving until 2002. In the2002 general election, Šarović was elected as Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency, serving in office only until 2003, when he resigned amid allegations of his involvement in organising illegal military trading withIraq. From 2012 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2019, he served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations.
In 2019, Šarović became the new president of theSerb Democratic Party (SDS). In the2022 general election, he once again ran for a seat in the Presidency as aSerb member, but was not elected. Following the election, Šarović resigned as president of the SDS.
Šarović was born inRogatica,PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,FPR Yugoslavia on 16 September 1956.[1] He graduated from theFaculty of Law in Sarajevo in 1979. During the 1980s, Šarović was employed in the Engine FactorySarajevo (Famos) and Unis Sarajevo.
Šarović entered politics before theBosnian War, as secretary of the municipality ofNovo Sarajevo. In one term, he was president of the Executive Board andmayor of Istočno Sarajevo. Šarović was a member of theNational Assembly of Republika Srpska for two terms.
Aspresident of Republika Srpska, he signed the historicAgreement on Special Parallel Relations betweenFR Yugoslavia andRepublika Srpska on 5 March 2001 inBanja Luka, together with FR Yugoslavia PresidentVojislav Koštunica. The Assembly of FR Yugoslavia ratified the signed agreement 10 May 2001. From 28 October 2002 until 2 April 2003, Šarović served as the3rd Serb member of thePresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He resigned from the Presidency on 2 April 2003 amid allegations of his involvement in organising illegal military trading withIraq.[2]
Šarović wasMinister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in theCouncil of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on two occasions. On 30 June 2019, he became the new president of theSerb Democratic Party (SDS), succeedingVukota Govedarica.[3] As president of the SDS, the major opposition party in Republika Srpska, Šarović has been a fierce opponent and critic of Bosnian Serb leader and current Bosnian Presidency memberMilorad Dodik, having clashes with him on numerous occasions.[4]
On 23 June 2022, Šarović announced his candidacy in theBosnian general election, running again for Bosnia and Herzegovina's three-person Presidency member, representing the Serbs.[5] In the general election however, held on 2 October 2022, he was not elected, obtaining 35.45% of the vote, withAlliance of Independent Social Democrats candidateŽeljka Cvijanović getting elected with 51.65% of the vote.[6] Following his defeat and a poor showing of the SDS in the election as well, Šarović announced his resignation as president of the party in November 2022.[7]
Mirko was married to Stojanka Šarović and together they had two children.[8] On 11 February 2024, his wife committed suicide at their home inIstočno Sarajevo.[9]
Media related toMirko Šarović at Wikimedia Commons
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