Ljubiša Ćosić (born 2 October 1979 in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...

) is a Bosnian Serb politician. Ćosić has a master's degree in economics and is a PhD student at the

University of Banja Luka The University of Banja Luka ( sr, Универзитет у Бањој Луци, Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci, bs, Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci, hr, Sveučilište u Banjoj Luci, lat, Universitas Bania Lucensis) is the second-oldest university in Bosn ...

. Ćosić worked as interpreter for the

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, and as intern at the

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and at the

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Washington, DC ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

. He then worked for the Sarajevo Regional Development Agency (SERDA, 2004-06) and the

State Investigation and Protection Agency The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) ( Bosnian: ''Državna agencija za istrage i zaštitu, SIPA'') is the official state police agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. SIPA is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Securit ...

of BiH (SIPA, 2006-08). He served as an advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Zirojević Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages. Notable people with the name include: * Mladen (vojvo ...

( SNSD, 2008-11), and as an advisor for economic issues to the Serb member of the

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine, separator=" / ", Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of ...

Nebojša Radmanović Nebojša Radmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Радмановић, ; born 1 October 1949) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 5th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014. He is currently a member o ...

( SNSD, 2011-12).Mayor
City of East Sarajevo Ćosić was elected mayor of the municipality of

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in 2012 and 2016. Since March 2017, he is President of the Association of Municipalities and Cities of ''Republika Srpska''. In October 2020, at the first direct elections for the post, he was elected Mayor of the City of East Sarajevo, covering six suburban municipalities in the ''

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

'' entity (pop: 61,516 in 2013). Ćosić is known in East Sarajevo with the nickname "Komšo" (neighbour). This is because he is alleged to issue building permits as thief for any piece of land, parks included, with the proviso that one of the apartments be registered under his own name or of one of his close relatives. He has therefore acquired a big real estate portfolio in East Sarajevo, which are then rented out. Ćosić was accused of conflict of interest for awarding a contract for the renovation of the local health clinic for 456,000 KM (circa 225,000 EUR) to the building company ''Marvel'' owned by his party colleague Savo Lalović. Blogger

Slobodan Vaskovic Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović ...

accused him of being close to arms dealer

Alija Delimustafić Alija is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Ifraim Alija (born 1985), footballer * Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashalu ...

; Ćosić denied knowing him.RTV BN
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