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Igor Crnadak

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Igor Crnadak
Crnadak in 2023
Member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
Assumed office
23 December 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
31 March 2015 – 23 December 2019
Prime MinisterDenis Zvizdić
Preceded byZlatko Lagumdžija
Succeeded byBisera Turković
Personal details
Born (1972-07-28) 28 July 1972 (age 52)
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian Serb
Political partyParty of Democratic Progress (1999–present)
SpouseĐurđica Crnadak
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Banja Luka (BEc)

Igor Crnadak (born 28 July 1972) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019. He has been serving as member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska since 2019.

Crnadak has been a member of the Party of Democratic Progress since its foundation in 1999, and is its current vice-president.[1]

Early life and education

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Coming from a Bosnian Serb family, Crnadak was born in Zadar and attended high school in Banja Luka. In 2004, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Banja Luka.[1]

Political career

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In his early career, Crnadak worked as journalist, anchor, producer and radio editor and wrote for numerous printed media. He worked as an anchor at a private radio in Banja Luka during the Bosnian War. Between 1996 and 1998, he was a correspondent for the Voice of America based in Banja Luka.[1]

Since 1999, Crnadak has been a member of the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) and has held numerous positions within the party. From 2000 to 2004, he was head of the PDP in the City Assembly of Banjaluka. He was a member of the European Integration Committee of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in 2006. Since 2015, he has been vice-president of the PDP.[2]

From 2007 until 2009, Crnadak was deputy Minister of Defence and was responsible for the Bosnian NATO Coordination Team. On 31 March 2015, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1] His term as Minister ended on 23 December 2019.[1]

Personal life

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Igor is married to Đurđica Crnadak and together they have two children.[2] He speaks English fluently.[1]

Crnadak is well known for suffering from strabismus.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "IGOR CRNADAK". Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Igor Crnadak". imovinapoliticara.cin.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ Igor Crnadak Image at Dnevni avaz
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015–2019
Succeeded by