Elmedin Konaković
Elmedin Konaković | |||||||||||||
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Konaković in 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 25 January 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Borjana Krišto | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bisera Turković | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton | |||||||||||||
| In office 23 March 2015 – 4 April 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Muhamed Kozadra | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Adem Zolj | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 September 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Party | People and Justice (2018–present) | ||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Party of Democratic Action (2004–2018) | ||||||||||||
| Spouses | Martina Saira Keškić
(m. 2011; div. 2014)Dalija Hasanbegović (m. 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sarajevo (BSSM, MSSM) | ||||||||||||
Elmedin "Dino" Konaković (born 3 September 1974) is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2023. He is the founder and president of the People and Justice (NiP) party since 2018, and was previously a member of the Federal House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. Konaković was also a member of the Federal House of Peoples from 2019 to 2022, as well as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 2015 to 2018.
Born in Sarajevo in 1974, Konaković was part of Bosnian Army during the Bosnian War. After the war, he went on to pursue a professional career in basketball, playing for prominent club KK Bosna, among others. Konaković graduated in sport management at the University of Sarajevo and later worked in sport management after retiring. He entered into politics in the early 2000s as a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), slowly rising through its ranks before serving as a member of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly from 2010 to 2014. Following the 2014 general election, he became Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton.
In February 2018, Konaković left the SDA. Subsequently, he formed NiP and was consequently ousted as prime minister in April. He was elected to the Sarajevo Canton Assembly in the 2018 general election, and also became a member of the Federal House of Peoples. In the 2022 general election, Konaković was elected to the Federal House of Representatives. However, after the formation of a new national coalition, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Fourteenth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.