Bisera Turković (; born 8 December 1954) is a Bosnian

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and politician serving as

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since 2019. She is the current vice-chairwoman of the

Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Bosnian/ Croatian: ''Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine'', sr, Савјет министара Босне и Херцеговине), often called Bosnian Government ( bs, Vlada Bosne i He ...

as well, serving alongside

Vjekoslav Bevanda Vjekoslav Bevanda (; born 13 May 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who is the current Minister of Finance and Treasury. He is also the current Vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving alongside Bisera Turko ...

. Turković is the first female foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Born in

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in 1954, she holds a degree in law from the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the larges ...

and a bachelor in Criminal Justice Administration from the

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, Australia. Turković also holds a Ph.D. in

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from the Pacific Western University, now known as

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. Following her studies, she worked as chief editor for Hayat TV. Turković's first assignments as

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were to Croatia, Hungary, and at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Permanent Mission to the

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. From 2000 to 2001, she was Minister for

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. From 2004 to 2005, Turković served at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Permanent Mission to the

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as well as an ambassador to a few

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s. Following that, she was the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassdor to the United States from 2005 until 2009. Following

Zoran Tegeltija Zoran Tegeltija (; born 29 September 1961) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 10th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina since December 2019. He was Minister of Finance of Republika Srpska from 2010 to 2018 and m ...

's appointment as

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, Turković was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tegeltija's Cabinet. She has been a member of the

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since 1991.

Early life and education

Turković was born in

, present-day Croatia, on 8 December 1954 to a

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mother and a

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father. Her mother Katarina Kraus hails from

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and her father Muharem Rešić hails from

Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 89,397 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in ...

. Her paternal grandfather Mehmedalija Rešić lived in the United States from 1909 to 1926, when he returned to Prijedor and married Bahta Mušić, her paternal grandmother. Mušić's family hailed from

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, present-day

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, and resettled to

Bosanska Kostajnica Kostajnica ( sr-cyr, Костајница) is a town and municipality located in northern Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

. Turković's parents separated when she was still a child and her mother moved to Australia. Turković lived with her paternal grandmother in Bosanska Kostajnica until she started school, when she moved to

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where she lived with her father, simultaneously visiting her maternal grandparents Blanka Korez and Stefan Kraus, and her mother in Australia. Turković holds a degree in law from the

and a bachelor in Criminal Justice Administration from the

. She undertook postgraduate studies in

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in Melbourne and holds a Ph.D. in

from Pacific Western University (a for-profit distance learning provider, now

Career

In the early 1990s, Turković worked as chief editor for Hayat TV. She was the first bilateral

appointed in the history of independent

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 ...

. Her first assignment as ambassador was in

, Croatia (1993–1994). During Turković's tenure, her

organised a massive weapons shipment, through Croatia from Iran to the

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина) was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct lega ...

, during the

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, although the United States had imposed a weapons embargo on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Turković later served as an ambassador to Hungary (1994–1996), and at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Permanent Mission to the

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(1996 to 2000). From 2000 to 2001, he was appointed Minister for

in the

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Spasoje Tuševljak Spasoje Tuševljak ( sr-cyrl, Спасоје Тушевљак; born 28 May 1952)Martin Raguž Martin Raguž (born 2 March 1958) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2000 to 2001. He was a member of both the national House of Representatives and House of Peoples. ...

. From 2001 to 2004, Turković worked as an executive director of the ''Centre for Security Studies'' in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a lecturer at the Faculty of Criminal Justice,

. She has also given lectures at the

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, the

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and the

University of Travnik University of Travnik ( Bosnian: Univerzitet u Travniku, UNT) is a private university located in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university was established in 2007. The motto of the university is— "Science to Success". Courses The univers ...

as well as at

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and at other major international universities. From 2004 to 2005, she served at Bosnia and Herzegovina's Permanent Mission to the

in Vienna and as Ambassador to the

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, the

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, and the

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. From 2005 until 2009, Turković served as Bosnia and Herzegovina's ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Brazil. Her next diplomatic postings were in

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as a bilateral ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as in Qatar from 2018 to 2019.

Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019–present)

Appointment

On 23 December 2019, Turković was appointed by the

and also as vice-chairwoman of the

in the

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. She is the first woman to serve as foreign minister and vice-chairman of the country.

Tenure

In December 2020, Turković called for the abolishment of

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, which was met with heavy criticism by Republika Srpska officials

Radovan Višković Radovan Višković ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Вишковић; born 1 February 1964) is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and a member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). ...

and

Željka Cvijanović Željka Cvijanović (; sr-cyr, Жељка Цвијановић, ; born 2 August 1967) is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the 9th and current President of Republika Srpska. She was the 11th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 12 March 2013 ...

who called her statement "hate speech." On 24 March 2021, she met with the

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ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina in

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Ji Ping, who said that the

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had provided 50,000

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s for the

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for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In June 2021, Turković had a heated diplomatic exchange with Russian Ambassador to the United Nations

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at a

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meeting in

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. The topic of the meeting was the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with focus being on the

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for the country, regarding if it's time for its closure after being created in 1995 following the

. Her address at the Security Council was heavily criticized by the Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency and also its Chairman

Milorad Dodik Milorad Dodik ( sr-cyrl, Милорад Додик, ; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since November 2022. Previously, he served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bo ...

, the presiding member of the Presidency, which collectively serves as the country's

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. Some days before, Dodik unsuccessfully tried to prevent Turković's Security Council address, even writing a letter to Russian Foreign Minister

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asking him for help. On 14 July 2021, Turković and the Bosnian Defence Minister

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met with

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Secretary General

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. On 21 July, she met with British Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas

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. In September 2021, Turković withdrew Aida Smajić, the Bosnian Ambassador to neighbouring Serbia, from her office in

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for urgent consultations, regarding the arrest of Edin Vranj, a former high-ranking official of the Federal Police Administration, upon him entering Serbia due to accusations of alleged war crimes during the Bosnian War. On 18 October 2021, she confirmed Vranj was released from custody, sending regards to the Serbian authorities in the process. At the 28th

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Ministerial Council in

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, held in December 2021, Turković met with British Foreign Secretary

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, as well as United States Secretary of State

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. On 21 December, she held a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister

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. On 24 February, Russian president

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ordered a large-scale

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...

, marking a dramatic escalation of the

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that began in 2014. Regarding the invasion, Turković stated "Bosnia and Herzegovina remains firmly committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we call for an immediate end to fighting and shelling. OSCE principles, security and international law are under attack today. Hostility and suffering of innocent civilians must end immediately", and also called on Russia and Belarus to refrain from using force in the interests of peace, regional and global stability. On 10 March 2022, she had a meeting with German Foreign Minister

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upon Baerbock's

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to Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which Turković asked for accelerated start of European Union membership talks in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In October 2022, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić-Radman accused Turković of visiting the

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for buying arms. She referred to the remark as a "dangerous falsehood."

Relations with Iran

On 21 July 2021, Turković spoke in a telephone call with Iranian Foreign Minister

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. On 4 August 2021, she met with Iranian President

Ebrahim Raisi Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eight ...

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, attending his inauguration the following day. On 6 December 2022, amid the

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, Turković met with Iran's Foreign Minister

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. The meeting with Abdollahian was boycotted by the Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat representatives, with an explanation that all the civilised world disassociates from and stands against the supression of

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. Turković stated that "Iran is our partner and a friend, and the only country that unequivocally supports the territorial integrity and independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They supported us in the time of defence and construction of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for which we remain thankful." She added that "little is told about the rights in Afghanistan and Palestine and in the end about human rights in our country". Turković criticised stereotypes in the media and said in the end "imagine me talking to you vailed like this, what would be your perception, stereotype? Human rights include a right of clothes, that everyone should wear what they want and be equally treated".

Other activities

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019) *

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(MIGA),

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)Board of Governors

(MIGA),

Footnotes

References

News sites

External links

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