1. Edin Forto was born on 16 August 1972 and is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Communication and Traffic since January 2023.
13 Facts About Edin Forto
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Edin Forto previously served twice as Premier of Sarajevo Canton, from 2018 to 2020 and from 2021 to 2023.
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Edin Forto obtained his Bachelor of Arts from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Edin Forto was born in Sarajevo on 16 August 1972, where he graduated from "Ognjen Prica" high school in 1991.
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Edin Forto received a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999.
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Edin Forto spent two years at Eurasia Group, a political consultancy in New York City, before moving back to Sarajevo in 2003, when he joined Nexe Group, a Croatian industrial company specializing in construction materials and road building.
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Edin Forto remained with Nexe group until August 2015 when he became a politician.
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Edin Forto served as Premier of Sarajevo Canton from 26 December 2018 until 3 March 2020.
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On 4 September 2021, Edin Forto became the new president of the social-liberal Our Party.
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Edin Forto became the party's president after his predecessor, Predrag Kojovic, resigned from his position as president.
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On 25 January 2023, following the formation of a new Council of Ministers presided over by Borjana Kristo, Edin Forto was appointed as the new Minister of Communication and Traffic within Kristo's government.
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Edin Forto married Emina Sehagic in 2014, and together they have two children, Emir and Naida.
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On 9 September 2021, Edin Forto was successfully operated upon in Albania for inflammation of the cervical spine nerve, which he was diagnosed with the previous month at a hospital in Sarajevo.