Mladen Bosić ( sr-Cyrl, Младен Босић; born 24 May 1961) is a

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби Босне и Херцеговине, Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, босански Срби, bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, � ...

politician serving as member of the national

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since 2022, having previously served from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the national House of Peoples from 2019 to 2023. Born in 1961 in

Brčko Brčko ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants. De jure, the Brčko District b ...

, Bosić graduated from the

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. He has been a member of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) since 1992. He served as SDS president from 2006 to 2016. Bosić was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2010, and was re-elected in 2014. He then became a member of the House of Peoples in February 2019, serving until February 2023. Bosić was once again elected to the House of Representatives in 2022.

Early life and education

Bosić was born on 24 May 1961 in

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, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. He finished elementary school in 1976, and high school in 1980 in his hometown. After that, he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the

in 1987. Between 1988 and 1991, Bosić was the chief development engineer at the "Tesla" battery factory in Brčko, and in 1992 was appointed as the commercial director of Brčko-based Staklomont. From 1992 to 1998, he was the director of PTT (Post, Telegraph, Telephone) Brčko, after which he became the director of the work unit of Telekom

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

in Brčko.

Political career

A member of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) since 1992, Bosić served as deputy

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from 2000 to 2001, after which he was the ambassador to Slovenia until 2004. In December 2006, he became the new president of the SDS, succeding Dragan Čavić. In the 2010 general election, Bosić was elected to the national

. In May 2012, Bosić stated that he was against the entry of Bosnia and Herzegovina into

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without Serbia because, according to him, it would "lead to the disruption of military personnel and security forces that are an integral part of the

Dayton Agreement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Dejtonski mirovni sporazum, Дејтонски мировни споразум), and colloquially kn ...

." He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in the 2014 general election, obtaining over 50,000 votes. In October 2016, Bosić resigned as president of the SDS due to the party's poor performance in the 2016 municipal elections. Following the 2018 general election, he became a member of the national House of Peoples in February 2019. He was once again elected to the House of Representatives in the 2022 general election, earning nearly 20,000 votes. Bosić has been a lingering outspoken critic of

Milorad Dodik Milorad Dodik ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Додик, ; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician currently serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2018. He also served as ...

and his

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, accusing him of

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, corruption and being responsible for the poor economic condition of

Personal life

Mladen is married to Ljiljana Bosić and together they have a son named Nikola, and a daughter named Sandra.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosić, Mladen 1961 births Living people People from Brčko District Politicians of Republika Srpska Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Chairmen of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Members of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina