The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) has named Denis Zvizdic as the new chair of the BiH Council of Ministers. The SDA is the leading party of the new governing coalition in BiH and the Federation, following October’s elections.
During talks between the political parties that did best in the October general elections, it was agreed that the SDA would select the premier after it won around 275,000 votes, the largest number of votes going to any one party.
Zvizdic was one of two candidates within the SDA who were up for the position. The other was Adil Osmanovic.
“I think we made a very good choice,” the heasd of the SDA, Bakir Izetbegovic, said. “Every time he was a candidate for the SDA on the lists, he got the biggest number of votes.”
Zvizdic was born in 1964 in Sarajevo and is a long-time member of the SDA. He has a doctorate from the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo where he teaches as professor.
Zvizdic also previously served as prime minister and assembly speaker in Sarajevo Canton, and as a Federation MP. His selection must now be approved by the BiH presidency and confirmed by the BiH parliament.
