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Edin Forto

Edin Forto
Forto in 2023
Minister of Communication and Traffic
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 January 2023
Prime MinisterBorjana Krišto
Preceded byVojin Mitrović
Premier of Sarajevo Canton
In office
5 January 2021 – 25 January 2023
Preceded byMario Nenadić
Succeeded byDarja Softić-Kadenić (acting)
In office
26 December 2018 – 3 March 2020
Preceded byAdem Zolj
Succeeded byMario Nenadić
Parliamentary offices
Member of the Federal House of Peoples
In office
17 November 2014 – 20 November 2018
Additional positions
President of Our Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 September 2021
Preceded byPredrag Kojović
Personal details
Born (1972-08-16) 16 August 1972 (age 53)
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian
Political partyOur Party (since 2009)
Spouse
Emina Šehagić
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(m. 2014)​
Children2
Alma mater

Edin Forto (born 16 August 1972) is a Bosnian politician serving as the Minister of Communication and Traffic in the Fourteenth Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina since January 2023. He previously held the position of Premier of Sarajevo Canton from 2018 to 2020 and again from 2021 to 2023.

From 2014 to 2018, Forto was a member of the Federal House of Peoples and the Sarajevo Canton Assembly. Since September 2021, he has been president of Our Party.

Early career

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Forto was born in Sarajevo on 16 August 1972, where he graduated from the Second Gymnasium in 1991.[1] During the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, he worked as a journalist, editor, and DJ for several creative and media outlets, including Obala Art Center, Radio ZID, Radio 202, and Dani magazine.[2]

Following the Bosnian War, Forto moved to North Carolina, United States in September 1995. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Journalism in 1999. In 2001, he completed a master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia University in New York City.

After completing his studies, Forto worked for two years at Eurasia Group, a political consultancy based in New York City. In 2003, he returned to Sarajevo, where he became deputy director of the construction company Put, a position he held until 2005. He then worked as an economist at Sarajevska pivara until 2006, after which he once again served as deputy director of Put from 2006 to 2008. Following this role, he was appointed director of Put Aggregates and Concrete Ltd., where he remained until 2013. From 2013 until 2015, he was the director of the Sarajevo branch of Nexe Group, a Croatian industrial company specializing in construction materials.[3]

Political career

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After the 2014 general election, Forto became a member of the Federal House of Peoples, the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Sarajevo Canton Assembly.[4][5]

He was appointed Premier of Sarajevo Canton on 26 December 2018 and held the position until 3 March 2020.[6] Following the 2020 municipal elections, he was once again chosen as the Sarajevo Canton Premier, taking office on 5 January 2021.[7]

On 4 September 2021, Forto became the new president of Our Party,[8] succeeding Predrag Kojović, who had resigned earlier that year.[9]

After the formation of a new Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, headed by Borjana Krišto, Forto was appointed Minister of Communication and Traffic on 25 January 2023.[10]

Personal life

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Forto lives in Sarajevo. He married Emina Šehagić in 2014, and the couple has two children, Emir and Naida.[11][12]

On 9 September 2021, Forto underwent a successful surgical procedure in Albania to treat inflammation of a cervical spine nerve, a condition he had been diagnosed with the previous month at a hospital in Sarajevo.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Edin Forto — Imovina političara u Bosni i Hercegovini". Imovina političara u Bosni i Hercegovini (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Predrag Kojovic as the New President of "Nasa Stranka"". SarajevoTimes. 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Biografija ministra komunikacija i prometa Edina Forte". www.vijeceministara.gov.ba. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. ^ "CIK objavio imena stranaka i poslanika u Skupštini Kantona Sarajevo". Klix.
  5. ^ "CIK BiH potvrdio rezultate izbora za Dom naroda Parlamenta FBiH". Radio Sarajevo. 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ Er.M. (3 March 2020). "Imenovana nova Vlada Kantona Sarajevo! SDA, SBB i DF preuzeli kormilo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Četvorka se danas zvanično vratila na vlast u Kantonu Sarajevo". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ N.V. (4 September 2021). "Edin Forto je novi predsjednik Naše stranke" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ M.G. (28 June 2021). "Kojović ostaje na čelu Naše stranke do kongresa u septembru" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  10. ^ N.V. (25 January 2023). "BiH dobila novo Vijeće ministara, državnu vlast sada čini SNSD, HDZ, SDP, NiP, NS, DNS..." (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  11. ^ "EDIN FORTO: Supruga mi daje snagu kad me zatrpa sve ovo što me je snašlo". gracija.ba (in Bosnian). Interviewed by Mersiha Drinjaković. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Edin Forto". Imovina političara u Bosni i Hercegovini (in Bosnian). Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Premijer Kantona Sarajevo Edin Forto operisan u Tirani" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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