Denis Zvizdić (born 9 June 1964) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. He has been serving as member of the national House of Representatives since 2019. He also served as Premier of Sarajevo Canton from 2003 to 2006.
Zvidzićwas a prominent figure of the Party of Democratic Action,until he left it in 2021 to join the People and Justice party.
Zvizdićwas born on 9 June 1964 in Sarajevo. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo,where he earned a PhD and in 2007 became a professor of architecture. [2]
Zvizdićhad worked at the Ministry for Environment and Construction of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH),as well as for the Unioninvest Sarajevo Company prior to his political career. He was also Co-Director of the National Action Plan for Protection of Environment.[ citation needed ]
In 2003,Zvizdićbecame Premier of the Sarajevo Canton - his first major political appointment - and in 2006 speaker of the Sarajevo Cantonal Assembly. [2] [3]
He was then a member of the Federal Parliament (House of Peoples,2006–10;House of Representatives,2010–14). [2]
Zvizdićwas a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) from 1991 until 2021,after which he joined the People and Justice party. [4] He was a member of its Presidency from 2005. In 2009,Zvizdićwas appointed Chair of the SDA Council and joined the party's Main Board in 2013. He was a member of the party Cantonal Board in Sarajevo (2004–05),and prior to that member of the Sarajevo Centar Municipal Board (2000–03).[ citation needed ]