Ernad Deni Čomaga is a

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and social entrepreneur in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. He was the acting president and founder of the

Democratic Youth Movement {{Infobox political party , country = Bosnia and Herzegovina , colorcode = bluewhiteyellow , name = Democratic Youth Movement , native_name = Demokratski omladinski pokret , logo = , leader = Ernad Deni Čomaga , foun ...

, former president of the Law student Association of the University in Sarajevo and president of the law consulting office "Paragaf"

Biography

He was born in 1986 in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

the capital of the

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

and was one of the Children surviving the

siege of Sarajevo The Siege of Sarajevo ( sh, Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav ...

by fleeing out of Sarajevo and moving to

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. He was educated in Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is alumni of the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo

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, Goethe University and the

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. In 2005 he set the ideological foundation for the NGO Democratic Youth Movement and together with other students from the University of Sarajevo he founded the organization, that will later create impact in the

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process of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He initiated the organization of two big

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in Sarajevo, by protesting against the war in Lebanon in 2006 and the war in Gaza in 2009. In 2010 he started the project "My 2010" with the goal to educate and motivate 12000 young voters from 18 to 22 years of age to vote in the upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By implementing this project the organization created the impact that will later lead to the change of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project was repeated in the general elections in 2014 in Bosnia and Herzegovina where they managed to educate 8000 secondary school students on voting issues. One of the most important activities of the organization was the petition to force the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in the Erasmus plus program of the

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. Together with other members of the organization they managed to collect more than 8000 signatures and create media pressure on the government so that they later succeed with the petition. Later he also succeed with another petition to ban reality shows to be screened during the primetime in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He holds two

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degrees from the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

and Goethe University. In his career he was speaker at some international conferences and forums.

References

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