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Benjamina Karic Elected the Mayor of Sarajevo
Date: 2021-04-11
Source: Beijing Foreign Affairs Office
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According to Sarajevo Times, Benjamina Karic, who has been the vice president of the Social Democratic Party (hereinafter referred to as "SDP") of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafetr referred to as "BiH"), was officially inaugurated as the mayor of Sarajevo on April 8.

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Sarajevo's new mayor Benjamina Karic

Karic was born in 1991 in Sarajevo, she has been a member of the SDP since the age of 18, and since 2019 she has been the party's vice president. She graduated from two faculties at the same time, the Faculty of Law and the Department of History of the Faculty of Philosophy. It is added that she is known to the public as the youngest doctor of law in BiH.

Know More about Sarajevo

As the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the political, economic, and cultural center, Sarajevo is the biggest city in BiH. Located in the central-eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lying among a hilly area, surrounded by mountains, Sarajevo has 4 districts with an area of 142 square kilometers. Furthermore, What makes Sarajevo well-known to the world is the fact that  the 14th Winter Olympic Games were successfully hosted here in 1984.