Predrag Kojović
Bosnian politician (born 1965)
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Predrag "Peđa" Kojović (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Предраг Којовић; born 2 July 1965) is a Bosnian politician and former journalist serving as member of the national House of Representatives since December 2018. He was previously a member of the Federal House of Peoples from 2011 to 2019. He was president of Our Party from 2015 to 2021.
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| Member of the House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 December 2018 | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 July 1965 | |||||||||||||
| Party | Our Party | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Kimberley Music | |||||||||||||
| Education | University of Sarajevo (LL.B.) | |||||||||||||
Born in Travnik, Kojović earned a law degree from the University of Sarajevo. He initially worked as a journalist for Yutel, before joining Reuters. He was a correspondent during the Yugoslav Wars. A member of Our Party, Kojović was elected to the Sarajevo Canton Assembly in 2010, and was re-elected in 2014. He was simultaneously a delegate in the Federal House of Peoples. Kojović was elected to House of Representatives in the 2018 general election, and managed to get re-elected in the 2022 general election.
Early life and career
Kojović, a Bosnian Serb, was born in Travnik on 2 July 1965.[1][2] 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.[1] Kojović worked for Reuters until 2008.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] Subsequently, the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Smajić, which was confirmed by the local court in August 2016.[6]
In the 2018 general election, Kojović was elected to the national House of Representatives.[3] 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."[7] However, only three days later, on 28 June, he decided to stay as the party's president until its scheduled congress in September 2021.[8] At the party's congress, held on 4 September, he was succeeded as party leader by Sarajevo Canton premier Edin Forto.[9]
In the 2022 general election, Kojović was re-elected to the national House of Representatives, obtaining over 10,000 votes.[10]
Personal life
Kojović is married to Kimberley Music, and they live in Sarajevo.[3] In July 2024, Kojović said that he was attacked by a taxi driver at the Sarajevo City Center after standing up for an Arab family who the driver refused to pick up.[11]
