Ivo Komšić

Ivo Komšić (born 16 June 1948) is a Bosnian professor and politician who served as the 37th mayor of Sarajevo from 2013 to 2017. He was a key figure in the talks that led to the end of the Bosnian War with the Dayton Agreement, and the formation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivo Komšić
Komšić in 2015
37th Mayor of Sarajevo
In office
27 March 2013  6 February 2017
Preceded byAlija Behmen
Succeeded byAbdulah Skaka
Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
20 October 1993  5 October 1996
Serving with Stjepan Kljuić
Preceded byFranjo Boras
Succeeded byKrešimir Zubak
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Federal House of Representatives
In office
6 November 2006  10 November 2010
Additional positions
President of the Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
12 April 1993  October 1995
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born (1948-06-16) 16 June 1948
Kiseljak, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partySDP (2014–2019)
Other political
affiliations
League of Communists
(until 1991)
Party of Democratic Reform (1991–1993)
HSS (1993–1996)
SDP (1996–2002)
SDU (2002–2013)
USD (2013–2014)
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo (BA, MA, PhD)

Komšić served as the Croat member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina alongside Stjepan Kljuić from 1993 to 1996, most of it during the war. He also served as member of the Federal House of Representatives from 2006 to 2010.

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