Predrag Kojović
Predrag Kojović (
Early life and career
Kojović, a Bosnian Serb, was born in Travnik on 2 July 1965. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Sarajevo in 1988. Before the Yugoslav Wars, he worked as a journalist for Yutel, and from 1991 he worked as a reporter for Reuters, covering wars in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kojović was not a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he worked as a war correspondent. Later he worked as war correspondent across the world. Kojović worked for Reuters until 2008.Political career
A member of Our Party since its formation in 2008, Kojović was elected to the Sarajevo Canton Assembly in 2010 general election. He was re-elected in the 2014 general election, and simultaneously became a member of the Federal House of Peoples. On 16 May 2015, he was elected president of Our Party, succeeding Dennis Gratz.On 28 June 2016, during a Sarajevo Canton Assembly session, BOSS member Rasim Smajić insulted Our Party member Sabina Ćudić, and then physically attacked Kojović who had come to Ćudić's defense. Subsequently, the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Smajić, which was confirmed by the local court in August 2016.
In the 2018 general election, Kojović was elected to the national House of Representatives. On 25 June 2021, Kojović resigned from his position as president of Our Party, stating that "the reasons are of a personal nature and I sincerely hope that there will be no malicious speculations and conspiracy theories in this regard." However, only three days later, on 28 June, he decided to stay as the party's president until its scheduled congress in September 2021. At the party's congress, held on 4 September, he was succeeded as party leader by Sarajevo Canton premier Edin Forto.
In the 2022 general election, Kojović was re-elected to the national House of Representatives, obtaining over 10,000 votes.